Bibliography of Palace Leas Publications (1896 - 2007)

Much of the work at Palace Leas was published many years ago and as a result reprints are not available. There are some reprints of recent articles. The publication list must therefore be viewed as a bibliography that can be accessed through major libraries. Dr Shiel has copies of most of the early material and can make this available to collaborators. Research thesis material is held in the Robinson Library at Newcastle University, and can not be borrowed. An increasing amount of the literature is available on the Web in electronic journals.

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ALLEN, E.A. (1985) The influence of sward composition on the development of an organic horizon on plot 7 of the Palace Leas meadow hay trial. BSc Dissertation, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

ARNOLD, P.W., HUNTER, F. & GONZALES FERNANDEZ, P. (1976) Long-term grassland experiments at Cockle Park. Annales Agronomiques 27, 1027-1042.

ASKEW, G.P. (1971) The soils of the Palace Leas plots at Cockle Park experimental farm: excursion guide. British Society of Soil Science, Guide to excursions, 18-25.

BARRATT, B.C. (1964) A classification of humus forms and micro-fabrics of temperate grasslands. Journal of Soil Science 15, 342-356.

BARRATT, B.C. (1960) An investigation of the morphology of some grassland humus forms. Ph.D thesis. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

BARRATT, B.C. (1967) Differences in humus forms and their micro-fabrics induced by long-term topdressings in hayfields. Geoderma 1, 209-227.

BARRATT, B.C. (1968) Macro and micro morphological changes in topsoils under intensified grassland management. Transactions 9th International Congress of Soil Science, 211-219.

BARRATT, B.C. (1970) Effect of long-term fertilizer topdressings in hayfields on humus forms and their micromorphology. AGRI Digest No 21, 11-17.

BATTEN, C.J. (1982) A study of the aftermath grazing period on the Palace Leas meadow. BSc dissertation. AES Dept. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

BIRCH, S.P. 1985. A botanical survey of the Palace Leas meadow hay trial and the effects of differential fertiliser treatments on the fourteen plots at the site. Unpublished thesis. 76pp.

BIRCH, S.P., HUGHES, J.G. & HUNTLEY, B. nd The impact of fertiliser application upon hay meadow vegetation at Cockle Park, Northumberland. Unpublished manuscript. 85pp.

BLUCK, L.K. (1982) Carbon cycling in Palace Leas hay plots. B.Sc. Dissertation, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. AES Dept.

BOL, R., WILSON, J.M., SHIEL, R.S., PETZKE, K.J., WATSON, A. & COCKBURN, J. (1998) Effects of long-term fertilizer and manure treatments on the distribution and ¹⁵N natural abundance of amino acids in the Palace Leas meadow hay plots: a preliminary study. In: Stankiewicz, B.A. & van Bergen, P.F. (eds) Nitrogen-containing macromolecules in the bio- and geosphere. ACS symposium 707. American Chemical Society. pp309-320.

BRAGG, N.C. (1979) A study of soil profile characteristics of selected Palace Leas hay plots. MSc dissertation, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

BUSHNELL, D.G. (1952) An investigation into the effects of a long term manurial policy on the quantity of hay from the Palace Leas meadow hay experiment. MSc. dissertation. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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CHOW, W.T. (1971) Mineralisable nitrogen in soils from Palace Leas plots. MSc dissertation, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

COLEMAN, S.Y. (1981) A study of the hay yield from Palace Leas. MSc. dissertation, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

COLEMAN, S.Y., SHIEL, R.S & EVANS, D.A. (1987) The effect of weather and nutrition on the yield of hay from Palace Leas meadow hay plots, at Cockle Park Experimental Farm, over the period from 1897 to 1980. Grass and Forage Science 42, 353-358.

COLVAN, S.R., SYERS, J.K. & O'Donnell, A.G. (2001) Effects of long-term fertiliser use on acid and alkaline phosphomonoesterase and phoshodiesterase activities in managed grassland. Biology and Fertility of Soils 34, 258-263.

COOPER, P.J.M. (1968) Potassium fixation studies on silt and clay fractions, and complete soils from the Palace Leas plots. MSc. dissertation, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

CORNFORTH, I.S. (1962) A study of certain soil physical properties of the Palace Leas meadow hay plots at Cockle Park. BSc dissertation. AES Dept. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

CRUWYS, K. (1988) The characterisation and analysis of soil organic matter using soil lipids and multivariate statistics. BSc dissertation. AES Dept. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

DAINTREE, C. (1983) A micromorphological study of the soil macroporosity and component features of selected Palace Leas meadow hay plots. BSc dissertation. AES Dept. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

DOUBLEDAY, G.P. (1965) A soil survey of Cockle Park. BSc dissertation. AES Dept. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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ELLIOTT, F.J. & THOMAS, B. (1934) On the yield and composition of meadow hay from certain of the Palace Leas plots at Cockle Park. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 24, 379-389.

FLOATE, M.J.S. (1962) Pedogenic relationships concerning forms of soil phosphorus and soil organic matter. Ph.D Thesis. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

GILCHRIST, D.A. (1916) Manuring and cropping in view of the enhanced returns from farm produce and of increased costs of labour and production. Professional Notes of the Surveyors' Institution. pp.16. Nichols & Sons:London.

GONZALEZ-FERNANDEZ, P. (1975) The phosphorus soil status of Palace Leas. MSc. dissertation, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

GUIDE TO THE COCKLE PARK EXPERIMENTAL STATION. Guides were published annually except during the war years. County of Northumberland Education Committee/Universities of Durham & Newcastle from 1896 to 1971.

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HIGGINS, F. (1990) The influence of high pH microsites on the activity of autrophic nitrifiers in acidic soils. BSc dissertation. AES Dept. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

HE, Z. L., WU, J., O’DONNELL, A.G. & Syers, J. K. 1997 Seasonal responses in microbial biomass carbon, phosphorus and sulphur in soils under pasture Biology and Fertility of Soils 24, 421–428.

HOLLAS, P. (2001) A study of pH variation across the boundary of plots 6 and 7 and influence of ridge and furrow cultivation on the Palace Leas meadow hay experiemntal plots. Unpublished BSc thesis, Newcastle University.

HOPKINS, D.W. (1988) Nitrogen transformations in upland pastures on stagnogley and stagnohumic-gley soils. Ph.D thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

HOPKINS, D.W., CHUDEK, J.A. & SHIEL, R.S. (1993) Chemical characterisation and decomposition of organic matter from the contrasting grassland soil profiles. Journal of Soil Science 44, 147-158.

HOPKINS, D.W., IBRAHIM, D.M., O'DONNELL, A.G. & SHIEL, R.S. (1990) Decomposition of cellulose, soil organic matter and plant litter in a temperate grassland soil. Plant and Soil 124, 79-85.

HOPKINS, D.W., O'DONNELL, A.G. & SHIEL, R.S (1988) The effect of fertilisation on soil nitrifier activity in experimental grassland plots. Biology and Fertility of Soils 5, 344-349.

HOPKINS, D.W., O'DOWD, R.W. & SHIEL, R.S. (1997) Comparison of D- and L-amino acid metabolism in soils with differing microbial biomass and activity. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29, 23-29.

HOPKINS, D.W. & SHIEL, R.S. (1990) Spectroscopic characterisation of organic matter from soil with mor and mull humus forms. In; W.S. Wilson (Ed.) Advances in soil organic matter research: the impact on agriculture and the environment: Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge pp 71-78.

HOPKINS, D.W. & SHIEL, R.S. (1996) Size and activity of microbial communities in long-term experimental grassland plots treated with manure and inorganic fertilisers. Biology and Fertility of Soils 22, 66-70.

HOPKINS, D.W., SHIEL, R.S. & O'DONNELL, A.G. (1988) The influence of sward species composition on the rate of organic matter decomposition in grassland soil. Journal of Soil Science 39, 385-392.

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IBRAHIM, D.M. (1987) Cellulose decomposition in some Palace Leas meadow hay plots. MSc dissertation. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

JARVIS, R.A., HARTNUP, R.I. & ALLISON, J.W. (1977) Cockle Park Soil Map. SoilSurvey of England & Wales, Harpenden.

JONES, H. E., HOWARD, D.C., GARNETT, J. S., ROSSALL, M. J., WILSON, D. R., PARRINGTON, J. LATHWOOD, T., COMMON, G., HARVEY, S., SHIEL, R. S., DEAKIN, D. & MILNE, R. (2000) Changes in the carbon content of soils in relation to grassland "improvement". In: Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils, Final Report April 2000, DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39 (Ed. by R. Milne) 271pp.

MacGILLIVRAY, C.W. (1990) The evolution of phenotypic plasticity in Trifolium repens L. BSc dissertation Dept. of Forestry & Natural Resources. University of Edinburgh.

OBERG, G., BORJESSON, I. & SAMUELSON, B. (1995) Net changes in organically bound halogens in relation to soil pH. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 89, 351-361.

O'DONNELL, A.G., SEASMAN, M., MACRAE, A., WAITE, I., & DAVIES, J.T. (2001) Plants and fertilisers as drivers of change in microbial community structure and function in soils. Plant and Soil 232, 135-145.

ONWUEGBUCHULAM, C.M. (1983) The purity and variability of Cockle Park soil map. MSc dissertation. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

ORABI, A.A. (1977) The behaviour of zinc and manganese in the soils of Palace Leas plots. Ph.D thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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PADMORE, C.F. (1982) A study of nitrogen mineralisation in Palace Leas soils. BSc dissertation. AES Dept. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

PAWSON, H.C. (1946) Cockle Park, Morpeth, Jubilee 1896-1946. Northumberland Agricultural Experimental Station.

PAWSON, H.C. (1921) Cockle Park: the improvement of a poor farm. The Scottish Farmer and Farming Work and Household.

PAWSON, H.C. (1947) Fifty year's work on grassland at Cockle Park. Journal of the British Grassland Society 2, 5-10.

PAWSON, H.C. (1960) Cockle Park Farm. London: Oxford University Press.

PAWSON, H.C. (1972) Epoch making experiments at Cockle Park experimental station in Britain. AGRI Digest N⁰24. pp3-13.

POLLARD, A.M., WILSON, L., WILSON, A.S., HALL, A.J. & SHIEL, R.S. 2004 Assessing the influence of agrochemicals on the rate of copper corrosion in the vadose zone of arable land. Part 1. Field Experiments. Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 6, 363-376.

PRICE, J.Y. (1983) Soil aeration in upland soil. BSc dissertation. AES Dept. Universtiy of Newcastle upon Tyne.

PULLAN. S. (2004) The Palace Leas hay plots: what has this historical experiment to tell us today in relation to fertilisers and grassland management? Institute of Ecology and Environmental management: In Practice No. 43 pp2-6.

RIGGS, K.S., RIMMER, D.L. & SYERS J.K. (1995) Effect of liming on the chemical composition of soils. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 69, 159 - 167.

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SALEH, B.A.M. (1985) Soil chemical and analytical techniques with particular reference to the Palace Leas meadow hay trial. MSc thesis. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

SAUL, G. (2000) Sustainable Agricultural Systems for Southern Australia – learning from European experience.Report to the Swire Group Churchill Fellowship. http://www.churchilltrust.org.au/content/finalreports/Saul%20Geoffrey%202000.pdf

SEARL, P.L. (1968) A study of some Northumbrian boulder clays and their associated soils. Ph.D thesis. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

SHAYO-NGOWI, A.J. (1988) The hydrology of soil profiles as altered by long-term treatment on Palace Leas Hay meadows plots. Ph.D thesis. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

SHIEL, R.S. (1986) Variation in amounts of carbon and nitrogen associated with particle size fractions of soils from the Palace Leas meadow hay plots. Journal of Soil Science 37, 249-257.

SHIEL, R.S. (1995) The long term benefits of manuring grassland with animal wastes. Soil Use and Management 11, 148-149.

SHIEL, R.S. (1996) Palace Leas Meadow Hay Plots. In: Smith,P., Smith, J.U. & Powlson, D.S. (eds.) GCTE Task 3.3.1 Soil Organic matter Network (SOMNET): 1996 Model and Experimental metadata. Global Change and terrestrial Ecosystems Report N^o 7, GCTE:Wallingford.

SHIEL, R.S. 2002 The future of farm grassland as a diverse productive environment. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria 62, 115-122.

SHIEL, R.S. 2006 Managing species-rich grassland - a practitioner's view. Ecology and Environmental Management: In Practice No 53. p9. ISSN 0966-2200.

SHIEL, R.S. & BATTEN, J.C. (1988) Redistribution of nitrogen and phosphorus on Palace Leas meadow hay plots as a result of aftermath grazing. Grass and Forage Science 43, 105-110.

SHIEL, R.S. & HOPKINS, D.W. (1991) Effect of long-term fertiliser and manure treatments on the botanical composition of the Palace Leas meadow hay plots. North of England Soils Discussion Group Proceedings 26, 35-56.

SHIEL, R.S. & RIMMER, D.L. (1984) Changes in soil structure and biological activity on some meadow hay plots at Cockle Park, Northumberland. Plant and Soil 76, 341-356.

SHIEL, R.S. & RIMMER, D.L. (1984) Changes in soil structure and biological activity on some meadow hay plots at Cockle Park, Northumberland. In: J. Tinsley & J.F. Darbyshire (Eds.) Biological Processes and Soil Fertility. Vol. 11 of Developments in Plant and Soil Science pp 349-356, Martinus Nijhoff/Dr.W. Junk Publisher, The Hague.

SIMPSON, I.A., BOL, R., DOCKRILL, S.J., PETZKE, K-J., & EVERSHED, R.P (1997). Compound specific d15N amino acid signals in palaeosols as indicators of early land use: a preliminary study. Archaeological Prospection 4, 147-152.

SIMPSON, I.A., BOL, R., BULL, I.D., EVERSHED, R.P., PETZKE, K-J., & DOCKRILL, S.J (1999). Interpreting early land management thoguh compound specific stable istope analyses of archaeological soils. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 13, 1315-1319.

SKINNER, R.J. (1965) A study with release of "nonexchangeable" potassium in Cockle Park soils. B.Sc. dissertation, AES Dept. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

SMITH, R.S. (1988) The effect of fertilisers on the conservation interest of traditionally managed upland meadows. In: Bell, M. & Bunce, RGH (eds) Agriculture and conservation in the hills and uplands, ITE symposium 23, 38-43 NERC. ITE Merlewood Research Station.

STANDEN, V. (1982) Association of enchytraeidae (Oligochaetae) in experimentally fertilized grasslands. Journal of Animal Ecology 51, 501-522.

SYERS, J.K. (1997) Managing soil for long-term productivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London B 352, 1011-1021.

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THOMAS, B., HOLMES, W.B. & CLAPPERTON, J.L. (1955a) A study of meadow hays from the Cockle Park plots. Part I. Proximate constituents and digestibility. Empire Journal of Experimental Agriculture 23, 25-33.

THOMAS, B., HOLMES, W.B. & CLAPPERTON, J.L. (1955b) A study of meadow hays from the Cockle Park plots. Part II. Ash Constituents. Empire Journal of Experimental Agriculture 23, 101-108.

THOMAS, B. & THOMPSON, A. (1948) The ash content of some grasses and herbs on the Palace Leas hay plots at Cockle Park. Empire Journal of Experimental Agriculture 16, 221-239.

THOMPSON, F.C. (1951) Part II. The effect of manurial treatment on the changes in composition which occur during haymaking. MSc dissertation. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

WALKER, S. (1984) A study of the effects of long-term fertilisers application on the diversity of species and botanical composition at Palace Leas meadow, Northumberland. BSc dissertation. AES Dept. University of Newcaste upon Tyne.

WEBSTER, S.J. (1983) A study of nitrogen loss over winter. BSc dissertation. AES Dept. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

WESTERMAN, S. (1985) The effects of mixing and compaction on the rate of respiration in some soils from Palace Leas, Cockle Park, Northumberland. BSc dissertation. AES Dept. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

WU, J., HE, Z.-L., WEI, W.-X., O’DONNELL, A.G. & SYERS, J.K. (2000) Quantifying microbial biomass phosphorus in acid soils. Biology and fertility of soils 32, 500-507.