Article
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. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14195
Article
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
Article
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
Article
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
Article
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
Article
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
Article
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
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.
Article
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
Article
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
Article
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
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.
Thesis
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
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.
Technical Report
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.
Article
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
Article
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
Article
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
Article
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