Faculty Database - MCTAGGART IAIN PETER

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（Last updated : 2025-02-14 22:02:28）

MCTAGGART IAIN PETER
Department Undergraduate School , School of Agriculture

Position Associate Professor

■ Books and Papers

1.	2024/05	Article	Changes in specific microbial groups characterize the impact of land conversion to oil palm plantations on peat Fronteirs in Forests and Global Change 7(1305491) (Collaboration)
2.	2023/09	Article	A Study on the Transformation of Commercial Housing Construction and Household Composition in Recent China: A case study of Wuhan, Hubei Province Journal of Architecture and Planning 88(811),pp.2526-2535 (Collaboration)
3.	2023/07	Article	Gap-filling greenhouse gas fluxes for the closed chamber method at paddy fields using machine learning techniques Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 79(4),pp.142-149 (Collaboration)
4.	2021/09	Article	Comparing GHG Emissions from Drained Oil Palm and Recovering Tropical Peatland Forests in Malaysia Water 13(23) (Collaboration)
5.	2020/09	Article	Useful and practical tips on scientific writing for Japanese students and scientists 70(2),pp.47-65 (Collaboration)
6.	2020/08	Article	Stable Carbon Isotope Studies of CH4 Dynamics Via Waterand Plant Pathways in a Tropical Thai Paddy: Insights Into Diel CH4 Transportation Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 125 (Collaboration)
7.	2018/06	Article	Testing Animal Anxiety in Rats: Effects of Open Arm Ledges and Closed Arm Wall Transparency in Elevated Plus Maze Test Journal of Visualized Experiments 136 (Collaboration)
8.	2012	Article	Assessment of Lifetime Economic Returns of Sows by Parity of Culled Sows in Commercial Breeding Herds Journal of Veterinary Epidemiology (16),pp.37-45 (Collaboration)
9.	2011	Article	Swine Herds Achieve High Performance by Culling Low Lifetime Efficiency Sows in Early Parity Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (73),pp.1405-1409 (Collaboration)
10.	2009	Article	Spatial modelling of nitrous oxide emissions at the national scale using soil, climate and land use information Global Change Biology (15),pp.2321-2332 (Collaboration)
11.	2005	Article	Identifying appropriate regulations to reduce nitrate leaching from soils in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in Scotland Proceedings : Participatory Strategy for Soil and Water Conservation (Single)
12.	2004	Article	Environmental management in Scotland : recent experiences with nutrient management of water systems Proceedings : science into policy : environment in the development realm (Single)
13.	2004	Article	Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from soil under silage production by use of organic manures or slow release fertilizer Soil Use and Management (20),pp.287-295 (Collaboration)
14.	2004	Article	N2O, NO and NH3 emissions from soil after the application of organic fertilizers, urea and water Water air and soil pollution (156),pp.113-129 (Collaboration)
15.	2004	Article	The Effect of organic and mineral nitrogen fertilisers on emissions of NO, N2O and CH4 from cut grassland Proceedings : 12"th" Soil Nitrogen Workshop, Exeter U.K. (Collaboration)
16.	2003	Article	Nitrate vulnerable zone action programme regulations. Moray, Aberdeenshire, Banff & Buchan, Fife & Strathmore, Lothians & Borders, and Nithsdale NVZs : Regulatory Impact Assessment Report to Scottish Executive Environ. and Rural Affairs Department (Collaboration)
17.	2003	Article	Spatial and temporal scaling of nitrous oxide emissions from the field to the regional scale Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems (66),pp.241-257 (Collaboration)
18.	2003	Article	The Influence of controlled release fertilisers and form of applied fertiliser nitrogen on N2O emissions from an andosol Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems (67),pp.47-54 (Collaboration)
19.	2002	Article	Influence of organic ley-arable management and afforestation in sandy loam to clay loam soils on fluxes of N2O and CH4 in Scotland Agriculture ecosystems and environment (90),pp.305-317 (Collaboration)
20.	2002	Article	Influence of soil physical properties, fertiliser type and moisture tension on N2O and NO emissions from nearly saturated Japanese upland soils Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems (63),pp.207-217 (Collaboration)
21.	2002	Article	Nitrate vulnerable zone action programme regulations : regulatory impact assessment Report to Scottish Executive Environ. and Rural Affairs Department (Collaboration)
22.	2001	Article	Sewage sludge application to agricultural land : Report for Thames Water Services Report to Thames Water Services (Collaboration)
23.	2001	Article	Vulnerability study of potential pollution of groundwater spring supplies of drinking water at Quothquan Mill, Biggar Consultancy report (Single)
24.	2001	Article	Vulnerability study of potential pollution of groundwater spring supplies of drinking water at Stonebyres Est., Lanark Consultancy report (Single)
25.	2000	Article	Greenhouse gas emissions from grassland soils amended with organic wastes Agriculture and waste : management for a sustainable future, SAC, Scotland pp.73-81 (Collaboration)
26.	2000	Article	Impacts of pressures and pollutants on soil quality in Scotland Report to Scottish Envir. Protection Agency (Collaboration)
27.	2000	Article	Sewage Sludge applied to agricultural land : laboratory and field trials Report to Thames Water Services (Collaboration)
28.	1999	Article	Fertiliser management options to minimise N2O emissions from agricultural soils Technical Note T479, SAC. Edinburgh, Scotland (Single)
29.	1998	Article	Comparison of three enclosure techniques for measuring N2O emissions from soil Science of Trace Gases, Wellington, New Zealand, NIWA Tech Report (15),pp.49-52 (Collaboration)
30.	1998	Article	Nitrous oxide emissions from intensive agricultural systems : key driving variables, variations between crops and seasons, and mean emission factors Journal of geophysical research (104),pp.26891-26899 (Collaboration)
31.	1998	Article	Sludge disposal : assessment of disposal outlets & options Report for East of Scotland Environmental Services (Collaboration)
32.	1997	Article	Development of techniques for the reduction of N2O emissions from Nitrogen fertilised upland soils Report : Eco-Frontier Fellowship, Japan B16.1.2 (Collaboration)
33.	1997	Article	Emissions of N2O and NO associated with nitrogen fertilisation in intensive agriculture, and potential for mitigation Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems (47),pp.81-91 (Collaboration)
34.	1997	Article	N2O emissions from fertilized grassland : effect of N fertilizer and environmental conditions Biology & fertility of soils (25),pp.252-260 (Collaboration)
35.	1997	Article	Nitrous oxide emissions from grassland and spring barley, following N fertilizer application with and without nitrification inhibitors Biology & fertility of soils (25),pp.262-268 (Collaboration)
36.	1997	Article	Sludge disposal : assessment of disposal outlets and options Report for North of Scotland Environmental Services (Collaboration)
37.	1997	Article	The effect of placement on the fate of fertilizer N in Chinese loess soils Soil use and management (13),pp.296-304 (Collaboration)
38.	1996	Article	Estimates of N2O emissttions from soil in the UK Energy conversion and management (37),pp.1303-1308 (Collaboration)
39.	1996	Article	Nitrous oxide emissions from arable and grassland soils : effect of crop type and nitrification inhibitors Proceedings : 9th Nitrogen Workshop, Braunscheweig, Germany pp.523-526 (Collaboration)
40.	1995	Article	The effect of rate, form, and timing of fertilizer N on N uptake and grain N content in spring malting barley Journal of agricultural science (125),pp.341-353 (Collaboration)
41.	1994	Article	Nitrogen for spring-sown malting barley (博士論文) Soil Science Department, University of Edinburgh, U.K. (Single)
42.	1993	Article	Estimation of potentially mineralisable nitrogen in soil by KCl extraction. II. Comparison with soil N uptake in the field Plant and soil (157),pp.175-184 (Collaboration)
43.	1993	Article	Nitrous oxide flux from fertilised grassland : strategies for reducing emissions Non-CO[2] greenhouse gases, why and how to control? : proceedings of an international symposium, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 13-15 December 1993 pp.421-426 (Collaboration)
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■ Conference Presentations

1.	2008	Options to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils
2.	2005	Spatial and temporal scaling of nitrous oxide emissions at the national scale : the role of soils and land use
3.	2004	Environmental management in Scotland : recent experiences with nutrient management of water systems
4.	2004	Identifying appropriate regulations to reduce nitrate leaching from soils in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in Scotland
5.	2001	"Influence of soil physical properties, fertiliser type and moisture tension on N_2_O and NO emissions from nearly saturated Japanese upland soils"
6.	2000	Influence of soil physical conditions and fertiliser type on N_2_O and NO emissions from nearly saturated Japanese soils
7.	2000	Land use and nitrous oxide emissions in three catchments in Scotland
8.	1999	Emissions of nitrous oxide from a grass soil amended with organic wastes
9.	1998	Influence of land use in Scotland on soil N_2_O emissions and atmospheric CH_4 uptake
10.	1998	Regional modelling of nitrous oxide emissions
11.	1997	Techniques for the reduction of nitrous oxide emissions from nitrogen fertilised soil
12.	1996	Manual and automated chamber methods for nitrous oxide and methane flux studies : recent results from grassland and arable soils
13.	1995	Nitrous oxide emission and methane uptake by soils : relationships with soil nitrogen dynamics, physical factors and land use, and estimates of regional fluxes
14.	1994	Nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural crops in Scotland
15.	1994	Nitrous oxide emissions from managed grasslands in Netherlands, Scotland and Belgium
16.	1992	Estimating potentially mineralisable nitrogen in soil by KCl extraction
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■ Academic Qualifications

1.	1987/09～1993/07	〔Doctorial Course〕, Soil Science Department, University of Edinburgh, Completed, Doctor of Philosophy Degree
2.	1985/09～1986/12	Plant Science, 園芸学部, University of Reading, Graduated, MSc
3.	1981/10～1985/06	Plant Science, Faculty of Science, University of Glasgow, Graduated, BSc (Hons) 2:1

■ Teaching Activities

● Presentations/ Lectures on Educational Method or Practice
1.	2012/12/04～2012/12/04	Seminar on Science Presentation in English at National Agricultural and Food Research Organisation (NARO), Tsukuba
2.	2012/10/09～2012/10/09	Seminar on science presentations in English at National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba.
3.	2012/10/04～2012/10/04	Seminar on science presentations in English at National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
4.	2011/09/11～2011/09/20	Seminars on science presentations and posters in English at National Agricultural and Food Research Organisation, Tsukuba, Japan
5.	2010/09/13～2010/09/13	Seminar on science presentations in English at National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba.
6.	2010/09/08～2010/09/16	Seminars on science writing and business English at National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Tsukuba, Japan
7.	2010/03/10～2010/03/12	Seminars on science presentations and business English at National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Tsukuba, Japan
8.	2009/09/15～2009/09/17	Seminars on writing science reports in English at National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Tsukuba, Japan
9.	2009/09/04～2009/09/04	Seminar on writing science reports in English at National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba.
10.	2009/03/11～2009/03/11	Seminars on writing science reports in English at National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Tsukuba, Japan
11.	2008/09/05～2008/09/05	Seminar on writing science reports in English at National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba.
12.	2007/08/07～2007/09/04	Seminars on Scientific Writing in English to researchers at National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan.
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■ Major Subjects

Agricultural Science, Agri-Environmental Science, Science Writing and Presentations