Publications

Journal

 

Wilder Horizons - Journal of the Wildland Research Institute October 2009: Volume 1, Issue 1

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Guidelines for Contributing to Wilder Horizons
Wilder Horizons is the quarterly journal published by the Wildland Research Institute, University of Leeds.
The journal invites contributions relevant to wildness and wildland in Britain and elsewhere, including issues about stewardship, education, research, policy, international perspectives, and inspirational articles. For any questions or submissions, please contact the Editor by email: editor@wilderhorizons.info

 

Copyright
The WRi encourages free use of the information contained in the journal provided that the Institute is credited and contact details are given. Please also credit individual authors and papers.
Email: wildlandresearch@leeds.ac.uk

 

Key outputs

  • "Wildness study in the Cairngorms National Park"
    Report prepared for the Cairngorms National Park Authority and SNH, 2008.
  • "A review of the status and conservation of wild land in Europe"
    Report prepared for the Scottish Government, November 2010.
  • A reconnaissance level wild land map of the UK for the John Muir Trust’s new vision http://www.jmt.org/vision.asp
  • "Europe's Ecological Backbone: Recognising the true value of our mountains" http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/europes-ecological-backbone
  • "10 messages for 2010 – mountain ecosystems"
    http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/10-messages-for-2010-mountain-ecosystems

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    Presentations

    WRi and its members regularly deliver papers and presentations at relevant conferences and workshops. The following is a selection of presentations made at recent events:

     

     

    Example publications by WRi Staff

    WRi and its members strive to publish the results of its research in appropriate academic journals. The following is a selection of relevant papers by institute members:

     

  • Watson, A., et al (in press) Contrasting place meanings to protect cultural landscapes. In W.Stewart and D.Williams (in press) Fitting Place to Decision-making.
  • Comber, A., et al., (2009) Evaluating alternative mappings of wildness using fuzzy MCE and Dempster-Shafer in support of decision making. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 34 (2), 142-152.
  • Carver, S., et al (2009) Developing computer-based participatory approaches to mapping landscape values for landscape and resource management. In S.Geertman & J.Stillwell (eds) Best Practice and New Methods in Planning Support Systems. Springer. 431-448.
  • Gabriel, D., et al (2009) The spatial aggregation of organic farming in England and its underlying environmental correlates. International Journal of Applied Ecology. 46(2), 323-333.
  • Blair, S., et al., (2009) Using GIS to identify wildland areas in the North Pennines. In N.Mount,
  • G. Harvey, P.Alpin & G.Priestnall (eds) Representing, modelling and visualising the natural environment, Innovations in GIS series. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis. 87-100.
  • Carver, S. (2008) Native behaviour: the human and land-use implications of returning key species to Scotland. In ECOS 29(3/4), 2-8.
  • Carver, S. (2007) Bringing wilderness into the classroom. In ECOS 28(1), 90-93.
  • Carver, S. & Wrightham, M, (2007) Shrinking Wild Lands: Assessing Human Intrusion in the Highlands of Scotland, 1870 to 2004, Using Geographical Information Systems. In A.Watson, J.Sproull & L.Dean, eds (2007) Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Eighth World Wilderness Congress symposium; September 30–October 6, 2005; Anchorage, AK. Proceedings RMRS-P-49. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 357-366.
  • Carver, S. (2007) Rewilding in England and Wales: A Review of Recent Developments, Issues, and Concerns. In A.Watson, J.Sproull & L.Dean, eds (2007) Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Eighth World Wilderness Congress symposium; September 30–October 6, 2005; Anchorage, AK. Proceedings RMRS-P-49. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 267-272.
  • Ward, V., et al (2006) Re-wilding projects in the UK - the database. In ECOS 27(3/4), 5-7.
  • Carver, S. (2006) Connectivity of nature in the Dutch landscape. In ECOS 27(3/4), 61-64.
  • Carver, S. & Samsom, p. (2005) "Eee, it's wild oop north" In ECOS Special wild land issue. 25(3/4), 29-33.
  • Carver, S. (2005) Mountains and wilderness: identifying areas for restoration. In D.B.A.Thompson, M.F.Price & C.A.Galbraith (eds) Nature and People: Conservation and Management in the Mountains of Northern Europe. SNH. 365-370.
  • Corne, S., et al (2004) Predicting Alaskan forest properties using artificial neural networks. In Forest Science 50(2): 259-276.
  • Dymond, C. et al., (2003) Investigating the environmental cause of global wilderness and species richness distributions In: Seventh World Wliderness Congress symposium: science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values edited by Watson, A.; Sproull, J. ;, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, Utah, U.S.A
  •  Dymond, C. et al., (2002) Investigating the environmental cause of global wilderness and species richness distribution. Proc. Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Seventh World Wilderness Congress symposium, November 2001, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-27 2003, 231-237.
    Lennon, J.J., et al (2002) Are Alaskan trees found in locally more favourable sites in marginal areas? In Global Ecology and Biogeography. 11(2), 103-114.
  • Carver, S., et al (2002) Wilderness attribute mapping in the United Kingdom. in International Journal of Wilderness. 8(1), 24-29.
  • Fritz, S. et al., (2000), A fuzzy modelling approach to wild land mapping in Scotland, in P.Atkinson and D.Martin (eds.) Innovations in GIS 7, Taylor & Francis, London. 219-230.
  • Fritz, S. & Carver, S. (2000) Modelling remoteness in roadless areas using GIS. Proceedings 4th International Conference and Workshop on Integrating Geographical Information Systems and Environmental Modelling. Banff, Canada, September 2000. CD-ROM and WWW.
  • Fritz et al., (2000) New approaches to wild land mapping in Europe. Proceedings of the Wilderness Science in a Time of Change Conference. USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-2 (2000) Missoula, Montana.
  • Carver, S. & Fritz, S. (1999) Mapping remote areas using GIS. in M.Usher (ed) Landscape character: perspectives on management and change. Natural Heritage of Scotland Series, HMSO.