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Julier, Adele C. M.; Jardine, Phillip E.; Adu-Bredu, Stephen; Coe, Angela L.; Fraser, Wesley T.; Lomax, Barry H.; Malhi, Yadvinder; Moore, Sam and Gosling, William D. (2019). Variability in modern pollen rain from moist and wet tropical forest plots in Ghana, West Africa. Grana, 58(1) pp. 45–62.

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Jardine, Phillip E.; Gosling, William D.; Lomax, Barry H.; Julier, Adele C. M. and Fraser, Wesley T. (2019). Chemotaxonomy of domesticated grasses: a pathway to understanding the origins of agriculture. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 38(1) pp. 83–95.

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Julier, Adele C. M.; Jardine, Phillip E.; Adu-Bredu, Stephen; Coe, Angela L.; Duah-Gyamfi, Akwasi; Fraser, Wesley T.; Lomax, Barry H.; Malhi, Yavinder; Moore, Sam; Owusu-Afriyie, Kennedy and Gosling, William D. (2018). The modern pollen-vegetation relationship of a tropical forest-savannah mosaic landscape, Ghana, West Africa. Palynology, 42(3) pp. 324–338.

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Gosling, William D.; Julier, Adele C. M.; Adu-Bredu, Stephen; Djagbletey, Gloria D.; Fraser, Wesley T.; Jardine, Phillip E.; Lomax, Barry H.; Malhi, Yadvinder; Manu, Emmanuel A.; Mayle, Francis E. and Moore, Sam (2018). Pollen-vegetation richness and diversity relationships in the tropics. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 27(2) pp. 411–418.

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Jardine, Phillip E.; Abernethy, Feargus A. J.; Lomax, Barry H.; Gosling, William D. and Fraser, Wesley T. (2017). Shedding light on sporopollenin chemistry, with reference to UV reconstructions. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 238 pp. 1–6.

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Julier, Adele C. M.; Jardine, Phillip E.; Coe, Angela L.; Gosling, William D.; Lomax, Barry H. and Fraser, Wesley T. (2016). Chemotaxonomy as a tool for interpreting the cryptic diversity of Poaceae pollen. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 235 pp. 140–147.

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Jardine, Phillip E.; Fraser, Wesley T.; Lomax, Barry H. and Gosling, William D. (2015). The impact of oxidation on spore and pollen chemistry. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 34(2) pp. 139–149.

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Fraser, Wesley; Lomax, Barry H.; Jardine, Phillip E.; Gosling, William D. and Sephton, Mark A. (2014). Pollen and spores as a passive monitor of ultraviolet radiation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution: Paleoecology, 2 pp. 1–3.

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Lomax, Barry H.; Fraser, Wesley T.; Harrington, Guy; Blackmore, Stephen; Sephton, Mark A. and Harris, Nigel B. W. (2012). A novel palaeoaltimetry proxy based on spore and pollen wall chemistry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 353 pp. 22–28.

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Fraser, Wesley T.; Sephton, Mark A.; Watson, Jonathan S.; Self, Stephen; Lomax, Barry H.; James, David I.; Wellman, Charles H.; Callaghan, Terry V. and Beerling, David J. (2011). UV-B absorbing pigments in spores: biochemical responses to shade in a high-latitude birch forest and implications for sporopollenin-based proxies of past environmental change. Polar Research, 30 p. 8312.

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Fraser, Wesley T. (2009). Evaluation of spore wall chemistry as a novel biochemical proxy for UV·B radiation. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis The Open University.

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Lomax, Barry H.; Fraser, Wesley T.; Sephton, Mark A.; Callaghan, Terry V.; Self, Stephen; Harfoot, Michael; Pyle, John A.; Wellman, Charles H. and Beerling, David J. (2008). Plant spore walls as a record of long-term changes in ultraviolet-B radiation. Nature Geoscience, 1(9) pp. 592–596.

Watson, Jonathan S.; Sephton, Mark A.; Sephton, Sarah V.; Self, Stephen; Fraser, Wesley T.; Lomax, Barry H.; Gilmour, Iain; Wellman, Charles H. and Beerling, David J. (2007). Rapid determination of spore chemistry using thermochemolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and micro-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 6 pp. 689–694.

Watson, Jonathan; Fraser, Wesley; Self, Stephen and Sephton, Mark (2007). Formation of an aliphatic polymer during heating experiments with Lycopodium spores. In: The 23rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, 9-14 Sep 2007, Torquay, UK.

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