Professional summary

Ed has 29 years’ experience in soil and plant ecology research, including empirical work on nutrient cycling, and model design, development and application. His focus is on predicting soil and ecosystem responses to anthropogenic drivers, in terms of soil organic matter dynamics, plant productivity, and plant species composition. He has designed and implemented several dynamic models of plant production, soil carbon, dissolved organic carbon, and nutrient cycling within natural and agricultural systems.

Ed has a particular interest in ecosystem responses to atmospheric nitrogen pollution. He heads the UK National Focal Centre for Modelling and Mapping of Exceedances of Critical Loads and Critical Levels, which generates statistics on air pollution impacts for use by the UK and DA governments. Ed also works on how to monitor of ecosystems for pollution impacts and recovery, and has designed monitoring networks for the Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland), the UK’s Environment Agency, and Natural England.

 

Selected publications

Marais Eloise A. et al. , (2023), Impact of legislated and best available emission control measures on UK particulate matter pollution, premature mortality, and nitrogen-sensitive habitats. GeoHealth, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023GH000910

Yumashev Dmitry et al. , (2022), Terrestrial carbon sequestration under future climate, nutrient and land use change and management scenarios: a national-scale UK case study. Environmental Research Letters, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aca037

Anderson T.R. et al. , (2019), Unified concepts for understanding and modelling turnover of dissolved organic matter from freshwaters to the ocean: the UniDOM model. Biogeochemistry, 146, 105-123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00621-1

Tipping E. et al. , (2019), Modelling the physical states, element stoichiometries, and residence times of topsoil organic matter. European Journal of Soil Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12785

Rowe E.C. et al. , (2016), Metrics for evaluating the ecological benefits of decreased nitrogen deposition. Biological Conservation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.022

Rowe Edwin C. et al. , (2016), Using qualitative and quantitative methods to choose a habitat quality metric for air pollution policy evaluation. 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161085

Vereecken H. et al. , (2016), Modeling soil processes: review, key challenges, and new perspectives. 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/vzj2015.09.0131

Rowe, E.C. et al. , (2014), Predicting nitrogen and acidity effects on long-term dynamics of dissolved organic matter. Environmental Pollution, 184, 271-282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.08.023

Rowe, E. C. et al. , (2006), Nutrient allocation strategies across a simplified heterogeneous African smallholder farm. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 116, 60-71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2006.03.019

Giller, K.E. et al. , (2011), Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming syste. Agricultural Systems, 104, 191-203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2010.07.002