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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
68
Citations
16190
World Ranking
782
National Ranking
71

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Agronomy, Short rotation coppice, Biomass and Bioenergy. His work in the fields of Agronomy, such as Lactuca, overlaps with other areas such as Trait. His studies in Short rotation coppice integrate themes in fields like Agroforestry, Short rotation forestry and Arable land.

His Biomass research incorporates elements of Biofuel, Natural resource economics and Renewable energy. His research integrates issues of Agriculture, Climate change and Sustainability in his study of Biofuel. His Bioenergy study incorporates themes from Water use and Fossil fuel.

His most cited work include:

  • Urban woodlands: their role in reducing the effects of particulate pollution. (453 citations)
  • Energy crops: current status and future prospects (410 citations)
  • Identifying potential environmental impacts of large-scale deployment of dedicated bioenergy crops in the UK (362 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Gail Taylor mainly focuses on Bioenergy, Botany, Agronomy, Biomass and Agroforestry. His work carried out in the field of Bioenergy brings together such families of science as Natural resource economics and Greenhouse gas. As part of the same scientific family, he usually focuses on Greenhouse gas, concentrating on Sustainability and intersecting with Global warming.

His work is dedicated to discovering how Botany, Horticulture are connected with Photosynthesis and other disciplines. His Agronomy study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Water content. As a part of the same scientific study, Gail Taylor usually deals with the Agroforestry, concentrating on Short rotation coppice and frequently concerns with Short rotation forestry, Willow, Miscanthus and Arable land.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Bioenergy (28.03%)
  • Botany (25.38%)
  • Agronomy (26.52%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Black poplar (4.92%)
  • Agronomy (26.52%)
  • Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (3.41%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Black poplar, Agronomy, Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage, Global warming and Natural resource economics. His Black poplar study also includes fields such as

  • Transpiration which intersects with area such as Abscisic acid, Xylem, Acclimatization and Shoot,
  • Water-use efficiency which intersects with area such as Horticulture. Gail Taylor does research in Agronomy, focusing on Biomass specifically.

His study in Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Bioenergy and Renewable energy. His Bioenergy study necessitates a more in-depth grasp of Biomass. His Global warming study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Biodiversity, Sustainability and Greenhouse gas.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar (48 citations)
  • FACE facts hold for multiple generations; Evidence from natural CO2 springs. (24 citations)
  • FACE facts hold for multiple generations; Evidence from natural CO2 springs. (24 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

Gail Taylor mainly investigates Photosynthesis, Agronomy, Mediterranean Basin, Productivity and Biomass. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Greening, Ecology, Climate change and Black poplar. His research in Agronomy intersects with topics in Biomass, Molecular breeding, Miscanthus and Panicum virgatum.

His Mediterranean Basin research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Leaf area index, Phenology, Arundo donax, Ecotype and Lignocellulosic biomass.

Best Publications

  • Urban woodlands: their role in reducing the effects of particulate pollution.

    K.P. Beckett;P.H. Freer-Smith;G. Taylor

  • Particulate pollution capture by urban trees: effect of species and windspeed.

    K. Paul Beckett;P. H. Freer-Smith;Gail Taylor

  • Estimating the removal of atmospheric particulate pollution by the urban tree canopy of London, under current and future environments

    Matthew Tallis;Gail Taylor;Danielle Sinnett;Peter Freer-Smith

  • Populus: Arabidopsis for Forestry. Do We Need a Model Tree?

    Gail Taylor

  • Energy crops: current status and future prospects

    Ralph E. H. Sims;Astley Francis St John Hastings;Bernhard Schlamadinger;Gail Taylor

  • Identifying potential environmental impacts of large-scale deployment of dedicated bioenergy crops in the UK

    Rebecca L. Rowe;Nathaniel R. Street;Gail Taylor

  • Deposition velocities to Sorbus aria, Acer campestre, Populus deltoides X trichocarpa 'Beaupré', Pinus nigra and X Cupressocyparis leylandii for coarse, fine and ultra-fine particles in the urban environment.

    P.H. Freer-Smith;K.P. Beckett;Gail Taylor

  • Effective tree species for local air quality management

    K.P. Beckett;P.H. Freer Smith;Gail Taylor

  • Yield and spatial supply of bioenergy poplar and willow short-rotation coppice in the UK

    Matthew J. Aylott;E. Casella;I. Tubby;N. R. Street

  • Capture of Particulate Pollution by Trees: A Comparison of Species Typical of Semi-Arid Areas ( Ficus Nitida and Eucalyptus Globulus ) with European and North American Species

    P. H. Freer-Smith;A. A. El-Khatib;Gail Taylor

  • Biofuels and the biorefinery concept

    Gail Taylor

  • The genetics and genomics of the drought response in Populus.

    Nathaniel Robert Street;Oskar Skogström;Andreas Sjödin;James Tucker

  • Harmonised global datasets of wind and solar farm locations and power.

    Sebastian Dunnett;Alessandro Sorichetta;Gail Taylor;Gail Taylor;Felix Eigenbrod

  • THE CAPTURE OF PARTICULATE POLLUTION BY TREES AT FIVE CONTRASTING URBAN SITES

    K. P. Beckett;P. H. Freer-Smith;G. Taylor

  • Genomics and Forest Biology: Populus Emerges as the Perennial Favorite

    Stan D. Wullschleger;Stefan Jansson;Gail Taylor

  • More plant growth but less plant defence? First global gene expression data for plants grown in soil amended with biochar

    Maud Viger;Robert D. Hancock;Franco Miglietta;Gail Taylor

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from four bioenergy crops in England and Wales: Integrating spatial estimates of yield and soil carbon balance in life cycle analyses

    Jonathan Hillier;Carly Whittaker;Gordon Dailey;Matthew Aylott

  • FTIR-ATR-based prediction and modelling of lignin and energy contents reveals independent intra-specific variation of these traits in bioenergy poplars

    Guanwu Zhou;Gail Taylor;Andrea Polle

  • Land use change to bioenergy: A meta-analysis of soil carbon and GHG emissions

    Z.M. Harris;R. Spake;G. Taylor

  • Morphological and physiological traits influencing biomass productivity in short-rotation coppice poplar

    A M Rae;K M Robinson;N R Street;G Taylor

  • Biochar alters the soil microbiome and soil function: results of next-generation amplicon sequencing across Europe

    Joseph R. Jenkins;Maud Viger;Elizabeth C. Arnold;Zoe M. Harris

  • Woody biomass production during the second rotation of a bio-energy Populus plantation increases in a future high CO2 world

    Marion Liberloo;Carlo Calfapietra;Martin Lukac;Douglas Godbold

  • Leaf area is stimulated in Populus by free air CO2 enrichment (POPFACE), through increased cell expansion and production

    R. Ferris;M. Sabatti;F. Miglietta;R. F. Mills

  • Second generation bioenergy crops and climate change: a review of the effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and drought on water use and the implications for yield

    Rebecca J. Oliver;Jon W. Finch;Gail Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Franco Miglietta
Franco Miglietta National Research Council (CNR)
Andrea Polle
Andrea Polle University of Göttingen
William J. Davies
William J. Davies Lancaster University
Felix Eigenbrod
Felix Eigenbrod University of Southampton
Nathaniel R. Street
Nathaniel R. Street Umeå University
Reinhart Ceulemans
Reinhart Ceulemans University of Antwerp
Niall P. McNamara
Niall P. McNamara UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maurizio Sabatti
Maurizio Sabatti Tuscia University
Michele Morgante
Michele Morgante University of Udine

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