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Richard E. Brazier is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Soil Science.

Their work encompasses various key topics such as Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, as well as Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications in both ecology and agriculture.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Beaver: Nature's ecosystem engineers", 2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • "Beaver dams attenuate flow: A multi-site study", 2020, Hydrological Processes
  • "Mainstreaming natural flood management: A proposed research framework derived from a critical evaluation of current knowledge", 2021, Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment
  • "National-scale geodata describe widespread accelerated soil erosion", 2020, Geoderma
  • "Wildlife tourism in reintroduction projects: Exploring social and economic benefits of beaver in local settings", 2020, Journal for Nature Conservation

Richard E. Brazier has collaborated frequently with several researchers, most notably:

  • Karen Anderson
  • Alan Puttock
  • Roger E. Auster
  • Hugh A. Graham
  • Stewart Barr

Their publications are often found in journals such as Hydrological Processes, Journal of Flood Risk Management, People and Nature, Geoderma, and Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. These venues reflect a concentration on hydrology, environmental management, and ecological science.

Best Publications

  • Understanding the influence of suspended solids on water quality and aquatic biota

    Gary Bilotta;R.E. Brazier

  • The impacts of grazing animals on the quality of soils, vegetation and surface waters in intensively managed grasslands

    Gary Bilotta;R.E. Brazier;P.M. Haygarth

  • Linking environmental régimes, space and time: Interpretations of structural and functional connectivity

    John Wainwright;Laura Turnbull;Tristan G. Ibrahim;Irantzu Lexartza-Artza

  • Ultra-fine grain landscape-scale quantification of dryland vegetation structure with drone-acquired structure-from-motion photogrammetry

    Andrew M. Cunliffe;Richard E. Brazier;Karen Anderson

  • A conceptual framework for understanding semi-arid land degradation: ecohydrological interactions across multiple-space and time scales

    L Turnbull;J Wainwright;Richard E. Brazier

  • Scale relationships in hillslope runoff and erosion

    Anthony J. Parsons;Richard E. Brazier;John Wainwright;D. Mark Powell

  • Equifinality and uncertainty in physically based soil erosion models: application of the GLUE methodology to WEPP–the Water Erosion Prediction Project–for sites in the UK and USA

    Richard E. Brazier;Keith J. Beven;Jim Freer;John S. Rowan

  • Natural vs anthropogenic streams in Europe: History, ecology and implications for restoration, river-rewilding and riverine ecosystem services

    Antony G. Brown;Laurent Lespez;David A. Sear;Jean-Jacques Macaire

  • Beaver: Nature's ecosystem engineers

    Richard E. Brazier;Alan Puttock;Hugh A. Graham;Roger E. Auster

  • Eurasian beaver activity increases water storage, attenuates flow and mitigates diffuse pollution from intensively-managed grasslands.

    Alan Puttock;Hugh A. Graham;Andrew M. Cunliffe;Mark Elliott

  • Is sediment delivery a fallacy

    Anthony J. Parsons;John Wainwright;Richard E. Brazier;D. Mark Powell

  • Ensemble evaluation of hydrological model hypotheses

    Tobias Krueger;Tobias Krueger;Jim Freer;John N. Quinton;Christopher J. A. Macleod

  • Changes in hydrology and erosion over a transition from grassland to shrubland

    Laura Turnbull;John Wainwright;Richard E. Brazier

  • A Conceptual Model for Determining Soil Erosion by Water

    Anthony J. Parsons;John Wainwright;D. Mark Powell;Jörg Kaduk

  • Pathways of runoff and sediment transfer in small agricultural catchments

    C. Deasy;R. E. Brazier;A. L. Heathwaite;R. Hodgkinson

  • Processes affecting transfer of sediment and colloids, with associated phosphorus, from intensively farmed grasslands: an overview of key issues

    P.M Haygarth;G.S Bilotta;R. Bol;R.E Brazier

  • A transport‐distance approach to scaling erosion rates: 1. Background and model development

    John Wainwright;Anthony J. Parsons;Eva N. Müller;Richard E. Brazier

  • Quantifying soil erosion by water in the UK: a review of monitoring and modelling approaches

    Richard Brazier

  • Aerial photography collected with a multirotor drone reveals impact of Eurasian beaver reintroduction on ecosystem structure1

    A Puttock;AM Cunliffe;K Anderson;Richard E. Brazier

  • On the concept of delivery of sediment and nutrients to stream channels.

    Keith Beven;Louise Heathwaite;Phil Haygarth;Des Walling

  • Evaluating ecosystem goods and services after restoration of marginal upland peatlands in South-West England

    Emilie Grand‐Clement;Karen Anderson;David Smith;David Luscombe

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen Anderson
Karen Anderson University of Exeter
John Wainwright
John Wainwright Durham University
John N. Quinton
John N. Quinton Lancaster University
Roland Bol
Roland Bol Forschungszentrum Jülich
Philip M. Haygarth
Philip M. Haygarth Lancaster University
Anthony J. Parsons
Anthony J. Parsons University of Sheffield
Jim Freer
Jim Freer University of Bristol
Ann Louise Heathwaite
Ann Louise Heathwaite Lancaster University
Timothy A. Quine
Timothy A. Quine University of Exeter
Mike R. James
Mike R. James Lancaster University

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