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Dr Jon Marshall BA, PhD, MIBiol, CBiol, MIEEM

Contacting Marshall Agroecology Limited
Address: 2 Nut Tree Cottages, Barton, Winscombe, BS25 1DU, UK

E-mail: jon.marshall@agroecol.co.uk

Tel and Fax: 0044 (0)1934 844844

 

Curriculum Vitae

Education
1973 BA. University of York. Bachelor of Arts in Biology, 2.1. Honours.
1978 PhD. University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, Cardiff. Ph.D. Thesis: Weed control in drainage channels and its ecological effect.

Professional qualifications
CEnv.: Chartered Environmentalist, Soc. Env., 2005
MIBiol, CBiol: Institute of Biology, 1980
MIEEM: Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, 1991
Research Associate: University of Bristol

Current positions of responsibility
Editor-in-Chief, Weed Research, Blackwell Publishing and EWRS
Editorial Advisory Board, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Elsevier Science
Trustee, Carymoor Environmental Trust
Membership Secretary, International Association for Landscape Ecology (UK) Committee
European Weed Research Society, SciCom.
Arable weeds referee, Botanical Society of the British Isles

Recently retired Editor (2001-2004), Journal of Applied Ecology


Membership of Learned Societies
British Ecological Society
Association of Applied Biologists
European Weed Research Society
International Association for Landscape Ecology
Botanical Society of the British Isles
Institute of Biology
Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management

Previous positions of responsibility
Member, Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) Technical Strategy Support Group
Co-ordinator, EU AIR RTD project and European Research Network on Field Margin Ecology
Independent assessor for EU R&D projects DGVI, DGXII
Secretary, Berks. & Oxon FWAG, 1984-85
Association of Applied Biologists, Weeds & Agronomy Committee, 1990-96
Conference Organiser, AAB Vegetation Management Conference: 1988, 1992, 1996
Session Organiser at many AAB, BCPC and other conferences, including EURECO'99 in Halkidiki, Greece, Sept. 1999.
External examiner of PhDs at Bristol, Reading, Sussex, Liverpool, Buckingham, Rennes, Wageningen, Queensland.

Employment
Currently Director of Marshall Agroecology Ltd

1985-2001:Head of Agroecology Group. IACR Long Ashton Research Station. Dept. Agricultural Sciences, University of Bristol.
1979-1985: AFRC Weed Research Organization, Begbroke, Oxford.
1977-1978: Freshwater Biological Association, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 6BB.

Scientific publications

2005

Solomon, K.R., Anadón A., Cerdeira A.L., Marshall J., Sanin L-H (2005) Environmental And Human Health Assessment Of The Aerial Spray Program For Coca And Poppy Control In Colombia. Organization of American States, Washington D.C. pp. 121. http://www.cicad.oas.org/Desarrollo_Alternativo/ENG/Projects%20By%20Country/Colombia/Fumigation-Project.asp

D Kleijn, J Verhulst, R A Baquero, M Diaz, J De Esteban, F Fernández, J L Yela, Y Clough, D Gabriel, A Holzschuh, A Kruess, I Steffan-Dewenter, T Tscharntke, F Herzog, R Jöhl, E Knop, E J P Marshall, T M West. (2005). The ecological effects of agri-environment schemes in relation to land-use intensity. In: Proceedings 2005 BCPC International Congress, BCPC, Glasgow, 1077-1082.

West, T.M., Marshall, E.J.P. (2005). Impacts of agri-environment scheme 6 m arable field margin strips on spiders and grasshoppers. In: Proceedings 2005 BCPC International Congress, BCPC, Glasgow, 1115-8.

Solomon, K, Anadón, A, Cerdeira, A, Marshall, J, Sanin, L-H. (2005) (SOL-1117-854962) Environmental risk assessment of the use of glyphosate for the control of illicit crops in Colombia. In: SETAC North America, Baltimore, USA.

Marshall, E.J.P. (2005). FieTopics in Canadian Weed Science. Field Boundary Habitats: Implications for weed, insect and disease managementld margins in northern Europe: integrating agricultural, environmental and biodiversity functions. In (ed A.G. Thomas), Vol. 1. pp. 39-67.

2004

Marshall, E.J.P. (2004) Agricultural landscapes: field margin habitats and their interaction with crop production. Journal of Crop Improvement, 12, 365-404.
Also as part of: Clements, D.R., Shrestha, A., eds. (2004). New Dimensions in Agroecology, pp 553. The Hawarth Press, Binghamton, NY.

2003

Ormerod, S.J., Marshall, E.J.P., Kerby, G. & Rushton, S.P. (2003) Meeting the ecological challenges of agricultural change: editors' introduction. Journal of Applied Ecology, 40, 939-946.

Marshall, E.J.P., Brown, V.K., Boatman, N.D., Lutman, P.J.W., Squire, G.R., & Ward, L.K. (2003) The role of weeds in supporting biological diversity within crop fields. Weed Research, 43, 77-89.

Marshall, E.J.P. (2003) Glufosinate-tolerant maize: Implications of the USA experience
for weed control in forage maize in the UK
. Marshall Agroecology Ltd. 27 pp.

 

Grundy, A, Knott, C., Lutman, P., Marshall, J., Sunderalnd, K., Smith, B. & Fenlon, J. (2003) The Impact of Herbicides on Weed Abundance and Biodiversity in Horticulture. Defra Project HH3403SX. Horticulture Research International. 287 pp.

Vickery, J., Atkinson, P., Marshall. E.J.P., West, T.M. (2003) The effects of different crop stubbles and straw disposal methods on wintering birds and arable plants. BD1612. A report for DEFRA. British Trust for Ornithology.

Marshall, E.J.P. (2003) Methods to diversify field margin plant communities. BD1607. A report for DEFRA. Marshall Agroecology Ltd.

Marshall, E.J.P. (2003) Managing the ecological impacts of genetically-modified agricultural crops: changing patterns of agroechemical use, non-target effects and gene flow. In Assessing and Rational Management of the Agro-Ecosystem for Clean and Friendly Future Environment (ed Hee-Myong Ro & Young-Hwan Park) Seoul National University, Korea. pp. 321-359.

Bekker, R.M., Forcella, F., Grundy, A.C., Jones, N.E., Marshall, E.J.P. & Murdoch, A.J. (Eds.) (2003) Seedbanks: Determination, Dynamics & Management. Aspects of Applied Biology 69. AAB, Wellesbourne, UK. 310 pp.

Mead, A., Grundy, A.C., Brain, P. & Marshall, E.J.P. (2003) Development of a model for the joint horizontal and vertical movement of seeds following cultivation. In: Seedbanks: Determination, Dynamics & Management. Aspects of Applied Biology 69. pp. 179-186. AAB, Wellesbourne, UK.

Lutman, P.J., Boatman, N.D., Brown, V.K., & Marshall, E.J.P. (2003) Weeds: their impact and value in arable ecosystems. In British Crop Protection Conference 2003. BCPC, Glasgow.

Kim, D.S., Brain, P., Marshall, E.J.P., Caseley, J.C. & Kwon, Y.W. (2003) Combinatorial approaches to model development for predicting emergence and crop-weed competition. In British Crop Protection Conference 2003. BCPC, Glasgow.

2002

Ormerod, S.J., Barlow, N.D., Marshall, E.J.P. & Kerby, G. (2002) The uptake of applied ecology. Journal of Applied Ecology 39, 1-7.

Kim, D.S., Brain, P., Marshall, E.J.P. & Caseley, J.C. (2002) Modelling herbicide dose and weed density effects on crop:weed competition. Weed Research, 42, 1-13.

Marshall, E.J.P. (2002) Introducing field margin ecology in Europe. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 89, 1-4.
Marshall, E.J.P. & Moonen, A.C. (2002) Field margins in northern Europe: their functions and interactions with agriculture. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 89, 5-21.
Both in:
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2002) Special Issue. Volume 89 (1-2) The Ecology of Field Margins in European Farming Systems

J. Marshall, J. Baudry, F. Burel, W. Joenje, B. Gerowitt, M. Paoletti, G. Thomas, D. Kleijn, D. Le Coeur, C. Moonen. (2002) Field boundary habitats for wildlife, crop and environmental protection. In: Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management, (ed) L. Ryszkowski. pp. 219-247. CRC Press, Boca Raton.

2001

Thomas, C.F.G., Parkinson, L., Griffiths, G.J.K., Fernandez Garcia, A., Marshall, E.J.P. (2001) Aggregation and temporal stability of carabid beetle distributions in field and hedgerow habitats. Journal of Applied Ecology, 38, 100-109.

Green, J., Barker, J.H.A., Marshall, E.J.P., Froud-Williams, R.J., Peters, N.C.B., Arnold, G.M., Dawson, K. & Karp, A. (2001) Microsatellite analysis of the inbreeding grass weed Barren Brome (Anisantha sterilis) reveals genetic diversity at the within- and between-farm scales. Molecular Ecology, 10, 1035-1045.

Moonen, A.C. & Marshall, E.J.P. (2001) Influence of sown field margin strips, management practices and boundary structure on hedge-bottom vegetation in two neighbouring farms. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 86, 187-202.

Chamberlain, D. E., J. A. Vickery, E. J. P. Marshall and G. M. Tucker. (2001). The effect of hedgerow characteristics on the winter hedgerow bird community. In Hedgerows of the World: their ecological functions in different landscapes, ed. C. J. Barr and S. Petit, IALE(UK), 197-206.

Marshall, E. J. P., T. M. West and M. J. Maudsley. (2001). Treatments to restore the diversity of herbaceous flora of hedgerows. In Hedgerows of the World: their ecological functions in different landscapes, ed. C. J. Barr and S. Petit, IALE(UK), 319-328.

Marshall, E. J. P., M. J. Maudsley, T. M. West and H. R. Rowcliffe. (2001). Effects of management on the biodiversity of English hedgerows. In Hedgerows of the World: their ecological functions in different landscapes, ed. C. J. Barr and S. Petit, IALE(UK), 361-365.

2000

Boatman, N.D., Clay, D.V., Goodman, A., Marrs, R.H., Marshall, E.J.P., Newman, J.R., Putwain, P.D. & Pywell, R.F. (eds) (2000) Vegetation Management in Changing Landscapes. Aspects of Applied Biology 58. 430 pp. AAB.

Marshall, E.J.P. & Nowakowski, M. (2000) Herbicides for the overspray treatment of weeds in sown grass and wild flower margins. Aspects of Applied Biology 58, Vegetation management in changing landscapes, pp. 381-388. AAB.

Maudsley, M.J., West, T.M., Rowcliffe, H. & Marshall, E.J.P. (2000) The impacts of hedge management on wildlife: preliminary results for plants and invertebrates. Aspects of Applied Biology 58, Vegetation management in changing landscapes, pp. 389-396. AAB.

Robert Haward (with Jon Marshall) (2000) Habitat management for crop production: Field margins as refuges for predators. Organic Farming, 66, 18-19.

Green, J.M., Edwards, K.J., Usher, S.L., Barker, J.H.A., Marshall, E.J.P., Froud-Williams, R.J. & Karp, A. (2000) Microsatellites for Barren Brome (Anisantha sterilis). Molecular Ecology, 9, 2195-2197.