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Gunton, Richard M.; van der Stoep, Jan; Araya, Yoseph and Jochemsen, Henk (2025). Sustainability beyond the triple bottom line: evaluating transformative change in food systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8, article no. 1483942.

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Neal, Willow; Araya, Yoseph and Wheeler, Philip M. (2024). Influence of canopy structural complexity on urban woodland butterfly species richness. Journal of Insect Conservation, 28 pp. 1015–1062.

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Holliman, R.; Ludhra, G.; Warren, C. J.; Khatwa, A.; Araya, Y.; Smith, K.; Ansine, J. and Badger, M. P. S. (2024). Co-Constructing “Third Spaces” for Engagement with and for Minoritized Community Groups and Environmental Scientists. Earth Science, Systems and Society, 4, article no. 10119.

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Holliman, Richard; Ludhra, Geeta; Warren, Clare J.; Khatwa, Anjana; Araya, Yoseph; Smith, Kelly; Ansine, Janice and Badger, Marcus P.S. (2024). Co-constructing ‘third spaces’ for engagement between minoritized community groups and environmental scientists.

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Zuza, Emmanuel Junior; Araya, Yoseph N.; Maseyk, Kadmiel; Bhagwat, Shonil; Brandenburg, Rick L.; Emmott, Andrew; Rawes, Will; Phiri, Patrick and Kenamu, Edwin (2024). Farmer preference for macadamia varieties and constraints to production in Malawi. PLoS ONE, 19(2), article no. e0293488.

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Zuza, Emmanuel Junior; Lambert, Kestrel; Macmillan, Tom; Chiyemura, Frangton; Araya, Yoseph; Bowskill, Vicky; Oluseye, Ayomide; Ng’endo Kanui, Mary; Keding, Gudrun; Butler, Gillian; Breman, Elinor; King, Israel Oliver; Matumba, Limbikani; Heddenhausen, Jessica; Nordin, Stacia and Bhagwat, Shonil (2024). Crop species diversity: A key strategy for sustainable food system transformation and climate resilience. Food and Energy Security, 13(3), article no. e558.

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Zuza, Emmanuel Junior; Tholo, Harineck; Chipeta, Michael G.; Emmott, Andrew; Achi, Awele and Araya, Yoseph N. (2024). Spatial accessibility modeling of agricultural extension services among rural smallholder macadamia farmers in Neno district, Malawi. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension (Early access).

Araya, Yoseph N.; Emmott, Andrew; Rawes, William and Zuza, Emmanuel Junior (2023). Promoting climate-smart sustainable agroforestry to tackle social and environmental challenges: The case of macadamia agroforestry in Malawi. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 14, article no. 100846.

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Holliman, Richard; Smith, Kelly; Khatwa, Anjana; Warren, Clare; Araya, Yoseph; Ansine, Janice and Badger, Marcus (2023). Exploring perspectives of minoritized community walking group leaders to make access to nature more equitable, diverse and inclusive. In: International PCST Conference : Creating Common Ground, 11-14 Apr 2023, Rotterdam.

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Armstrong, Emily May; Larson, Emily R.; Harper, Helen; Webb, Cerian R.; Dohleman, Frank; Araya, Yoseph; Meade, Claire; Feng, Xiangyan; Mukoye, Benard; Levin, Maureece J.; Lacombe, Benoit; Bakirbas, Ahmet; Cardoso, Amanda A.; Fleury, Delphine; Gessler, Arthur; Jaiswal, Deepak; Onkokesung, Nawaporn; Pathare, Varsha S.; Phartyal, Shyam S.; Sevanto, Sanna A.; Wilson, Ida and Grierson, Claire S. (2023). One hundred important questions facing plant science: an international perspective. New Phytologist, 238(2) pp. 470–481.

Jesionkowska, Joanna; Araya, Yoseph; Anand, Pallavi; Vale, Peter and Fraser, Wesley (2023). Extent and Impact of Microplastics on Availability of Soil Nutrients: A Trade-off Assessment. In: SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 30 Apr - 4 May 2023, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 357–358.

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Zuza, Emmanuel Junior; Maseyk, Kadmiel; Bhagwat, Shonil A.; Chemura, Abel; Brandenburg, Rick L.; Emmott, Andrew; Rawes, Will; Hancock, Wayne; Mnthambala, Frank and Araya, Yoseph N. (2023). Factors affecting soil quality among smallholder macadamia farms in Malawi. Agriculture & Food Security, 12(1)

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Neal, Willow; Araya, Yoseph and Wheeler, Philip (2023). Maximising the benefit of urban woodlands for butterflies. In: British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2023, 12-15 Dec 2023, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

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Neal, Willow; Araya, Yoseph and Wheeler, Philip (2022). Urban Woodland Butterfly Habitat Suitability. In: British Ecological Society (BES) Annual Meeting 2022, 18-21 Dec 2022, EICC, Edinburgh, UK.

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Ansine, Janice and Araya, Yoseph (2022). Citizen science at the Open University, UK: A holistic approach connecting research, teaching, learning and engagement. In: UK-China Conference on the Development of Science Literacy for All, 05 Dec 2022, Shanghai, China and Online.

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Guo, Danni; Arnolds, Judith L.; Midgley, Guy F.; Araya, Yoseph N.; Silvertown, Jonathan and Musil, Charles F. (2021). Determination of Hydrological Niche of Restionaceae Species in Silvermine, South Africa. In: Lo, Kwong Fai Andrew ed. Current Advances in Geography, Environment and Earth Science, Volume 1. B P International, pp. 1–12.

Guo, Danni; Arnolds, Julie; Midgley, Guy; Araya, Yoseph; Silvertown, Jonathan and Musil, Charles (2021). Study on Climate Change Impacts on Restionaceae Species in Jonkershoek, South Africa. In: Andrew Lo, Kwong-Fai ed. Current Advances in Geography, Environment and Earth Science, Volume 1. West Bengal, India / London, UK: B P International, pp. 13–27.

Zuza, Emmanuel Junior; Maseyk, Kadmiel; Bhagwat, Shonil A.; de Sousa, Kauê; Emmott, Andrew; Rawes, William and Araya, Yoseph Negusse (2021). Climate suitability predictions for the cultivation of macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia) in Malawi using climate change scenarios. PLOS ONE, 16(9), article no. e0257007.

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Zuza, Emmanuel Junior; Maseyk, Kadmiel; Bhagwat, Shonil; Emmott, Andrew; Rawes, Will and Araya, Yoseph (2021). Review of Macadamia Production in Malawi: Focusing on What, Where, How Much Is Produced and Major Constraints. Agriculture, 11(2), article no. e152.

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Cooke, Julia; Araya, Yoseph; Bacon, Karen L.; Bagniewska, Joanna M.; Batty, Lesley; Bishop, Tom R.; Burns, Moya; Charalambous, Magda; Daversa, David R.; Dougherty, Liam R.; Dyson, Miranda; Fisher, Adam M.; Forman, Dan; Garcia, Cristina; Harney, Ewan; Hesselberg, Thomas; John, Elizabeth A; Knell, Rob; Maseyk, Kadmiel; Mauchline, Alice L.; Peacock, Julie; Pernetta, Angelo P.; Pritchard, Jeremy; Sutherland, William J.; Thomas, Rebecca L.; Tigar, Barbara; Wheeler, Philip; White, Rachel L.; Worsfold, Nicholas T. and Lewis, Zenobia (2021). Teaching and learning in ecology: a horizon scan of emerging challenges and solutions. Oikos, 130(1) pp. 15–28.

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Araya, Yoseph (2020). Using Citizen Science to Raise Public Awareness and Engagement with Water Issues. In: Maurice, Patricia A. ed. Encyclopedia of Water: Science,Technology and Society. John Wiley & Sons Inc. (In Press).

Araya, Yoseph (2020). Hydrosphere. In: Maurice, Patricia A. ed. Encyclopedia of Water: Science,Technology and Society. John Wiley & Sons Inc..

Ansine, Janice; Araya, Yoseph; Dodd, Michael and Robinson, David (2018). iSpot: a citizen science platform for inclusive learning and teaching. In: European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) Conference 2018, 3-5 Jun 2018, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Araya, Yoseph N.; Bartelheimer, Maik; Valle, Cipriano J.; Crujeiras, Rosa M. and García-Baquero, Gonzalo (2017). Does functional soil microbial diversity contribute to explain within-site plant beta-diversity in an alpine grassland and a dehesa meadow in Spain? Journal of Vegetation Science, 28(5) pp. 1018–1027.

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Gunton, Richard M.; van Asperen, Eline; Basden, Andrew; Bookless, David; Araya, Yoseph; Hanson, David R.; Goddard, Mark A.; Otieno, George and Jones, Gareth O. (2017). Beyond ecosystem services: valuing the invaluable. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32(4) pp. 249–257.

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Gosling, Laura; Sparks, Tim H.; Araya, Yoseph; Harvey, Martin and Ansine, Janice (2016). Differences between urban and rural hedges in England revealed by a citizen science project. BMC Ecology, 16(1) pp. 45–55.

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Schmiedel, Ute; Araya, Yoseph; Bortolotto, Maria Ieda; Boeckenhoff, Linda; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel; Kolipaka, Shekhar S.; Novotny, Vojtech; Palm, Matilda; Parfondry, Marc; Smanis, Athanasios and Toko, Pagi (2016). Contributions of paraecologists and parataxonomists to research, conservation, and social development. Conservation Biology, 30(3) pp. 506–519.

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Guo, Danni; Midgley, Guy F.; Araya, Yoseph N.; Silvertown, Jonathan and Musil, Charles F. (2016). Climate Change Impacts on Hydrological Niches of Restionaceae Species in Jonkershoek, South Africa. Journal of Water Resource & Hydraulic Engineering, 5(1) pp. 20–28.

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Araya, Yoseph; Dorward, Andrew; Gideon, Jasmine; Kock, Richard; Smith, Laurence and Waage, Jeff (2015). Agriculture and food. In: Waage, Jeff and Yap, Chris eds. Thinking Beyond Sectors for Sustainable Development. London: Ubiquity Press, pp. 45–50.

Silvertown, Jonathan; Araya, Yoseph and Gowing, David (2015). Hydrological niches in terrestrial plant communities: a review. Journal of Ecology, 103(1) pp. 93–108.

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Bridle, Helen; Vrieling, Anton; Cardillo, Monica; Araya, Yoseph and Hinojosa-Valencia, Leonith (2013). Preparing for an interdisciplinary future: a perspective from early-career researchers. Futures, 53 pp. 22–32.

Araya, Yoseph N.; Gowing, David J. and Dise, N. (2013). Does soil nitrogen availability mediate the response of grassland composition to water regime? Journal of Vegetation Science, 24(3) pp. 506–517.

Stroh, Peter A.; Mountford, Owen; Araya, Yoseph N. and Hughes, Francine M. R. (2013). Quantifying soil hydrology to explain the development of vegetation at an ex-arable wetland restoration site. Wetlands, 33(2) pp. 311–320.

Sindik, Joško and Araya, Yoseph Negusse (2013). Raising Awareness about Water Issues: The Role of Water Symbolism and Proverbs. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 5(4A) pp. 34–39.

Araya, Yoseph N.; Silvertown, Jonathan; Gowing, David J.; McConway, Kevin J.; Linder, H. P. and Midgley, Guy (2012). Do niche-structured plant communities exhibit phylogenetic conservatism? A test case in an endemic clade. Journal of Ecology, 100(6) pp. 1434–1439.

Silvertown, Jonathan; Araya, Yoseph N.; Linder, H. Peter and Gowing, David J. (2012). Experimental investigation of the origin of fynbos plant community structure after fire. Annals of Botany, 110(7) pp. 1377–1383.

Araya, Yoseph N.; Silvertown, Jonathan; Gowing, David J.; McConway, Kevin J.; Linder, H. Peter and Midgley, Guy (2011). A fundamental, eco-hydrological basis for niche segregation in plant communities. New Phytologist, 189(1) pp. 253–258.

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Araya, Yoseph; Silvertown, Jonathan; Gowing, David; McConway, Kevin; Linder, Peter and Midgley, Guy (2010). Variation in δ¹³C among species and sexes in the family Restionaceae along a fine-scale hydrological gradient. Austral Ecology, 35(7) pp. 818–824.

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Araya, Yoseph Negusse; De Neve, Stefaan and Hofman, Georges (2010). Nitrogen mineralization from cabbage crop residue and its uptake efficiency by rye grass. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant Soil Science, 60(1) pp. 33–39.

Araya, Yoseph N.; Gowing, David J. and Dise, Nancy (2010). A controlled water-table depth system to study the influence of fine-scale differences in water regime for plant growth. Aquatic Botany, 92(1) pp. 70–74.

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Araya, Yoseph and Walker, Nick (2009). Understanding how water resources shape our flora. Veld and Flora, 95(2) pp. 96–97.

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Araya, Yoseph N.; Schmiedel, Ute and von Witt, Caitlin (2009). Linking 'citizen scientists' to professionals in ecological research, examples from Namibia and South Africa. Conservation Evidence, 6 pp. 11–17.

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Araya, Y. N.; Silvertown, J.; Linder, H. P; Gowing, D. J.; Midgley, G. F. and McConway, K. J. (2008). Evolution of hydrological niches in Restionaceae: a project update. In: Mucina, L.; Kalwij, J. M.; Smith, V. R.; Chytry, M.; White, P. S.; Cilliers, S. S.; Pillar, V. D.; Zobel, M. and Sun, I-Fang eds. Frontiers of Vegetation Science - An evolutionary angle. Somerset West: Keith Phillips Images, pp. 15–16.

Araya, Yoseph Negusse and Garcia-Baquero, Gonzalo (2007). Ecology of Water Relations in Plants. In: ed. Encyclopaedia of life sciences [26 vol. set]. Wiley.