Dr Alan Law

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Methane and carbon dioxide emissions from agricultural ponds are driven by physico-chemical and morphological characteristics

Bryan D, Arne-Subke J, Oliver DM & Law A (2026) Methane and carbon dioxide emissions from agricultural ponds are driven by physico-chemical and morphological characteristics. Inland Waters. https://doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2026.2634010

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Flume experiments reveal how beaver dam characteristics influence pond depth regulation

Hart J, Law A, Westbrook C, Rubinato M & Willby N (2025) Flume experiments reveal how beaver dam characteristics influence pond depth regulation. Journal of Hydrology, 662, p. 133872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133872

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Beaver wetlands create a buzz and a flutter for pollinators

Cook P, Law A, Pattison Z & Willby NJ (2025) Beaver wetlands create a buzz and a flutter for pollinators. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70193

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Lines in the landscape

Clifford C, Bieroza M, Clarke SJ, Pickard A, Stratigos MJ, Hill MJ, Raheem N, Tatariw C, Wood PJ, Arismendi I, Audet J, Aviles D, Bergman JN, Brown AG & Law A (2025) Lines in the landscape. Communications Earth & Environment, 6, Art. No.: 693. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02699-y

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Understanding the hydrological and landscape connectivity of lakes

Taylor P, Carvalho L, Chapman D, Law A, Miller C, Scott M, Siriwardena G, Thackeray SJ, Ward C, Wilkie C & Willby N (2025) Understanding the hydrological and landscape connectivity of lakes. Landscape Ecology, 40 (7). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-025-02153-6

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Global Ecology and Biogeography Landscape-Scale Responses of Freshwater Biodiversity to Connectivity and Stressors

Wilkie C, Law A, Thackeray S, Ward C, August T, Baker A, Belmont J, Carvalho L, Chapman D, Dobel A, Miller C, Pringle H, Scott M, Siriwardena G, Taylor P & Willby N (2025) Global Ecology and Biogeography Landscape-Scale Responses of Freshwater Biodiversity to Connectivity and Stressors. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34 (6), Art. No.: e70069. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70069

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The impact of beaver dams on distribution of waterborne Escherichia coli and turbidity in an agricultural landscape

White HL, Fellows R, Woodford L, Ormsby MJ, van Biervliet O, Law A, Quilliam RS & Willby NJ (2025) The impact of beaver dams on distribution of waterborne Escherichia coli and turbidity in an agricultural landscape. Science of The Total Environment, 968, Art. No.: 178871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178871

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Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology

Gould E, Fraser HS, Parker TH, Nakagawa S, Griffith SC, Vesk PA, Fidler F, Hamilton DG, Abbey-Lee RN, Abbott JK, Aguirre LA, Alcaraz C, Aloni I, Law A & Marshall BM (2025) Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology, 23 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02101-x

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Repeatable patterns in the distribution of freshwater biodiversity indicators across contrasting landscapes

Law A, Baker A, Sayer CD, Foster G, Gunn IDM, Macadam CR & Willby NJ (2024) Repeatable patterns in the distribution of freshwater biodiversity indicators across contrasting landscapes. Landscape Ecology, 39 (11). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01992-z

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Optimising species detection probability and sampling effort in lake fish eDNA surveys

Sellers GS, Jerde CL, Harper LR, Benucci M, Di Muri C, Li J, Peirson G, Walsh K, Hatton-Ellis T, Duncan W, Duguid A, Ottewell D, Willby N, Law A & Bean CW (2024) Optimising species detection probability and sampling effort in lake fish eDNA surveys. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 8, Art. No.: e104655. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.8.104655

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Invertebrate responses to rewilding: a monitoring framework for practitioners

Cook P, Law A, Pattison Z, WallisDeVries MF & Willby NJ (2024) Invertebrate responses to rewilding: a monitoring framework for practitioners. Restoration Ecology, 32 (5), Art. No.: e14195. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14195

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Tree felling by beaver promotes regeneration in riparian woodlands whilst increasing resource availability for deer

Wilson KA, Law A, Hester AJ, Gaywood MJ & Willby NJ (2024) Tree felling by beaver promotes regeneration in riparian woodlands whilst increasing resource availability for deer. Forest Ecology and Management, 562, Art. No.: 121910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121910

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Will they be back? A framework to guide rare macrophyte conservation decisions in lakes

Bennion H, Sayer C, Baker A, Bishop I, Glover A, Jones V, Law A, Madgwick G, Peglar S, Roberts C, Rose N, Turner S, Willby N & Yang H (2024) Will they be back? A framework to guide rare macrophyte conservation decisions in lakes. Restoration Ecology, 32 (1), pp. 1-16, Art. No.: e14026. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14026

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How beavers affect riverine aquatic macroinvertebrates: a review

Washko S, Willby N & Law A (2022) How beavers affect riverine aquatic macroinvertebrates: a review. PeerJ, 10, Art. No.: e13180. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13180

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Pond ecology and conservation: research priorities and knowledge gaps

Hill MJ, Greaves HM, Sayer CD, Hassall C, Milin M, Milner VS, Marazzi L, Hall R, Harper LR, Thornhill I, Walton R, Biggs J, Ewald N, Law A & Willby N (2021) Pond ecology and conservation: research priorities and knowledge gaps. Ecosphere, 12 (12), Art. No.: e03853. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3853

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Beavers: The original engineers of Britain's fresh waters

Wilson K, Law A, Gaywood M, Ramsay P & Willby N (2020) Beavers: The original engineers of Britain's fresh waters. British Wildlife, 31 (6), pp. 403-411. https://www.britishwildlife.com/article/volume-31-number-6-page-403-411

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Are beavers a solution to the freshwater biodiversity crisis?

Law A, Levanoni O, Foster G, Ecke F & Willby NJ (2019) Are beavers a solution to the freshwater biodiversity crisis?. Diversity and Distributions, 25 (11), pp. 1763-1772. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12978

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Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding of pond water as a tool to survey conservation and management priority mammals

Harper LR, Lawson Handley L, Carpenter AI, Ghazali M, Di Muri C, Macgregor CJ, Logan TW, Law A, Breithaupt T, Read DS, McDevitt AD & Hänfling B (2019) Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding of pond water as a tool to survey conservation and management priority mammals. Biological Conservation, 238, Art. No.: 108225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108225

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The effectiveness of aquatic plants as surrogates for wider biodiversity in standing fresh waters

Law A, Baker A, Sayer C, Foster G, Gunn IDM, Taylor P, Pattison Z, Blaikie J & Willby NJ (2019) The effectiveness of aquatic plants as surrogates for wider biodiversity in standing fresh waters. Freshwater Biology, 64 (9), pp. 1664-1675. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13369

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Rewilding wetlands: beaver as agents of within-habitat heterogeneity and the responses of contrasting biota

Willby NJ, Law A, Levanoni O, Foster G & Ecke F (2018) Rewilding wetlands: beaver as agents of within-habitat heterogeneity and the responses of contrasting biota. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373 (1761), Art. No.: 20170444. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0444

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Technical Report

The collation and analysis of UK larval lamprey data to determine variance and inform monitoring strategies

Bull C & Law A (2018) The collation and analysis of UK larval lamprey data to determine variance and inform monitoring strategies. Scottish Natural Heritage.

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Using ecosystem engineers as tools in habitat restoration and rewilding: beaver and wetlands

Law A, Gaywood MJ, Jones KC, Ramsay P & Willby NJ (2017) Using ecosystem engineers as tools in habitat restoration and rewilding: beaver and wetlands. Science of the Total Environment, 605-606, pp. 1021-1030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.173

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Habitat engineering by beaver benefits aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem processes in agricultural streams

Law A, McLean F & Willby N (2016) Habitat engineering by beaver benefits aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem processes in agricultural streams. Freshwater Biology, 61 (4), pp. 486-499. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12721

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Newspaper Article

Give beavers permanent residence - we'd be dam stupid not to

Willby N & Law A (2016) Give beavers permanent residence - we'd be dam stupid not to. The Conversation. 24.02.2016.

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Technical Report

Ground-truthing the quality assessment of walkover lamprey habitat surveys

Bull C, Law A, Perfect C & Watt J (2014) Ground-truthing the quality assessment of walkover lamprey habitat surveys. Scottish Natural Heritage.

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A survey of the aquatic habitat, fish and aquatic macroinvertebrate populations in the vicinity of three proposed conveyor bridge crossings on the River Teith and Keltie Water at Cambusmore

Bull C & Law A (2014) A survey of the aquatic habitat, fish and aquatic macroinvertebrate populations in the vicinity of three proposed conveyor bridge crossings on the River Teith and Keltie Water at Cambusmore. Direct Ecology.

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Evaluation of the ecological impacts of beaver reintroduction on aquatic systems

Law A (2014) Evaluation of the ecological impacts of beaver reintroduction on aquatic systems. Doctor of Philosophy. University of Stirling. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/20767

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Medium vs. short-term effects of herbivory by Eurasian beaver on aquatic vegetation

Law A, Jones K & Willby N (2014) Medium vs. short-term effects of herbivory by Eurasian beaver on aquatic vegetation. Aquatic Botany, 116, pp. 27-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2014.01.004

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Beavers and lilies: Selective herbivory and adaptive foraging behaviour

Law A, Bunnefeld N & Willby N (2014) Beavers and lilies: Selective herbivory and adaptive foraging behaviour. Freshwater Biology, 59 (2), pp. 224-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12259

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Using coralline algae to understand historic marine cloud cover

Burdett H, Kamenos NA & Law A (2011) Using coralline algae to understand historic marine cloud cover. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 302 (1-2), pp. 65-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.027

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Temperature controls on coralline algal skeletal growth

Kamenos NA & Law A (2010) Temperature controls on coralline algal skeletal growth. Journal of Phycology, 46 (2), pp. 331-335. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00780.x

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