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Overview

Philip H. Warren is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with notable contributions in urban horticulture and ecosystem studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • The hidden potential of urban horticulture, 2020, Nature Food
  • A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Estimating food production in an urban landscape, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Urban food cultivation in the United Kingdom: Quantifying loss of allotment land and identifying potential for restoration, 2020, Landscape and Urban Planning
  • An assessment of urban horticultural soil quality in the United Kingdom and its contribution to carbon storage, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

The main topics covered in Warren's work are:

  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Smart Cities and Technologies
  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Jill L. Edmondson
  • Miriam C. Dobson
  • Darren R. Grafius
  • Helen L. Moggridge
  • Jonathan R. Leake

Philip H. Warren's work has been published in various venues, most frequently in:

  • Wetlands Ecology and Management
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Food
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Scientific Reports

Their research spans several subfields of study including plant science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, ecology, global and planetary change, and media technology. The scope and variety of topics indicate a focus on the intersection between urban environments, sustainability, and biological sciences.

Best Publications

  • Psychological benefits of greenspace increase with biodiversity

    Richard A Fuller;Katherine N Irvine;Patrick Devine-Wright;Philip H Warren

  • Body size in ecological networks

    Guy Woodward;Bo Ebenman;Mark Emmerson;Jose M. Montoya;Jose M. Montoya

  • Urban form, biodiversity potential and ecosystem services

    Jamie Tratalos;Richard A. Fuller;Philip H. Warren;Richard G. Davies

  • Biodiversity and the Feel-Good Factor: Understanding Associations between Self-Reported Human Well-being and Species Richness

    Martin Dallimer;Martin Dallimer;Katherine N. Irvine;Andrew M. J. Skinner;Zoe G. Davies

  • CONSUMER–RESOURCE BODY-SIZE RELATIONSHIPS IN NATURAL FOOD WEBS

    Ulrich Brose;Tomas Jonsson;Eric L. Berlow;Eric L. Berlow;Philip Warren

  • Species-energy relationships at the macroecological scale: a review of the mechanisms.

    Karl L. Evans;Philip H. Warren;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Size, foraging, and food web structure

    Owen L. Petchey;Andrew P. Beckerman;Jens O. Riede;Philip H. Warren

  • Urban domestic gardens (IX) Composition and richness of the vascular plant flora, and implications for native biodiversity

    R.M. Smith;K. Thompson;J.G. Hodgson;P.H. Warren

  • Daytime noise predicts nocturnal singing in urban robins

    Richard A Fuller;Philip H Warren;Kevin J Gaston

  • Urban Domestic Gardens (IV): The Extent of the Resource and its Associated Features

    Kevin J. Gaston;Philip H. Warren;Ken Thompson;Richard M. Smith

  • Urban domestic gardens (X): the extent & structure of the resource in five major cities

    Alison Loram;Jamie Tratalos;Philip H. Warren;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Spatial and temporal variation in the structure of a freshwater food web

    Philip H. Warren

  • Garden bird feeding predicts the structure of urban avian assemblages

    Richard A. Fuller;Philip H. Warren;Paul R. Armsworth;Olga Barbosa

  • Urban domestic gardens (II): experimental tests of methods for increasing biodiversity

    Kevin J. Gaston;Richard M. Smith;Ken Thompson;Philip H. Warren

  • Urban Domestic Gardens (IV): The Extent of the Resource and its Associated Features

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  • Improving Food Webs

    J. E. Cohen;R. A. Beaver;S. H. Cousins;D. L. DeAngelis

  • Urban domestic gardens (VI): environmental correlates of invertebrate species richness

    Richard M. Smith;Philip H. Warren;Ken Thompson;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Urban domestic gardens (I): Putting small‐scale plant diversity in context

    Ken Thompson;Kevin C. Austin;Richard M. Smith;Philip H. Warren

  • Urban domestic gardens (V): relationships between landcover composition, housing and landscape

    Richard M. Smith;Kevin J. Gaston;Philip H. Warren;Ken Thompson

  • The impacts of ‘run-of-river’ hydropower on the physical and ecological condition of rivers

    David Anderson;Helen Moggridge;Philip Warren;James Shucksmith

  • Species loss and the structure and functioning of multitrophic aquatic systems

    Owen L. Petchey;Amy L. Downing;Gary G. Mittelbach;Lennart Persson

  • Foraging biology predicts food web complexity.

    Andrew P. Beckerman;Owen L. Petchey;Philip H. Warren

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter
Lorraine Maltby
Lorraine Maltby University of Sheffield
Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson University of Sheffield
Owen L. Petchey
Owen L. Petchey University of Zurich
Martin Dallimer
Martin Dallimer University of Leeds
Richard A. Fuller
Richard A. Fuller University of Queensland
Paul R. Armsworth
Paul R. Armsworth University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Karl L. Evans
Karl L. Evans University of Sheffield
Guy Woodward
Guy Woodward Imperial College London
Andrew P. Beckerman
Andrew P. Beckerman University of Sheffield

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