Moor House Bibliography

Marshall, C.A.M., Wade, K., Kendall, I.S., Porcher, H., Poffley, J., Bladon, A.J., Dicks, L.V. and Treweek, J. (2024) England’s statutory biodiversity metric enhances plant, but not bird nor butterfly, biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology: 1–14. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14697]

Marshall, C., Wade, K., Kendall, I., Peacock, S., Simkin, J., Bladon, A., Porcher, H., Poffley, J., Treweek, J., and Marrs, R. (2024). Data from: A database of Defra statutory biodiversity metric unit values for terrestrial habitat samples across England, with plant, butterfly and bird species data. Dryad Digital Repository [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n5tb2rc0k

Alday, J.G., O’Reilly, J., Rose, R. J. & Marrs, R.H. (2022). Long-term effects of sheep-grazing and its removal on vegetation dynamics of British upland grasslands and moorlands; local management cannot overcome large-scale trends. Ecological Indicators 139: 108878. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108878]

Davies, A.L., Harrault, L.,  Milek, K., McClymont, E.L., Dallimer, M., Hamilton, A. & Warburton, J. (2022)  A multiproxy approach to long-term herbivore grazing dynamics in peatlands based on pollen, coprophilous fungi and faecal biomarkers. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 598, 111032 [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111032]  

Rose, R.J., Marrs, R.H., O’Reilly, J., Furness, M. & Wood, C.M. (2020) Long-term monitoring of vegetation in exclosure and grazing plots at Moor House National Nature Reserve, 1953-2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5285/c72ab043-1b02-42c9-94e8-c1cae42b3dc8]

Marrs, R.H., Lee, H., Blackbird, S., Connor, L., Girdwood, S.E., O’Connor, M., Smart, S.M., Rose, R.J., O’Reilly, J. & Chiverrell, R.C. (2020) Release from sheep‐grazing appears to put some heart back into upland vegetation: A comparison of nutritional properties of plant species in long‐term grazing experiments. Annals of Applied Biology 12591. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12591]

Davies, A. (2019) Dung fungi as an indicator of large herbivore dynamics in peatlands. Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology 271: 104108. [Available on-line at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.104108]

Noble, A., Crowle, A., Glaves, D.J., Palmer, S.M. & Holden, J. (2019) Fire temperatures and Sphagnum damage during prescribed burning on peatlands. Ecological Indicators 103: 471-478. [Available on-line at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.04.044].

Marrs, R. H., Marsland, E.-L., Lingard, R., Appleby, P. G., Piliposyan, G. T., Rose, R. J., O’Reilly, J., Milligan, G., Allen, K. A., Alday, J. G., Santana, V., Lee, H., Halsall, K. & Chiverrell, R. C. (2018) Experimental evidence for sustained carbon sequestration in fire-managed, peat moorlands. Nature Geoscience 2018. [Available on-line at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0266-6].

Rose, R.J., Marrs, R.H., O’Reilly, J. & Furness, M. (2018). Long-term vegetation monitoring data (1961-2013) from moorland burning plots established at Hard Hill, Moor House in 1954. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. [Available on-line at: https://doi.org/10.5285/0b931b16-796e-4ce4-8c64-d112f09293f7].

Noble, A., O’Reilly, J., Glaves, D.J., Crowle, A., Palmer, S.M. & Holden, J. (2018) Impacts of prescribed burning on Sphagnum mosses in a long-term peatland field experiment. PLoS ONE 13(11): e0206320. [Available on-line at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206320].

Marrs, R.H., Sánchez, R., Connor, L., Blackbird, S., Rasal, J. & Rose, R. (2018) Effects of removing sheep grazing on soil chemistry, plant nutrition and forage digestibility: lessons for rewilding the British uplands. Annals of Applied Biology 2018 173(3): 294-301. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12462].

Marrs, R., Rasal, J., Sánchez, R., Connor, L., Blackbird, S. & Rose, R. (2018).  Rewilding the uplands: the effects of removing sheep grazing on soils and plants. In: Ecosystem and Habitat Management: Research, Policy, Practice (edited by A. Cherrett, R. Feber, N. Jones, R. Marrs, S. Mortimer, C. Peters, I. Rotherham, T. Sparks & D. Westbury).  Aspects of Applied Biology 139: 83-90.

Milligan, G., Rose, R. J., O’Reilly, J. & Marrs, R.H. (2018). Effects of rotational prescribed burning and sheep-grazing on moorland plant communities: results from a 60-year intervention experiment. Land Degradation & Development 29(5): 1397-1412 [Available online at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ldr.2953]

Alday, J.G., Santana, V.M., Lee, H., Allen, K. & Marrs, R.H. (2015). Above-ground biomass accumulation patterns in moorlands after prescribed burning and low-intensity grazing. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 17(5): 388-396. [Available on-line at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2015.06.007].

Lee, H., Alday, J. G., Rose, R. J., O’Reilly, J. & Marrs R. H. (2013). Long-term effects of rotational prescribed burning and low-intensity sheep grazing on blanket-bog plant communities. Journal of Applied Ecology  [Available online at: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2664.12078]

Lee, H., Alday, J.G., Rosenburgh, A., Harris M., McAllister, H. & Marrs R.H. (2013). Change in propagule banks during prescribed burning: a tale of two contrasting moorlands. Biological Conservation, 165, 187-197. [Available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320713001730?via%3Dihub]

Ward, S. E., Ostle, N. J. & Oakley, S. et al. (2013). Warming effects on greenhouse gas fluxes in peatlands are modulated by vegetation composition. Ecology Letters 16:10, 1285-1293  [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12167]

Clay, G.D., Worrall, F. & Rose, R. (2010). Carbon budgets of an upland blanket bog managed by prescribed fire. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 115 (G04037).

Clay, G.D., Worrall, F. & Fraser, E.D.G. (2010). Compositional changes in soil water and runoff water following managed burning on a UK upland blanket bog . Journal of Hydrology 380 (1-2), 135-145.

Clay, G.D., Worrall, F., Clark, E. et al. (2009). Hydrological responses to managed burning and grazing in an upland blanket bog. Journal of Hydrology 376(3-4) 486-495.

Clay, G. D., Worrall, F. & Fraser, E.D.G. (2009). Effects of managed burning upon dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in soil water and runoff water following a managed burn of a UK blanket bog Journal of Hydrology 367 (1-2) 41-51.

Worrall, F. & Adamson, J.K. (2008). The effect of burning and sheep grazing on soil water composition in a blanket bog: evidence for soil structural changes? Hydrological Processes 22:14, 2531-2541.

Ward, S.E., Bardgett, R.D., McNamara, N.P., Adamson, J.K. & Ostle, N.J. (2007). Long-term consequences of grazing and burning on northern peatland carbon dynamics. Ecosystems 10: 1069-1083.

Garnett, M.H., Ineson, P. & Stevenson, A.C. (2000). Effects of burning and grazing on carbon sequestration in a Pennine blanket bog, UK. The Holocene 10, 729-736.

Marrs, R.H., Rawes, M., Robinson, J. & Poppitt, S. (1986). Long-term studies of vegetation change at Moor House NNR: guide to recording methods and the database. Merlewood Research and Development Paper 109. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Grange-over-Sands.

Hobbs, R.J. (1984). Length of burning rotation and community composition in high-level Calluna-Eriophorum bog in N England. Vegetation 57, 129-136.

Hobbs, R.J. & Gimingham, C.H. (1980). Some effects of fire and grazing on heath vegetation. Bulletin d’Ecologie 11, 709-715.

Rawes, M. & Hobbs, R. (1979). Management of semi-natural blanket bog in the northern Pennines. Journal of Ecology 67, 789-807.

Rawes, M. & Williams, R. (1973). Production and utilisation of Calluna and Eriophorum. Potassium Institute Ltd Colloquium Proceedings 3: 115-119.

Marks, T.C. & Taylor, K. (1972). The mineral nutrient status of Rubus chamaemorus L. in relation to burning and sheep grazing. Journal of Applied Ecology 9: 501-511.

Taylor, K. & Marks, T.C. (1971). The influence of burning and grazing on the growth and development of Rubus chamaemorus L. in Calluna-Eriophorum bog. In The Scientific Management of Plant and Animal Communities for conservation (eds E.A.G. Duffy & A.S. Watt), pp. 153-166. Blackwell, Oxford.