Helen West

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• workRoom B102 Biology Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
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• fax0115 951 6261
• helen.west@nottingham.ac.uk

Selected Publications

• WEST, H.M. and TRACY, S., 2009. The veterinary drug ivermectin influences immune response in the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria). Environmental Pollution. 157, 955-958
• JONES, H.E., WEST, H.M., CHAMBERLAIN, P.M, PAREKH, N.R., BERESFORD, N.A. and CROUT, N.M.J., 2004. Effects of gamma radiation on <i>Holcus lanatus</i> (Yorkshire Fog grass) and associated soil microorganisms. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 74(1-3), 57-71
• STAPLETON, L.M, LAYBOURN-PARRY, J, POULTON, P.R, TYE, A.M, WEST, H.M and YOUNG, S.D. AND CROUT, N.M.J., 2006. Parsimonious modelling of nutrient fluxes for a terrestrial ecosystem on Svalbard. Biogeochemistry. 80, 57 - 69
• AVERY, L.M., THORPE, P.C., THOMPSON, K., PAUL, N.D., GRIME, J.P. and WEST, H.M., 2004. Physical disturbance of an upland grassland influences the impact of elevated UV-B radiation on metabolic profiles of below-ground micro-organisms Global Change Biology. 10(7), 1146-1154

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• MARTIN, S.L., MOONEY, S.J., DICKINSON, M.J. and WEST, H.M., 2012. The effects of simultaneous root colonisation by three Glomus species on soil pore characteristics. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 49, 167-173
• WEST, H.M. and TRACY, S., 2009. The veterinary drug ivermectin influences immune response in the yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria). Environmental Pollution. 157, 955-958
• MAXTED A.P, BLACK C.R, WEST H.M, CROUT N.M.J and MCGRATH S.P. AND YOUNG S.D., 2007. Phytoextraction of cadmium and zinc in arable soils amended with sewage sludge using Thlaspi caerulescens: development of a predictive model Environmental Pollution. 150, 363-372
• MAXTED A.P, BLACK C.R, WEST H.M, CROUT N.M.J and MCGRATH S.P. AND YOUNG S.D., 2007. Phytoextraction of cadmium and zinc by Salix from soil historically contaminated with sewage sludge Plant and Soil. 290, 157-172
• STAPLETON, L.M, LAYBOURN-PARRY, J, POULTON, P.R, TYE, A.M, WEST, H.M and YOUNG, S.D. AND CROUT, N.M.J., 2006. Parsimonious modelling of nutrient fluxes for a terrestrial ecosystem on Svalbard. Biogeochemistry. 80, 57 - 69
• TYE, A.M., YOUNG, S.D., CROUT, N.M.J., WEST, H.M., STAPLETON, L.M., POULTON, P.R. and LAYBOURN-PARRY, J., 2005. The fate of 15N added to high Arctic tundra to mimic increased inputs of atmospheric nitrogen released from a melting snowpack Global Change Biology. 11(10), 1640-1654
• HUTCHINSON, J.J., YOUNG, S.D., BLACK, C.R. and WEST, H.M, 2004. Determining uptake of radio-labile soil cadmium by arbuscular mycorrhizal hyphae using isotopic dilution in a compartmented-pot system New Phytologist. 164(3), 477-484
• AVERY, L.M., THORPE, P.C., THOMPSON, K., PAUL, N.D., GRIME, J.P. and WEST, H.M., 2004. Physical disturbance of an upland grassland influences the impact of elevated UV-B radiation on metabolic profiles of below-ground micro-organisms Global Change Biology. 10(7), 1146-1154
• JONES, H.E., WEST, H.M., CHAMBERLAIN, P.M, PAREKH, N.R., BERESFORD, N.A. and CROUT, N.M.J., 2004. Effects of gamma radiation on <i>Holcus lanatus</i> (Yorkshire Fog grass) and associated soil microorganisms. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 74(1-3), 57-71
• AVERY, L.M., LEWIS-SMITH, R.I. and WEST, H.M., 2003. Response of rhizosphere microbial communities associated with Antarctic hairgrass (<i>Deschampsia antarctic</i>). Polar Biology. 26(8), 525-529
• JONES, H.E., WEST, H.M., CROUT, N.M.J., PAREKH, N.R. and BERESFORD, N.A., 2002. Impact of radiation on a soil ecosystem. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Radioactivity in the Environment.. 57-60
• MAXTED, A.P., YOUNG, S.D., BLACK, C.R., WEST, H.M. and MCGRATH, S.P., 2001. Chemically enhanced phytoextraction of heavy metals by maize (Zea mays) from contaminated soils. In: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements.. 134
• HUTCHINSON, J. J., YOUNG, S. D., MCGRATH, S. P., WEST, H. M., BLACK, C. R. and BAKER, A. J. M., 2000. Determining uptake of `non-labile' soil cadmium by Thlaspi caerulescens using isotopic dilution techniques New Phytologist. VOL 146(PART 3), 453-460
• HUTCHINSON, J. J., YOUNG, S. D., MCGRATH, S. P., WEST, H. M., BLACK, C. R. and BAKER, A. J. M., 2000. Assessing the bioavailability of cadmium to the hyperaccumulator thlaspi caerulescens using isotopic dilution CONTAMINATED SOIL -CONFERENCE-. 7TH(VOL.1), 264-265
• WEST, H., 1997. Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and foliar pathogens: consequences for host and pathogen.. In: GANGE, A.C. and BROWN, V.K., eds., Terrestrial Systems Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd, Oxford, London, Edinburgh, Boston, Melbourne. 79-89
• WEST, H. M., 1996. Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal infection on competition between Holcus lanatus and Dactylis glomerata Journal of Ecology. VOL 84(NUMBER 3), 429-438
• WEST, H.M., 1995. Soil phosphate status modifies the response of mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal Senecio vulgaris L. to infection by the rust, Puccinia lagenophorae Cooke. New Phytologist. 129, 107-116
• WEST, H.M., 1995. Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizas and biotrophic foliar pathogens: physiological consequences for the host. Aspects of Applied Biology. 42, 185-193
• NEWSHAM, K.K., WATKINSON, A.R., WEST, H.M. and FITTER, A.H., 1995. Symbiotic fungi determine plant community structure: changes in a lichen-rich community induced by fungicide application. Functional Ecology. 9, 442-447
• GANGE, A.C. and WEST, H.M., 1994. Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and foliar-feeding insects in Plantago lanceolata L. New Phytologist. 128, 79-87
• WEST, H.M., FITTER, A.H. and WATKINSON, A.R., 1993. Response of Vulpia ciliata ssp. ambigua to removal of mycorrhizal infection and to phosphate application under field conditions. Journal of Ecology. 81, 351-358
• AYRES, P.G. and WEST, H.M., 1993. Stress responses to pathogenic and mutualistic fungi.. In: FOWDEN, L., MANSFIELD, T. and STODDART, J., eds., Plant Adaptation to Environmental Stress Chapman & Hall, London. 295-311
• WEST, H.M., FITTER, A.H. and WATKINSON, A.R., 1993. The influence of three biocides on the fungal associates of the roots of Vulpia ciliata ssp. ambigua under natural conditions. Journal of Ecology. 81, 345-350
• WEST, H.M. and WALTERS, D.R., 1991. Polyamine uptake by the plant pathogenic fungus, Fusarium culmorum. Mycological Research. 95, 715-719
• WEST, H.M. and WALTERS, D.R., 1990. Uptake of the polyamine biosynthesis inhibitor alpha-difluoromethylornithine by the plant pathogenic fungus, Fusarium culmorum. Mycological Research. 95, 621-623 (In Press.)
• WEST, H.M. and WALTERS, D.R., 1989. Effects of polyamine biosynthesis inhibitors on growth of Pyrenophora teres, Gaeumannomyces graminis, Fusarium culmorum and Septoria nodorum in vitro. Mycological Research. 92, 453-457
• WEST, H.M. and WALTERS, D.R., 1988. Novel control of fungal plant diseases using inhibitors of polyamine biosynthesis. Crop Research. 28, 98-108
• WEST, H.M. and WALTERS, D.R., 1988. The effect of polyamine biosynthesis inhibitors on infection of Hordeum vulgare L. by Erysiphe graminis f.sp. hordei Marchal. New Phytologist. 110, 193-200