Yi, Z., Wong, G., Cannon, C. H., Xu, J., Beckschäfer, P., Swetnam, R. D., (2013 submitted) Capturing biodiversity and carbon finance for reforestation on low profit rubber monoculture plantations in Xishuangbanna, SW China. Landuse Research.
Hutchinson, J., Manica, A., Swetnam, R. D., Balmford, A., Spalding, M (2013 submitted) Predicting global patterns in the carbon storage of mangrove forests. Submitted to Conservation Letters, 2013.
Yi, Z., Cannon, C. H., Chen, J., Ye, C., Swetnam, R. D., (2013) Developing indicators of economic value and biodiversity loss for rubber plantations in Xishuangbanna, southwest China: A case study from Menglun township. Ecological Indicators, in press.
Willcock, S., Phillips, O. L., Platts, P. J., Balmford, A., Burgess, N. D., Lovett, J. C, Ahrends, A., Bayliss, J., Doggart, N., Doody, K., Eibleis, Fanning, Green J., Hall, J., Howell, K. L., Marchant, R., Marshall, A. R., Mbilinyi, B., Munishi, P. K. T., Owen, N., Swetnam, R. D., Topp-Jorgensen, E. J., Lewis, S. L.,(2012) Towards Regional, Error-Bounded Landscape Carbon Storage Estimates for Data-Deficient Areas of the World. PLOS One, 7(9): e44795. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044795
Pfeifer, M., Burgess, N. D., Swetnam, R. D., Platts, P. J., Willcock, S., Marchant, S. L. (2012) Protected areas: mixed success in protecting East Africa’s evergreen forests. PLOS One, 7(6): e39337doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039337
Pfeifer, M., Platts, P. J., Burgess, N. D., Swetnam, R. D., Willcock, S., Lewis, S. J., Marchant, R. (2012) Land use change and carbon fluxes in East Africa quantified using earth observation data and field measurements. Environmental Conservation, published online Dec 2012: doi 10.1017/S0376892912000379
Schaafsma, M., Morse-Jones, S., Posen, P., Swetnam, R. D., Balmford, A., Bateman, I. J., Burgess, N. D., Chamshama, S. A. O., Fisher, B., Green, R. E., Hepelwa, A. S., Hernandez-Sirvent, A., Kajembe, G. C., Kulindwa, K., Lund, J. F., Mbwambo, L., Meilby, H., Ngaga, Y. M., Theilade, I., Treue, T., Vyamana, V. G., Turner, R. K., (2012) Towards transferable functions for extraction of Non-timber Forest Products: A case study on charcoal production in Tanzania. Ecological Economics, 80: 48-62.
Fisher, B., Lewis, S. L., Burgess, N. D., Malimbwi, R. E., Munishi, P. K., Swetnam, R. D., Turner, R. K., Willcock, S., Balmford, A. (2011) Implementation and opportunity costs of reducing deforestation and forest degradation in Tanzania. Nature Climate Change, 1: 161-164. DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1119.
Swetnam, R. D. & Reyers, B. (2011) Mapping Africa’s natural capital: the contribution of GIS now and in the future. Landscape and Urban Planning, 100: 411-414.
Platts, P. J., Burgess, N. D., Gereau, Lovett, J. C., Marshall, A. R., McClean, C. J., Pellikka, P.K.E., Swetnam, R. D., Marchant, R. (2011) Delimiting tropical mountain ecoregions for conservation: towards a standardised definition of the Eastern Arc of Tanzania and Kenya. Environmental Conservation, 38(2): 312-324.
Fisher, B., Turner, R. K., Burgess, N. D., Swetnam, R. D., Green, J., Green R., Kajembe, G., Kulindwa, K., Lewis, S., Marchant, R., Marshall, A. R., Madoffe, S., Munishi, P.K.T., Morse-Jones, S., Mwakalila, S., Paavola, J., Naidoo, R., Ricketts, T., Rouget, M., Willcock, S., White, S., Balmford, A. (2011) Measuring, modelling and mapping ecosystem services in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. Progress in Physical Geography, 35(5):595-611 .
Swetnam, R. D., Fisher, B., Mbilinyi, B. P., Munishi, P. K., Willcock, S., Ricketts, T., Mwakalila, S., Balmford, A., Burgess, N. D., Marshall, A. R., Lewis, S. L. (2011) Mapping socio-economic scenarios of land cover change: a GIS method to enable ecosystem service modelling. Journal of Environmental Management, 92: 563-574.
Shirima, D. D., Munishi, P.K.T., Lewis, S. L., Burgess, N. D., Marshall, A. R., Balmford, A., Swetnam, R. D., Zahabu, E., (2011) Carbon storage, structure and composition of Miombo woodlands in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains. African Journal of Ecology, 49 (3), 332-342.
Burgess, N. D., Bahane, B., Clairs, T., Danielsen, F., Dalsgaard, S., Funder, M., Hagelberg, N., Harrison, P., Haule, C., Kabalimu, K., Kilahama, F., Kilawer, E., Lewis, S. L., Lovett, J. C., Lyatuu, G., Marshall, A. R., Meshack, C., Miles, L.,m MIlledge, S. A. H., Munishi, P. K. T., Nashanda, E., Shirima, D., Swetnam, R. D., Willcock, S., Williams, A., Zahabu, E., (2010) Getting ready for REDD+ in Tanzania: a case study of progress and challenges. Oryx, 44(3): 339-351.
Meeks, W. R., Burman, P. J., Nowakowski, M., Sparks, T. H., Hill, R. A., Swetnam, R. D., Burman, N. J., (2009). Habitat requirements of breeding Barn Owls (Tyto alba) in the south Midlands of England. Bird Study, 56:369-380.
Whittingham, M. J., Krebs, J. R., Swetnam, R. D.,Thewlis, R. M., Wilson, J. R., Freckleton, R.P., (2009) Habitat associations of British breeding farmland birds. Bird Study, 56:43-52.
Swetnam, R. D. (2007) Stability mapping: a tool to understand rural land use change dynamics with examples from England and Wales, 1930- 1998. Landscape and Urban Planning, 81(1-2): 91-103.
Thomson, A. G., Manchester, S. J., Swetnam, R. D., Smith, G. M., Wadsworth, R. A., Gerard, F. F. (2007). The use of digital aerial photography and CORINE-derived methodology for monitoring recent and historic changes in land cover near UK Natura 2000 sites for the BIOPRESS project. International Journal of Remote Sensing 28(23): 5397-5426.
Whittingham, M., Krebs, J., Swetnam, R. D., Vickery, J., Wilson, J. D., Freckleton, R. P., (2007) Should conservation strategies consider spatial generality? Farmland birds show regional not national patterns of habitat association. Ecology Letters, 10: 25-35.
Tindall, C. I., Moore, R. V, Bosley, J. D, Swetnam, R. D., Bowie, R. B., & De Rudder, A. (2006). Creating and using the URGENT metadata catalogue and thesaurus. Science of the Total Environment, 360: 223-232.
M.G. Culshaw, C.P. Nathanail, G.J.L. Leeks, S. Alker, D. Bridge, T. Duffy, D. Fowler, J.C. Packman, R. D. Swetnam, R. A. Wadsworth and B. K. Wyatt (2006) The role of web-based environmental information in urban planning – the environmental information system for planners. Science of the Total Environment, 360: 223-232.
Mountford, J. O., Roy, D. B., Cooper, J. M., Manchester, S. J., Swetnam, R. D., Warman, E. A., Treweek, J. R. (2006) Methods for targeting the restoration of grazing marsh and wet grassland communities at a national, regional and local scale. Journal of Nature Conservation, 14: 46-66.
Swetnam, R. D., Wilson, J. D., Whittingham, M. J., & Grice, P. V., (2005) Designing lowland landscapes for farmland birds: scenario testing with GIS. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 29: 275-296.
Whittingham, M. J., Swetnam R. D., Wilson, J. D., Chamberlain, D. E., & Freckleton, R. P. (2005) Habitat selection by yellowhammers Emberiza citronella on lowland farmland at two spatial scales: implications for conservation management. Journal of Applied Ecology, 42(2): 270-280.
Fuller, R. J., Hinsley, S. A., & Swetnam, R. D. (2004) The relevance of non-farmland habitats, uncropped areas and habitat diversity to the conservation of farmland birds. IBIS, 146(Supplement 2): 22-31.
Swetnam, R. D., Mountford, J. O., Manchester, S. J. M, & Broughton, R. (2004) Agri-environmental schemes: their role in reversing floral decline in the Brue floodplain, Somerset, UK. Journal of Environmental Management, 71: 79-93.
Bennett, A. F., Hinsley, S. A., Bellamy, P. E., Swetnam, R. D., & MacNally, R. (2004) Do regional gradients in land-use influence richness, composition and turnover of bird assemblages in small woods? Biological Conservation, 119: 191-206.
Swetnam, R. D., Tindall, C. I., Cook, J. M., Pepler, S. J., Shaw, R. P. S (2002) Collation, management and dissemination of environmental research relating to urban areas in the UK. The approach used with the Natural Environment Research Council;s URGENT Programme. Computers, Environment & Urban Systems, 26: 63-84.
Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E., Clark, N.A., Holloway, S.J., Yates, M.G., le Vit Dit Durrell, S.E., Eastwood, J.A., Goss-Custard, J.D., Swetnam, R.D., West, J.R.,(2000) Predicting densities of wintering Redshank Tringa totanus from estuary characteristics: a method for assessing the likely impact of habitat change. Acta Ornithologica 35(1): 25-32.
Swetnam, R.D, Firbank, L.G, Ellis, N.E & Hill, M.O (1998) A Geographic Information System for Predicting Weed Changes on Set-aside Arable Land. Weed Technology 12(1): 165-176.
Firbank, L.G., Ellis, N.E., Hill, M.O., Lockwood, A.J., & Swetnam, R. D. (1998) Mapping the distribution of weeds in Great Britain in relation to national survey distribution and to soil type. Weed Research 38: 1-10
Swetnam, R. D., Ragou, P. R., Firbank, L. G., Hinsley, S. A & Bellamy P. A (1998) Applying Ecological Models to Altered Landscapes: Scenario-testing with GIS. Landscape and Urban Planning. 41: 3-18.
Wadsworth, R. A & Swetnam, R. D (1998) Modelling the impact of climate warming at the landscape scale: will bench terraces become economically and ecologically viable structures under changed climates? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 68: 27-39.
Brown, N.J., Swetnam, R.D, Treweek, J. R., Mountford, J.O., Caldow, R.W.G., Manchester, S. J., Stamp, T. R., Gowing, D. J. G., Soloman, D. R and Armstrong, A, C. (1998) Issues in GIS Development: adapting to research and policy needs for management of wet grasslands in an Environmentally Sensitive Area. International Journal of Geographic Information Science12(5): 465-478.
Swetnam, R. D, Mountford, J. O., Armstong, A. C., Gowing, D. J. G., Brown, N.J., Manchester, S. J. & Treweek, J. R, (1997) Spatial relationships between site hydrology and the occurrence of grassland of conservation importance: a risk assessment with GIS. Journal of Environmental Management 54: 189-203
Swetnam, R. D (2007) Land use change in England and Wales, 1930 – 1998: a spatial and temporal analysis. PhD thesis, Exeter University, UK, pp 288
Swetnam, D. W & Swetnam R. D. (2010) Writing your Dissertation. (3rd Edition). How To Books, Oxfordshire, UK.
Conference Proceedings
Swetnam, R. D., Hill, D., Alker, S. C. & Duffy, T. R. (2005) Ecology and the UK planner: providing tools for sustainable landscapes. Planning, People and Practice, Proceedings of IALE(UK), University of Northampton. 177-185.
Mountford J.O., Cooper J.M., Roy D.B., Warman E.A., Swetnam R.D., Manchester S.J. Restoring and re-creating grazing marsh: priorities and targets for grassland restoration (2002) In: Conservation pays?, edited by J. Frame, 51-54., British Grassland Society. (British Grassland Society Occasional Symposium No. 36).
Alker S., Duffy T., Swetnam R.D, Bealey W., Bell P., Careless J., Culshaw M., Davies H., Fowler D., Gibson A., Leeks G., Lelliott M., Lowndes J., Bridge D., Nathanail P., Packman J., Wadsworth R., Wyatt B. (2002) Integrating environmental information into a decision support tool for urban planning – an environmental information system for planners (EISP) In: Proceedings of the UDMS 2002, 24th Urban and Regional Data Management Symposium, Prague, edited by E.M. Fendel et al.
Alker, S., Swetnam, R. D., et al. (2002) Effective evaluation of planning concerns within a national planning process: enabling environmental concerns to be addressed within the UK development control planning process. Proceedings of the 5th international conference on urban planning and the environment, 2002, Oxford Brookes University.
Tindall, C. I., Moore, R.V., Bosley, J. D., Swetnam, R. D., Bowie, R., De Rudder, A. (2002) New tools for searching metadata describing urban scientific data sets. Proceedings of the UDMS 2002, 24th Urban and Regional Data Management Symposium, Prague, edited by E.M. Fendel et al.
Broughton, R., Mason, J., Swetnam, R. D., Hinsley, S. A., & Wadsworth, R. A (2001) Can habitat quality be quantified? An application of 3D GIS. In Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 9th Annual Conference, Glamorgan, 18-20th April 2001. Eds Kidner, D.B., & Higgs, G.
Swetnam, R.D., Tindall, C.I., Cook, J.M., Pepler, S.J., Shaw, R.P., (2000) Collation, management and dissemination of environmental research relating to urban areas in the UK. The approach used by the Natural Environmental Research Council’s URGENT Programme. Proceedings of the 22nd Urban and Rural Data Management Symposium Sept 12 – 15th, Delft, The Netherlands.
Walker, K.J., Sparks, T.H., Swetnam, R.D., (2000) The colonisation of tree and shrub species within a self-sown woodland: the Monks Wood Wilderness. Aspects of Applied Biology 58: 337-334.
Mountford, J. O., Roy, D. B., Cooper, J. M., Manchester, S. J., Swetnam, R. D., Warman, E. A. (2000) Targeting habitat restoration: methods and application to lowland wet grassland. Aspects of Applied Biology 58: 255- 262.
Swetnam R.D, Firbank L.G, Ellis N.E. & M O Hill (1997) Modelling ecological change on set-aside arable land using a GIS approach. ISESS97, Whistler, Canada.
Wadsworth, R. A., Swetnam, R. D., & Willis, S. G., (1997) Seeds and sediment: modelling the spread of Impatiens Glandulifera Royle. Pgs 53-60 in A. Cooper & J.Power (eds.) Species dispersal and Land Use Processes. Proceedings of the 6th Annual IALE (UK) Conference. University of Ulster, Coleraine, 9-11th Sept 1997.
Bellamy, P. E., Brown, N. J., Enoksson, B., Firbank, L. G., Fuller, R. J., Hinsley, S A, Schotman, A. G. M & R. D. Swetnam (1997) The role of landscape structure and dispersal in limiting nuthatch distribution. Pgs. 151-158 in A. Cooper & J. Power (eds) Species dispersal and Land Use Processes. Proceedings of the 6th Annual IALE (UK) Conference. University of Ulster, Coleraine, 9-11th Sept 1997.
Yates M.G., Clarke R.T., Swetnam R.D., Eastwood J.A & Goss-Custard J.D. (1997) Use of remote sensing to relate estuary morphology to intertidal sediment distribution. Special issue of the Geological Society of London. Sedimentary Processes in the Intertidal Zone
Miles D.R., Brown N.J., Swetnam R.D., Armstrong A.C., Rose S.C., & J.O. Mountford (1995) A wetlands GIS: the aid to management policies. AGI 1995 Conference Proceedings 21-23 Nov 1995.
Ellis N.E., Firbank L.G., Hill M O & Swetnam R.D. (1995) Predicting the vegetation on ex-arable land in Britain. Abstract of Communications (J.France, ed) Jnl of Agricultural Science
Cooper A.P.R., Swetnam R.D & Fox A.J. (1994) Novel sources of ground control for aerial photography. Proceedings of the 6th Canadian Conference on GIS, 6-10 June 1994, Ottawa, Canada.
Swetnam, R. D., Wilson, J. D., Bradbury, R. B., & Krebs, J. R (2001) Modelling the effects of agricultural change on skylark numbers using GIS: a pilot study. In P.F Donald and J. A. Vickery (eds) The ecology and conservation of skylarks Alauda arvensis pp 209-219. RSPB, Sandy.
Rehfisch, M .M., Holloway, S.J., Yates, M.G., Clarke, R.T., Austin, G., Clark, N.A., le V. dit Durell, S.E.A., Eastwood, J.A., Goss‑Custard, J.D., Swetnam, R. D. and West, A.D. (1997). Predicting the effect of habitat change on waterfowl communities: a novel empirical approach. In : Predicting and detecting the effect of habitat loss and change on wetland bird populations. (Eds J.D. Goss‑Custard, R. Rufino & A. Luis). ITE Publication, HMSO.
Balmford, A. (2012) Wild Hope – on the frontlines of Conservation Success. Chicago Press University. Frontispiece and all cartography for this book were done by Swetnam R. D.
Magazine Articles
Swetnam, R. D., Marshall, A. R., Burgess, N. D.,(2010) Valuing Ecosystem Services in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. British Ecological Society Bulletin, 41(1): 7-9.
Mwakalila, S., Burgess, N. D., Ricketts, T., Olwero, N., Swetnam R. D., Mbilinyi, B., Marchant, R., Mtalo, F., White, S., Munishi, P., Malimbwi, R., Smith, C., Jambiya, G., Marshall, A., Madoffe, S., Fisher, B., Kajembe, G., Morse-Jones, S., Kulindwa, K., Green, R., Turner, R., Green, J., Balmford, A. (2009) Valuing the Arc – Linking Science with Stakeholders to sustain Natural Capital. The Arc Journal, 23: 25-30.
Contract Reports
Pywell, R. F., Swetnam, R. D., Walker, K. & Roy, D. B., (2006) Assessing floristic change on Salisbury Plain between 1996 and 2004. Final report to Defence Estates, May 2006, CEH Contract C02849.
Swetnam, R. D. (2002) Outputs from the NERC Environmental Diagnostics Thematic Programme: A Review. Report to the NERC Environmental Diagnostics Steering Committee.
Acreman M.C., Mountford J.O., McCartney M.P., Wadsworth R.A., Swetnam R.D., McNeil D.D., Manchester S.J., Myhill D.G., Broughton R.K. (2002) Integrating wetland management, catchment hydrology and ecosystem functions. Final report
Osborn, D., Swetnam, R. D., Meek, B., & Malcolm, H. M. , (2001) Environmental Quality, Ditches and Pesticides. Final report for Unilever, March 2001.
Swetnam, R. D (2001) Outputs from the NERC Urban and Regeneration and Environment Programme : a review. CEH Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, March 2001.
Whittingham, M.J., Swetnam, R.D., Wilson, J.D., Perkins, A.J., (2000) Ecological modelling to predict the response of farmland bird species to habitat restoration. Final report to English Nature, June 2000.
Wilson, J.D., Swetnam, R.D., Whittingham, M.J., Bradbury, R.B., (2000) Designing lowland landscapes for farmland birds. A pilot study integrating habitat association models and GIS. Report to English Nature, June 2000.
Wadsworth, R.A., Weidemann, A., Swetnam, R.D., Lambourne, R., (2000) Potential of water protection zones in the River Lugg. Final report to English Nature, June 2000.
Swetnam, R. D. (1999) Integrating extensive and intensive data on relationships between game management, landscape structure and biodiversity. Chapter 6 in Firbank, L. G (ed) Lowland Game Shooting Study Final Report. For the British Association for Shooting and Conservation.
Petit, S., Wyatt, B. K., Firbank, L. G., Howard, D., Bunce, R.G.H, Hill, M. O., Swetnam, R. D., Bull, K. R., Morton, D., Cooper, J., Foppen, R. P.B (1998). MIRABELL Models for integrated review and assessment of Biodiversity in European Landscapes. Final Report to the European Environment Agency Topic Centre on Nature Conservation, Paris.
Firbank, L. G., Britt, C. P., Crabb, J., Critchley, C. N. R., Ellis, N. E., Fowbert, J. A., Fuller, R. J., Gladders, P., Green, D. B., Hill, M.O., Henderson, I. A., Jones, N., Stark, G. J., Swetnam, R. D., (1998). Agronomic and Environmental Evaluation of Set-aside under the EC Arable Area Payments Scheme. Final Report to MAFF (March 1998).
Mountford J.O. (ed) D.R.Barrett, N.J. Brown, S.J. Manchester, R.D.Swetnam and K.Walker (senior authors) (1997) MAFF Wetland Projects: Publications and dissemination of findings. Final Report to MAFF, March 1997.
Mountford J.O., (ed), Eversham B.E., Manchester S.J., Roy, D.B., Sparks T.H., Swetnam R.D. and Treweek J.R (1997)A strategy for targeting restoration of vegetation at a national scale and regional scale: wet grassland. Final report to MAFF, March 1997.
J.R Treweek & J.O Mountford (editors) N. J. Brown, W.P.Cox, S.J. Manchester, T.H.Sparks, R.D.Swetnam (ITE Monks Wood) R.W.G.Caldow (ITE Furzebrook) D.J.Gowing (Silsoe) and R Lambourne.Effects of managing water levels to maintain or enhance ecological diversity within discrete catchments. (March 1996)ITE project T02059n5/MAFF project BD0204.
Hall J.R., Bull,K.R, Dyke H, Ullyet J., Brown M.J., Chamberlain H.M., Stamp, T. Wadsworth R.A., Wright S.M & Swetnam R.D (1996) National Critical Loads Mapping Programme. Final report to the Department of the Environment DOE/NERC contract PECD7/10/90
Chamberlain H M., Wadsworth R.A. Brown M.J , Swetnam R.D & K R Bull (1996) Estimating the impacts of sulphur and nitrogen on air quality around Aberthaw Power Station. HMIP Contract Report HMIP/CPR2/41/1/23. PLUS 23 others for the other 23 power stations in England and Wales.
Swetnam R.D (1995) The Set‑aside Geographical Information System. In Agronomic and environmental evaluation of set‑aside under the EC Arable Area Payments Scheme,pgs 94‑99, Interim report to MAFF.
Ellis N.E., Firbank L.G., Hill M.O., Lockwood A.J. & Swetnam R.D (1995) Modelling. In Agronomic and environmental evaluation of set‑aside under the EC Arable Area Payments Scheme,pgs78‑93. Report to MAFF.
M.G.Yates, R.T. Clarke, R.D.Swetnam, J.A.Eastwood, S.E.A leV dit Durrell, J.R. West , J.D. Goss‑Custard, N. Clarke, S. Holloway & M Rehfisch. (1995).Estuary Sediments and Shorebirds. I Determinants of the Intertidal Sediments of Estuaries Report to the Energy Technology Support Unit.
Holloway S.J., Rehfisch M.M, Clark N.A. Balmer D.E. Austin G, Yates M.G., Clarke R.T.,Swetnam R.D., Eastwood J.A., Durrell S.E.A le V .dit, West J.R & Goss‑Custard J.D. (1995) Estuary Sediments and Shorebirds. II Shorebird usage of intertidal areasReport to the Energy Technology Support Unit.
Austin G., Rehfisch M.M., Clark N.A., Balmer D.E., Holloway S.J Yates M.G., Clarke R.T., Swetnam R.D., Eastwood J.A., Durrell S.E.A. le V dit, west J.R & Goss‑Custard J.D(1995) Estuary Sediments and Shorebirds. III Predicting waterfowl densities on intertidal areas. Report to the Energy Technology Support Unit.
M.J.Brown, R.A. Wadsworth, H.M Chamberlain, R. D. Swetnam & K. R. Bull(1995) Modelling the effects of Aberthaw power Station on air quality. HMIP Contract Report PLUS 23 others for the other 23 power stations in England and Wales
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