Publications

Whitlock R, Hipperson H, Thompson DBA, Butlin RK, Burke T (2016) Consequences of in-situ strategies for the conservation of plant genetic diversity. Biological Conservation 203, 134–142. Download (open access)

Ravenscroft CH,
Whitlock R, Fridley JD (2015) Rapid genetic divergence in response to 15 years of simulated climate change. Global Change Biology 21, 4165–4176. Abstract

Neaves LE,
Whitlock R, Piertney SB, et al. (2015) 15. Implications of climate change for genetic diversity and evolvability in the UK. Terrestrial biodiversity climate change impacts report card technical paper, The Living With Environmental Change Partnership, UK. Download

Neaves LE, Eales J, Whitlock R, et al. (2015) The fitness consequences of inbreeding in natural populations and their implications for species conservation – a systematic map. Environmental Evidence 4, 5. Download (open access)

Whitlock R (2014) Relationships between adaptive and neutral genetic diversity and ecological structure and functioning: a meta-analysis. Journal of Ecology 102, 857-872. Download (open access)

Neaves LE, Whitlock R, Piertney SB, et al. (2013) 15. Implications of climate change for genetic diversity and evolvability in the UK. Terrestrial biodiversity climate change impacts report card technical paper, The Living With Environmental Change Partnership, UK. Download

Whitlock R, Stewart GB, Goodman SJ, et al. (2013) A systematic review of phenotypic responses to between-population outbreeding. Environmental Evidence 2, 13. Download (open access)

Huang K, Whitlock R, Press MC, Scholes JD (2012) Variation for host range within and among populations of the parasitic plant Striga hermonthica. Heredity 108, 96-104. Abstract

Ennos RA, Whitlock R, Fay MF, et al. (2012) Process-Based Species Action Plans: an approach to conserve contemporary evolutionary processes that sustain diversity in taxonomically complex groups. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 168, 194-203. Abstract

Whitlock R, Bilton MC, Grime JP, Burke T (2011) Fine-scale community and genetic structure are tightly linked in species-rich grasslands. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 366, 1346-1357. Abstract
 
Whitlock R, Grime JP, Burke T (2010) Genetic variation in plant morphology contributes to the species-level structure of grassland communities. Ecology 91, 1344-1354. Abstract
 
Johnson D, Anderson IC, Williams A, Whitlock R, Grime JP (2010) Plant genotypic diversity does not beget root-fungal species diversity. Plant and Soil 336, 107-111. Abstract
 
Bilton MC, Whitlock R, Grime JP, Marion G, Pakeman RJ (2010) Intraspecific trait variation in grassland plant species reveals fine-scale strategy trade-offs and size differentiation that underpins performance in ecological communities. Botany 88, 939-952. Abstract
 
Whitlock R, Hipperson H, Mannarelli M, Butlin RK, Burke T (2008) An objective, rapid and reproducible method for scoring AFLP peak-height data that minimizes genotyping error. Molecular Ecology Resources 8, 725-735. Abstract

Whitlock R, Hipperson H, Mannarelli M, Burke T (2008) A high-throughput protocol for extracting high-purity genomic DNA from plants and animals. Molecular Ecology Resources 8, 736-741. Abstract

Whitlock R, Grime JP, Booth R, Burke T (2007) The role of genotypic diversity in determining grassland community structure under constant environmental conditions. Journal of Ecology 95, 895-907. Download (open access)
 
Gregory A, Burke T, Ferris R, J. Robson, R. Smithers, Whitlock R (2006) The conservation of genetic diversity: science and policy needs in a changing world. In: JNCC report, No. 383. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, UK. Download