Professor Richard Ennos
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 5490
- Email: rennos@ed.ac.uk
Address
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Room 316 Ashworth
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Background
1979 PhD Department of Genetics, University of Liverpool
1979-1980 NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Georgia, USA
1980-1983 Demonstrator, Department of Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1983-1996 Lecturer, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Edinburgh
1991 CIBA-GEIGY Senior Research Fellow, Department of Forest Genetics, Swedish Agricultural University, Ume, Sweden
1996-2001 Senior Lecturer, Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, University of Edinburgh
2001-2013 Reader, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
2003-present Research Associate, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
2013-2015 Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
2015- present Honorary Professorial Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
2016-present Visiting Professor, Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh
2017-present SAC Expert panel member, Scottish Natural Heritage
Current PhD students supervised
Supervisor for Domen Finzgar, ‘Monitoring and managing genetic diversity in Sitka spruce'
Research summary
My research is concerned with the integration of genetics into ecology and the practical applications of this knowledge in ecological management. I work on plants, principally forest trees, and the fungi with which they interact. Current projects explore patterns of adaptation in native tree species and their management consequences, and the use of genomic data to understand the origins of the current outbreak of Dothistroma needle blight on native Scots pine.
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An interdisciplinary method for assessing IPM potential: Case study in Scottish spring barley
(13 pages)
In:
CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, vol. 3, pp. 1-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-022-00096-5
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Location, but not defensive genotype, determines ectomycorrhizal community composition in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings
(17 pages)
In:
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 11, pp. 4826-4842
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7384
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Using genome resequencing to investigate racial structure, genetic diversity, sexual reproduction and hybridisation in the pine pathogen Dothistroma septosporum
In:
Fungal Ecology, vol. 45
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100921
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Heritable genetic variation but no local adaptation in a pine-ectomycorrhizal interaction
In:
Mycorrhiza
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-020-00941-3
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Species diversification – which species should we use?
In:
Quarterly Journal of Forestry
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Scotland’s biodiversity progress to 2020 Aichi Targets: Conserving genetic diversity- development of a national approach for addressing Aichi Biodiversity Target 13 that includes wild species
Research output: › Commissioned report (Published) -
Local snowmelt and temperature – but not regional sea‐ice – explain variation in spring phenology in coastal Arctic tundra
In:
Global Change Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14639
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The impact of fungicide treatment and Integrated Pest Management on barley yields: Analysis of a long term field trials database
(8 pages)
In:
European Journal of Agronomy, vol. 105, pp. 111-118
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2019.02.010
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Is the introduction of novel exotic forest tree species a rational response to rapid environmental change? –: A British perspective
(11 pages)
In:
Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 432, pp. 718-728
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.018
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (Published) -
Estimating the number of sexual events per generation in a facultatively sexual haploid population
(13 pages)
In:
Heredity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0171-1
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Perception vs practice: Farmer attitudes towards and uptake of IPM in Scottish spring barley
(7 pages)
In:
Crop Protection, vol. 112, pp. 96-102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2018.05.005
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Cryptic genetic variation and adaptation to waterlogging in Caledonian Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris L.
(11 pages)
In:
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 8, pp. 8665–8675
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4389
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Planting exotic relatives has increased the threat posed by
Dothistroma septosporum
to the Caledonian pine populations of Scotland
(14 pages)
In:
Evolutionary Applications, vol. 11, pp. 350-363
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12562
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Maintaining their genetic distance: little evidence for introgression between widely hybridising species of Geum with contrasting mating systems
(15 pages)
In:
Molecular Ecology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14426
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Substantial variation in the timing of pollen production reduces reproductive synchrony between distant populations of Pinus sylvestris L. in Scotland
(12 pages)
In:
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 7, pp. 5754-5765
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3154
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Florally rich habitats reduce insect pollination and the reproductive success of isolated plants: Pollinator foraging and plant reproduction
(12 pages)
In:
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 7, pp. 6507–6518
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3186
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
High mutation rates explain low population genetic divergence at copy-number-variable loci in Homo sapiens
In:
Scientific Reports
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43178
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Relative emissions intensity of dairy production systems: employing different functional units in life-cycle assessment
(8 pages)
In:
Animal, pp. 1-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731117000052
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Supplying trees in an era of environmental uncertainty: identifying challenges faced by the forest nursery sector in Great Britain
In:
Land Use Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.07.027
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Fungicide sensitivity of Dothistroma septosporum isolates in the UK
(5 pages)
In:
Forest pathology, pp. 1-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12314
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)