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Overview

Piran C. L. White is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, as well as Ecology, Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, and General Health Professions.

The main topics addressed in their work include Urban Green Space and Health, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Urban Agriculture and Sustainability, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and Health Disparities and Outcomes.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Piran C. L. White are:

  • Peter Coventry
  • Julia Touza
  • Hannah Armitt
  • Siân de Bell
  • Hilary Graham

Their work has been published repeatedly in several academic journals, including:

  • People and Nature
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Sustainability
  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Notable recent publications by Piran C. L. White include:

  • Nature-based outdoor activities for mental and physical health: Systematic review and meta-analysis (2021) published in SSM - Population Health
  • Effect of Extreme Weather Events on Mental Health: A Narrative Synthesis and Meta-Analysis for the UK (2020) published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Realising co-benefits for natural capital and ecosystem services from solar parks: A co-developed, evidence-based approach (2020) published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Repurposing NGO data for better research outcomes: a scoping review of the use and secondary analysis of NGO data in health policy and systems research (2020) published in Health Research Policy and Systems
  • Mycobacterium bovis genomics reveals transmission of infection between cattle and deer in Ireland (2020) published in Microbial Genomics

Best Publications

  • Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being: three challenges for designing research for sustainability

    Elena M. Bennett;Wolfgang Cramer;Alpina Begossi;Georgina Cundill

  • Human–wildlife interactions in urban areas: a review of conflicts, benefits and opportunities

    Carl D. Soulsbury;Piran C. L. White

  • REVIEW: Questionnaires in ecology: a review of past use and recommendations for best practice

    Piran C. L. White;Nancy Vaughan Jennings;Anna R. Renwick;Nola H. L. Barker

  • Knowledge exchange: a review and research agenda for environmental management

    Ioan Fazey;Anna C. Evely;Mark S. Reed;Lindsay C. Stringer

  • Effects of roads on badger Meles meles populations in south-west England

    G.Philip Clarke;Piran C.L White;Stephen Harris

  • Bovine tuberculosis in southern African wildlife: a multi-species host–pathogen system

    A. R. Renwick;P. C. L. White;R. G. Bengis

  • Contact networks in a wildlife-livestock host community: identifying high-risk individuals in the transmission of bovine TB among badgers and cattle.

    Monika Böhm;Michael R. Hutchings;Piran C. L. White

  • Predicting impacts of climate change on Fasciola hepatica risk.

    Naomi J. Fox;Naomi J. Fox;Piran C. L. White;Colin J. McClean;Glenn Marion

  • Flexible spatial organization of urban foxes, Vulpes vulpes, before and during an outbreak of sarcoptic mange

    Philip J. Baker;Stephan M. Funk;Stephen Harris;Piran C.L. White

  • Motivations and barriers in relation to community participation in biodiversity recording

    Sarah J. Hobbs;Piran C.L. White

  • Interdisciplinary approaches for the management of existing and emerging human-wildlife conflicts

    Piran C. L. White;Alastair I. Ward

  • Connecting Earth observation to high-throughput biodiversity data

    Alex Bush;Alex Bush;Alex Bush;Rahel Sollmann;Andreas Wilting;Kristine Bohmann;Kristine Bohmann

  • Terrestrial carnivores and human food production: impact and management

    Philip J. Baker;Luigi Boitani;Stephen Harris;Glen Saunders

  • The importance of nature in mediating social and psychological benefits associated with visits to freshwater blue space

    Siân Clare De Bell;Hilary Mavis Graham;Stuart William Jarvis;Piran Crawfurd Limond White

  • Economic values of threatened mammals in Britain: A case study of the otter Lutra lutra and the water vole Arvicola terrestris

    Piran C.L. White;Keith W. Gregory;Patrick J. Lindley;Glenn Richards

  • Monitoring woodland deer populations in the UK: an imprecise science

    Jim Christopher Rudd Smart;Alastair I Ward;Piran C L White

  • Selection of line-transect methods for estimating the density of group-living animals: lessons from the primates.

    A.R. Marshall;Jonathan Cranidge Lovett;P.C.L. White

  • Habitat associations of European hares Lepus europaeus in England and Wales: implications for farmland management

    Nancy Vaughan;Elizabeth-Ann Lucas;Stephen Harris;Piran C. L. White

  • Evaluating the outcomes of payments for ecosystem services programmes using a capital asset framework

    Adam P. Hejnowicz;David G. Raffaelli;Murray A. Rudd;Piran C.L. White

  • Public preferences and willingness-to-pay for nature conservation in the North York Moors National Park, UK

    P.C.L. White;J.C. Lovett

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Hutchings
Michael R. Hutchings Scotland's Rural College
Stephen Harris
Stephen Harris University of Bristol
Hilary Graham
Hilary Graham University of York
Dave Raffaelli
Dave Raffaelli University of York
Glen Saunders
Glen Saunders cooperative research centre
Dominic Moran
Dominic Moran University of Edinburgh
Martin Solan
Martin Solan University of Southampton
Michael J. O. Pocock
Michael J. O. Pocock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
Joaquín Vicente
Joaquín Vicente University of Castilla-La Mancha

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