All Stories

  1. A new sustainability approach, the economic pluriverse, is set out.

    Article • Circular Economy, September 2024, DSRPT GbR

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  2. Systems theory, thermodynamics and life: Integrated thinking across ecology, organization and biological evolution.

    Article • Biosystems, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  3. Why ecosystem services should be counterbalanced by nature’s thermodynamic costs

    Article • Ecosystem Services, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  4. How can economics contribute to environmental and social sustainability? The significance of systems theory and the embedded economy

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainability, September 2022, Frontiers

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  5. Editorial: Plant Thermodynamics

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, June 2022, Frontiers

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  6. Steering the circular economy: A new role for Adam Smith's invisible hand

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  7. The Circular Economy: A Critique of the Concept

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  8. The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants: Urgent Policy and Research Priorities in Renewable Energy Technologies

    Article • Sustainability and Climate Change, October 2021, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  9. Sustainability policy and practice: Is Nature an appropriate mentor?

    Article • Environment Development and Sustainability, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  10. Forest Soil Water in Landscape Context

    Article • March 2021, IntechOpen

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  11. What is the Unit of Empowerment? An Ecological Perspective

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, February 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  12. Soil hydric properties and carbon stock in a semi-arid region of Iraqi Kurdistan: The importance of historical pedogenesis, climate and locality

    Article • Ecological Indicators, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  13. No goal is an island: the implications of systems theory for the Sustainable Development Goals

    Article • Environment Development and Sustainability, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  14. In pursuit of the framework behind the biosphere: S-curves, self-assembly and the genetic entropy paradox

    Article • Biosystems, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  15. Using the SDGs to Nurture Connectivity and Promote Change.

    Article • The Design Journal, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  16. Thermodynamics, ecology and evolutionary biology: A bridge over troubled water or common ground?

    Article • Acta Oecologica, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  17. Sustainable Economics

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  18. Circles, spirals, pyramids and cubes: why the circular economy cannot work

    Article • Sustainability Science, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  19. Life’s a Gas: A Thermodynamic Theory of Biological Evolution

    Article • Entropy, July 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  20. The Circular Economy: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Concept and Application in a Global Context

    Article • Journal of Business Ethics, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  21. Methods of collection of plant root exudates in relation to plant metabolism and purpose: A review

    Article • Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  22. The energetics of ecological succession: A logistic model of entropic output

    Article • Ecological Modelling, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  23. The significance of D-amino acids in soil, fate and utilization by microbes and plants: review and identification of knowledge gaps

    Article • Plant and Soil, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Avtar S Matharu, Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  24. Non-protein amino acids: plant, soil and ecosystem interactions

    Article • Plant and Soil, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  25. Effects of nitrogen with and without acidified sulphur on an ectomycorrhizal community in a Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis Bong. Carr) forest

    Article • Environmental Pollution, May 2006, Elsevier

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  26. Iron deficiency induces changes in metabolism of citrate in lateral roots and cluster roots of Lupinus albus

    Article • Physiologia Plantarum, August 2004, Wiley

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  27. Key differences in photosynthetic characteristics of nine species of intertidal macroalgae are related to their position on the shore

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, February 2004, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  28. Forensic Palynology: Spatial and Temporal Considerations of Spora Deposition in Forensic Investigations

    Article • Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, July 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  29. The evolution of physiology and development in the cluster root: teaching an old dog new tricks?

    Article • January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  30. The evolution of physiology and development in the cluster root: teaching an old dog new tricks?

    Article • Plant and Soil, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  31. Chemistry of the early oceans

    Article • January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  32. Nematode community and trophic structure along a sand dune succession

    Article • Biology and Fertility of Soils, June 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  33. A comparison of structure, development and function in cluster roots of Lupinus albus L. under phosphate and iron stress

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  34. Cluster roots: model experimental tools for key biological problems

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, March 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  35. Cluster roots: model experimental tools for key biological problems

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, March 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  36. Changes in nutrient heterogeneity along sand dune and slack chronosequences at Tentsmuir Point, Eastern Scotland

    Article • Botanical Journal of Scotland, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  37. Myrica gale L.

    Article • Journal of Ecology, December 2000, Wiley

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  38. Cluster Roots: Their Physiology, Ecology and Developmental Biology

    Article • Annals of Botany, June 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  39. Pattern Formation in Cluster Roots: Some Developmental and Evolutionary Considerations

    Article • Annals of Botany, June 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  40. Metal content in insects associated with ultramafic and non-ultramafic sites in the Scottish Highlands

    Article • Ecological Entomology, November 1999, Wiley

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  41. Cluster roots: some ecological considerations

    Article • Journal of Ecology, December 1998, Wiley

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  42. Cluster root development in Grevillea robusta (Proteaceae). II. The development of the endodermis in a determinate root and in an indeterminate, lateral root

    Article • New Phytologist, April 1998, Wiley

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  43. Cluster root development in Grevillea robusta (Proteaceae). I. Xylem, pericycle, cortex, and epidermis development in a determinate root

    Article • New Phytologist, April 1998, Wiley

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  44. Photosynthetic characteristics of nine species of marine macroalgae on the east coast of Scotland in relation to the intertidal zone in which they occur

    Article • Botanical Journal of Scotland, January 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  45. Structural Aspects of Cluster Root Development and their Possible Significance for Nutrient Acquisition inGrevillea robusta(Proteaceae)

    Article • Annals of Botany, May 1996, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  46. The circular economy

    Article • GSE Research Limited

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE

  47. Design to redesign

    Article • GSE Research Limited

    Dr KEITH R. SKENE