Dr Benjamin Jackson
Research Fellow
Address
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The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian - City
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- EH25 9RG
Background
Ben Jackson is a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security working with Prof. Liz Baggs on the BBSRC funded LegumeSELECT project. Ben’s research is aimed at better understanding how legume crops differ in their contributions to soil fertility in smallholder farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. To do this he is using stable isotope labelling techniques combined with 3D imaging of root systems to understand the links between plant phenotypic responses to management (eg. intercropping vs. rotation), interactions between legume and maize root systems, and soil C and N dynamics.
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TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
In:
Global Change Biology, vol. 26, pp. 119-188
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Drought soil legacy overrides maternal effects on plant growth
In:
Functional Ecology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13341
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Relationships between plant traits, soil properties and carbon fluxes differ between monocultures and mixed communities in temperate grassland
In:
Journal of Ecology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13160
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Using plant, microbe and soil fauna traits to improve the predictive power of biogeochemical models
In:
Methods in ecology and evolution
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13092
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Fungal diversity regulates plant-soil feedbacks in temperate grassland
In:
Science Advances
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau4578
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Predicting the structure of soil communities from plant community taxonomy, phylogeny, and traits
In:
The ISME Journal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0089-x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)