Publications
2026
Zeydalinejad, N., Javadi, A., Jacob, M., Webber, J,L., (January 2026), 'Evaluating groundwater infiltration risk in sewer networks under climate change' , Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, vol 40, article number 41,
Auster, R.E., Puttock, A., Barr, S., & Brazier, R. (January 2026). 'Renewed coexistence as a conceptual reframing of animal reintroductions to foster sustainable human–wildlife coexistence', Conservation Biology, e70195,
2025
Emilie Grand-Clement, David J. Luscombe, Pia Benaud, Josie Ashe, Naomi Gatis, Morag Angus, David Smith, Richard E. Brazier. Mires and Peat, Vol. 32, 2025 November 29, 2025. 'Assessing the Effects of Ditch Blocking on Dissolved Organic Carbon and Rainfall-Runoff Regimes: Results From a Climatically Marginal Shallow Peatland'.
Zeydalinejad, N., Javadi, A., Jacob, M., Baldock, D., Webber, J,L., December 2025, 'Prioritising sewersheds based on groundwater infiltration probability: A geospatial approach', Water Research, Vol 287, Part B,
Puttock, A.K., Auster, R.E., Gatis, N., & Brazier, R.E. December 2025. 'Human, or Nature-led? A Spectrum of Nature-based Solutions.' Nature-based Solutions,
Boisseaux, P., Delignette-Muller, M,L., Galloway, T., October 2025, 'A Quantitative Environmental Risk Assessment for Microplastics in Sewage Sludge Applied to Land', Environmental Science & Technology, Vol 59, Issue 49,
Belt, S. T., Smik, L., Husum, K., & Knies, J., October 2025, 'A potential new sea surface temperature proxy based on isomeric highly branched isoprenoid lipid biomarkers: EZ25'. Organic Geochemistry, 105056.
Zeydalinejad, N., Javadi, A., Jacob, M., Baldock, D., Webber, J,L., September 2025, 'Can Proxy-Based Geospatial and Machine Learning Approaches Map Sewer Network Exposure to Groundwater Infiltration?' Smart Cities, 2025, 8 (5), 145;
Auster, R.E., Frith, K., Barr, S.W., Bavin, D., & Brazier, R.E. September 2025. Pining for Martens? Perspectives on a proposed Mustelid reintroduction in south-west England. Human Dimensions of Wildlife.
Bagheri-Gavkosh, M., Panici, D., Puttock, A., Dauben, T., Brazier, RE., August 2025, 'Hydrological Analysis and Impacts of Natural Flood Management Strategies: A Systematic Review', Journal of Flood Risk Management,
Knies, J., Smik, L., Song, P., Winsborrow, M., Bauch, H. A., Lohmann, G., & Belt, S. T. (July 2025). Seasonal sea ice characterized the glacial Arctic-Atlantic gateway over the past 750,000 years. Science Advances, 11, eadu7681.
Panici, D., Kripakaran, P. and Brazier, R.E. July 2025. 'Rethinking Hydrodynamic Assessments for River Infrastructures: Are Simplified Methods Leaving Bridges Exposed?'. J Flood Risk Management, 18: e70101.
Marino, F., Auster, R.E., Barlow, C., Bavin, D., Consorte-McCrea, A., Dando, T., Hare, D., Holmes, G., Gaywood, M., MacPherson, J., McDonald, R., Pouget, D., Thomas, V., Turvey, S., White, R., & Crowley, S. July 2025. 'Evaluating Motivations and Outcomes in Conservation Translocations'. PaCT / 樱花动漫.
Belt, S.T. & Smik, L., June 2025. 'Analytical inconsistencies in the measurement and reporting of IP25, IPSO25 and related biomarkers for paleo sea ice reconstruction.' Organic Geochemistry, 204, p.104989.
Knies, J., Ahn, Y., Ebner, B., Smik, L., Jang, K., Nam, S. I., ... & Schubert, C. J. (April 2025). Arctic fjord ecosystem adaptation to cryosphere meltdown over the past 14,000 years. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 298.
Knies, J., Ahn, Y., Ebner, B., Smik, L., Jang, K., Nam, S.I., Belt, S.T. & Schubert, C.J., April 2025. 'Arctic fjord ecosystem adaptation to cryosphere meltdown over the past 14,000 years.' Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), p.298.
Shamsudduha, M., Lee, J. & Joseph, G. et al., March 2025. 'Assessing the water quality hazard and challenges to achieving the freshwater goal in Sri Lanka.' Scientific Reports, 15, p.10187.
Bennett, G.L., Panici, D., Rengers, F.K., Kean, J.W. & Rathburn, S.L., Jan 2025. Landslide-channel feedbacks amplify channel widening during floods. npj Natural Hazards, 2(1), p.7.
2024
Zeydalinejad, N., Javadi, A.A., Baldock, D. & Webber, J.L., 2024. An integrated hydrological–hydrogeological model for analysing spatio-temporal probability of groundwater infiltration in urban infrastructure. Sustainable Cities and Society, 116, p.105891.
Zeydalinejad, N., Javadi, A.A. & Webber, J.L., 2024. Global perspectives on groundwater infiltration to sewer networks: A threat to urban sustainability. Water Research, 262, p.122098.
Panici, D., Bennett, G.L., Boothroyd, R.J., Abancó, C., Williams, R.D., Tan, F. & Matera, M., 2024. Observations and computational multi‐phase modelling in tropical river settings show complex channel changes downstream from rainfall‐triggered landslides. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49(8), pp.2498–2516.
Vowles, A.S., Montali-Ashworth, D., Karageorgopoulos, P. & Kemp, P.S., 2024. Hydraulic conditions created by a ‘large’ diameter Cylindrical Bristle Cluster fish pass. Ecological Engineering, 207, p.107337.
Auster, R.E., Moody, S., Crowley, S.L., Dando, T., Barr, S.W. & Brazier, R.E., 2024. Wildcat reintroduction in south-west England: A social feasibility study. 樱花动漫.
2023
Panici, D. & Kripakaran, P., 2023. Characterizing the importance of porosity of large woody debris accumulations at single bridge piers on localized scour. Water Resources Research, 59(9), p.e2022WR033531.
Bradbury, G., Puttock, A., Coxon, G., Clarke, S. & Brazier, R.E., 2023. Testing a novel sonar-based approach for measuring water depth and monitoring sediment storage in beaver ponds. River Research and Applications, 39(2), pp.266–273.
Auster, R.E., Puttock, A.K., Barr, S.W. & Brazier, R.E., 2023. Learning to live with reintroduced species: Beaver Management Groups are an adaptive process. Restoration Ecology, 31(5), p.e13899.
Auster, R.E., Puttock, A., Bradbury, G. & Brazier, R.E., 2023. Should individual animals be given names in wildlife reintroductions? People and Nature, 5(4), pp.1110–1118.
Auster, R.E., Frith, K., Barr, S.W. & Brazier, R.E., 2023. Perceptions of Eurasian beavers living wild in Wales: Results of an online public survey. 樱花动漫.
Auster, R.E., Frith, K., Barr, S.W. & Brazier, R.E., 2023. Perceptions of pine marten reintroduction in south-west England: Results from a Q-Method stakeholder study and regional public survey. 樱花动漫.
Puttock, A., Newman, M., Graham, H., Elliott, M., Chant, J., Auster, R. & Brazier, R.E., 2023. Positive coexistence of water voles and beaver: Water vole expansion in a beaver engineered wetland. Mammal Society Communications, 9, pp.7–15.
Bagheri-Gavkosh, M. & Hosseini, S.M., 2023. Flood seasonality analysis in Iran: a circular statistics approach. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 28(2), p.04022039.
Shikhteymour, S.R., Borji, M., Bagheri-Gavkosh, M., Azimi, E. & Collins, T.W., 2023. A novel approach for assessing flood risk with machine learning and multi-criteria decision-making methods. Applied Geography, 158, p.103035.
Hosseini, F.S., Choubin, B., Bagheri-Gavkosh, M., Karimi, O., Taromideh, F. & Mako, C., 2023. Susceptibility assessment of groundwater nitrate contamination using an ensemble machine learning approach. Groundwater, 61(4), pp.510–516.
Luscombe, D.J., Gatis, N., Anderson, K., Carless, D. and Brazier, R.E., 2023. Rapid landscape-scale mapping of tree, hedgerow and woodland habitats (THaW), using airborne LiDAR and spaceborne SAR data. Ecology and Evolution, 13(5), e10103. .
Benaud, P., Gatis, N., Goodger, L., Puttock, A., Brazier, R.E. and Anderson, A., 2023. Drones for peatland vegetation mapping case study: Ockerton Court, Dartmoor. Report for South West Water and the Environment Agency.
Bateman, I.J., Anderson, K.A., Argles, A., Belcher, C., Betts, R.A., Binner, A. et al., 2023. A review of planting principles to identify the right place for the right tree for “Net Zero plus” woodlands: Applying a place-based natural capital framework for sustainable, efficient and equitable (SEE) decisions. People and Nature, 5(2), pp.271–301. .
Gatis, N., Benaud, P., Anderson, A., Ashe, J., Grand-Clement, E., Luscombe, D.J., Puttock, A. and Brazier, R.E., 2023. Peatland restoration increases water storage and attenuates downstream stormflow but does not guarantee an immediate reversal of long-term ecohydrological degradation. Scientific Reports, 13(1), pp.1–14. .
2022
Auster, R.E., Barr, S.W. & Brazier, R.E., 2022. Beavers and flood alleviation: Human perspectives from downstream communities. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 15(2), p.e12789.
Auster, R.E., Barr, S.W. & Brazier, R.E., 2022. Renewed coexistence: Learning from steering group stakeholders on a beaver reintroduction project in England. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 68, p.1.
Auster, R.E., Barr, S.W. & Brazier, R.E., 2022. Beaver Management Groups: Capturing lessons from the River Otter Beaver Trial and River Tamar Catchment. Report for Natural England, NECR434.
Auster, R.E., Gentle, M., Woodley, E., Brazier, R.E., Rougier, J-E. & Barr, S., 2022. PACCo methodology for engagement and involvement of end users and key stakeholders in coastal climate adaptation schemes – Executive summary. 樱花动漫 and Lisode Consultancy. Report 1: Documentary evaluation. 樱花动漫 and Lisode Consultancy. Report 2: Stakeholder interviews, resident workshops, and model for engagement in coastal adaptation and landscape change. 樱花动漫 and Lisode Consultancy.
Graham, H.A., Puttock, A., Chant, J., Elliott, M.E., Campbell-Palmer, R., Anderson, K. & Brazier, R.E., 2022. Monitoring, modelling and managing beaver (Castor fiber) populations in the River Otter catchment, Great Britain. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3(3), p.e12168.
Graham, H.A., Puttock, A., Elliott, M.E., Anderson, K. & Brazier, R.E., 2022. Exploring the dynamics of flow attenuation at a beaver dam sequence. Hydrological Processes, 36(11), p.e14735.
Valizadeh, N., Bagheri-Gavkosh, M., Bijani, M. & Hayati, D., 2022. Application of social identity models of collective action to facilitate participation in groundwater aquifer storage and recovery management. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, p.996877.
Gatis, N., Carless, D., Luscombe, D.J., Brazier, R.E. and Anderson, K., 2022. An operational land cover and land cover change toolbox: Processing open-source data with open-source software. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3(3), e12162. .
2021
Panici, D., 2021. An experimental and numerical approach to modeling large wood displacement in rivers. Water Resources Research, 57(7), p.e2021WR029860.
Montali-Ashworth, D., Vowles, A.S., de Almeida, G.A.M. & Kemp, P.S., 2021. Understanding fish-hydrodynamic interactions within Cylindrical Bristle Cluster arrays to improve passage over sloped weirs. Journal of Ecohydraulics, 9(1), pp.87–95.
Grand-Clement, E., Henderson, P., Ashe, J., Carless, D., Jackson, B., Robinson, A. & Brazier, R.E., 2021. Upstream Thinking: Evaluating the impact of farm interventions on water quality at the catchment scale. 樱花动漫, Exeter, UK. Available at:
Puttock, A., Graham, H.A., Ashe, J., Luscombe, D.J. & Brazier, R.E., 2021. Beaver dams attenuate flow: A multi-site study. Hydrological Processes, 35(2), p.e14017.
Auster, R.E., Barr, S.W. & Brazier, R.E., 2021. Alternative perspectives of the angling community on Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) reintroduction in the River Otter Beaver Trial. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 64(7), pp.1252–1270.
Auster, R.E., Barr, S.W. & Brazier, R.E., 2021. Improving engagement in managing reintroduction conflicts: Learning from beaver reintroduction. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 64(10), pp.1713–1734.
Bagheri-Gavkosh, M., Hosseini, S.M., Ataie-Ashtiani, B., Sohani, Y., Ebrahimian, H., Morovat, F. & Ashrafi, S., 2021. Land subsidence: A global challenge. Science of The Total Environment, 778, p.146193.
Parizi, E., Bagheri-Gavkosh, M., Hosseini, S.M. & Geravand, F., 2021. Linkage of geographically weighted regression with spatial cluster analyses for regionalization of flood peak discharges drivers: Case studies across Iran. Journal of Cleaner Production, 310, p.127526.
2020
Montali-Ashworth, D., Vowles, A.S., De Almeida, G. & Kemp, P.S., 2020. Use of Cylindrical Bristle Clusters as a novel multispecies fish pass to facilitate upstream movement at gauging weirs. Ecological Engineering, 143, p.105634. Available at:
Lee, J., Whitehead, P.G., Futter, M.N. & Hall, J.W., 2020. Impacts of droughts and acidic deposition on long-term surface water dissolved organic carbon concentrations in upland catchments in Wales. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8, p.578611.
Bagheri, M., Kholghi, M., Hosseini, S.M., Amiraslani, F. & Hoorfar, A., 2020. Participatory approach in Aquifer Storage and Recovery management in Arid zones, does it work? Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 10, p.100368.
Brazier, R.E., Angus, M., Benaud, P., Gatis, N., Luscombe, D., Anderson, K., Ashe, J., Barrowclough, C., Carless, D., Freeman, G., Gillard, M., Grand-Clement, E., Hand, A., Malone, E., McAleer, A. & Smith, D., 2020. Mires on the Moors: Science and Evidence Report 2020. 樱花动漫, Exeter, UK. Available at:
Puttock, A., 颁补尘辫产别濒濒‐笔补濒尘别谤, R., Wilson, K.A., Leow‐Dyke, A., Graham, H.A., Gaywood, M.J. & Brazier, R.E., 2020. Using field sign surveys to estimate spatial distribution and territory dynamics following reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver to British river catchments. River Research and Applications, 36(9), pp.1761–1774.
Graham, H.A., Puttock, A., Macfarlane, W.W., Wheaton, J.M., Gilbert, J.T., Campbell-Palmer, R., Elliott, M.E., Gaywood, M.J., Anderson, K. & Brazier, R.E., 2020. Modelling Eurasian beaver foraging habitat and dam suitability, for predicting the location and number of dams throughout catchments in Great Britain. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 66(3), p.36.
Brazier, R.E., Puttock, A., Graham, H.A., Auster, R.E., Davies, K.H. & Brown, C.M.L., 2020. Beaver: Nature’s ecosystem engineers. WIREs Water, 8(1), p.e1494.
Auster, R.E., Barr, S.W. & Brazier, R.E., 2020. Wildlife tourism in reintroduction projects: Exploring social and economic benefits of beaver in local settings. Journal for Nature Conservation, 58, p.125920.
Auster, R.E., Puttock, A. & Brazier, R.E., 2020. Unravelling perceptions of Eurasian beaver reintroduction in Great Britain. AREA, 52(2), pp.364–375.
Brazier, R.E., Elliott, M., Andison, E., Auster, R.E., Bridgewater, S., Burgess, P., Chant, J., Graham, H., Knott, E., Puttock, A.K., Sansum, P. & Vowles, A., 2020. River Otter Beaver Trial Science & Evidence Report. 樱花动漫. /research/creww/research/beavertrial/
Pre 2020
Gatis, N., Grand-Clement, E., Luscombe, D.J., Hartley, I.P., Anderson, K. and Brazier, R.E., 2019. Growing season CO? fluxes from a drained peatland dominated by Molinia caerulea. Mires and Peat, 24(31), pp.1–16. .
Gatis, N., Benaud, P., Ashe, J., Luscombe, D.J., Grand-Clement, E., Hartley, I.P., Anderson, K. and Brazier, R.E., 2019. Assessing the impact of peat erosion on growing season CO? fluxes by comparing erosional peat pans and surrounding vegetated haggs. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 27(2–3), pp.187–205.
Carless, D., Luscombe, D.J., Gatis, N., Anderson, K. and Brazier, R.E., 2019. Mapping landscape-scale peatland degradation using airborne LiDAR and multispectral data. Landscape Ecology, 34(6), pp.1329–1345. .
Gatis, N., Anderson, K., Grand-Clement, E., Luscombe, D.J., Hartley, I.P., Smith, D. and Brazier, R.E., 2017. Evaluating MODIS vegetation products using digital images for quantifying local peatland CO? gas fluxes. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 3(4), pp.217–231. .
Gatis, N., Luscombe, D.J., Benaud, P., Ashe, J., Grand-Clement, E., Anderson, K., Hartley, I.P. and Brazier, R.E., 2020. Drain blocking has limited short-term effects on greenhouse gas fluxes in a Molinia caerulea dominated shallow peatland. Ecological Engineering, 158, 106079. .
Gatis, N., Luscombe, D., Carless, D., Parry, L.E., Fyfe, R.J.M., Harrod, T.R., Brazier, R.E. and Anderson, K., 2019. Mapping upland peat depth using airborne radiometric and LiDAR survey data. Geoderma, 335, pp.78–87. .
Luscombe, D.J., Anderson, K., Grand-Clement, E., Gatis, N., Ashe, J., Benaud, P., Smith, D. and Brazier, R.E., 2016. How does drainage alter the hydrology of shallow degraded peatland across multiple spatial scales? Journal of Hydrology, 541(B), pp.1329–1339. .
Gatis, N., Luscombe, D.J., Grand-Clement, E., Hartley, I.P., Anderson, K., Smith, D. and Brazier, R.E., 2015. The effect of drainage ditches on vegetation diversity and CO? fluxes in a Molinia caerulea dominated peatland. Ecohydrology, 9(3), pp.407–420. .
Luscombe, D.J., Anderson, K., Gatis, N., Grand‐Clement, E. and Brazier, R.E., 2015. Using airborne thermal imaging data to measure near‐surface hydrology in upland ecosystems. Hydrological Processes, 29(6), pp.1656–1668. .
Luscombe, D.J., Anderson, K., Gatis, N., Wetherelt, A., Grand‐Clement, E. and Brazier, R.E., 2015. What does airborne LiDAR really measure in upland ecosystems? Ecohydrology, 8(4), pp.584–594. .
Grand-Clement, E., Anderson, K., Smith, D., Angus, M., Luscombe, D.J., Gatis, N., Bray, L.S. and Brazier, R.E., 2015. New approaches to the restoration of shallow marginal peatlands. Journal of Environmental Management, 161, pp.417–430. .
Grand-Clement, E., Luscombe, D.J., Anderson, K., Gatis, N., Benaud, P. and Brazier, R.E., 2014. Antecedent conditions control carbon loss and downstream water quality from shallow, damaged peatland. Science of the Total Environment, 493, pp.961–973. .
Grand-Clement, E., Anderson, K., Smith, D., Luscombe, D.J., Gatis, N., Ross, M. and Brazier, R.E., 2013. Evaluating ecosystem goods and services after restoration of marginal upland peatlands in South-West England. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50(2), pp.324–334. .