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- Diversity and conservation of traditional African vegetables: Priorities for action. Diversity and Distributions. 27:216-232. 2021
- To what extent are genetic resources considered in environmental service provision? A case study based on trees and carbon sequestration. Climate and Development. 10:755-768. 2018
- Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy 2017
- A meta-analysis of molecular marker genetic datasets for eastern Africa trees supports the utility of potential natural vegetation maps for planning climate-smart restoration initiatives. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 13:71. 2017
- Exome sequencing of geographically diverse barley landraces and wild relatives gives insights into environmental adaptation. Nature Genetics. 48:1024-1030. 2016
- Ensuring the future of the pygeum tree (Prunus africana) 2015
- Forest genetic resources and climate change 2015
- Understanding the roles of forests and tree-based systems in food provision 2015
- Seeing the trees as well as the forest: The importance of managing forest genetic resources. Forest Ecology and Management. 333:1-8. 2014
- The management of tree genetic resources and the livelihoods of rural communities in the tropics: non-timber forest products, smallholder agroforestry practices and tree commodity crops. Forest Ecology and Management. 333:9-21. 2014
- The role of forest genetic resources in responding to biotic and abiotic factors in the context of anthropogenic climate change. Forest Ecology and Management. 333:76-87. 2014
- Utilization and transfer of forest genetic resources: A global review. Forest Ecology and Management. 333:22-34. 2014
- tropiTree: An NGS-Based EST-SSR Resource for 24 Tropical Tree Species. PLOS ONE. 9. 2014
- Genetic diversity and ecological niche modelling of wild barley: refugia, large-scale post-LGM range expansion and limited mid-future climate threats?. PLOS ONE. 9. 2014
- Implications of shifts in coffee production on tree species richness, composition and structure on small farms around Mount Kenya. Biodiversity and Conservation. 22:2919-2936. 2013
- Innovation in input supply systems in smallholder agroforestry: seed sources, supply chains and support systems. Agroforestry Systems. 83:347-359. 2011
- Analysis of >1000 single nucleotide polymorphisms in geographically matched samples of landrace and wild barley indicates secondary contact and chromosome‐level differences in diversity around domestication genes. New Phytologist. 191:564-578. 2011
- Climate change and tree genetic resource management: maintaining and enhancing the productivity and value of smallholder tropical agroforestry landscapes. A review. Agroforestry Systems. 81:67-78. 2011
- Testing putative African tropical forest refugia using chloroplast and nuclear DNA phylogeography. Tropical Plant Biology. 3:50-58. 2010
- AFLP and SSR diversity in the African fruit tree Allanblackia: implications for management of a genus newly subject to domestication for the edible oil industry. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 5:517-527. 2009
- Molecular markers and the management of tropical trees: the case of indigenous fruits.. Tropical Plant Biology. 2:1-12. 2009
- Origins and genetic conservation of tropical trees in agroforestry systems: a case study from the Peruvian Amazon. Conservation Genetics. 9:361-372. 2008
- Genetic management of indigenous fruit trees in southern Africa: A case study of Sclerocarya birrea based on nuclear and chloroplast variation. South African Journal of Botany. 72:421-427. 2006
- Comparing genetic diversity in agroforestry systems with natural forest: a case study of the important timber tree Vitex fischeri in central Kenya. Agroforestry Systems. 67:293-300. 2006
- Underutilised Plant Species: The Role of Biotechnology: Position Paper No.1 2006
- High differentiation among populations of the woody legume Sesbania sesban in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for conservation and cultivation during germplasm introduction into agroforestry systems. Forest Ecology and Management. 210:225-238. 2005
- Genetic bottlenecks in agroforestry systems: results of tree nursery surveys in East Africa. Agroforestry Systems. 63:149-155. 2005
- SHORT COMMUNICATION: Do farmers reduce genetic diversity when they domesticate tropical trees? A case study from Amazonia. Molecular Ecology. 14:497-501. 2005
- Contrasting genetic diversity among Oryza longistaminata (A. Chev et Roehr) populations from different geographic origins using AFLP. African Journal of Biotechnology. 4:308-317. 2005
- Household prospects fro fruit production from Irvingia gabonensis (Aubry-Lecomte ex O'Rorke) Baill 1997
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- 2. Understanding the Roles of Forests and Tree-based Systems in Food Provision 2015
- Perspectives for sustainable Prunus africana production and trade 2015
- Participatory domestication of agroforestry trees: An example from the Peruvian Amazon 2001
- Genetic variation in the Afromontane treePrunus africana, an endangered medicinal species 1999
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- Enhancing African orphan crops with genomics. Nature Genetics. 52:356-360. 2020
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- Barley: a translational model for adaptation to climate change. New Phytologist. 913-931. 2015
- Geographic coordinates, environmental and genetic data for 256 wild barley accessions 2014
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- Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production. GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT. 23-37. 2019
- The role of genetics in mainstreaming the production of new and orphan crops to diversify food systems and support human nutrition. New Phytologist. 37-54. 2019
- Why institutional environments for agroforestry seed systems matter. Development Policy Review. 89-112. 2018
- Can agroforestry option values improve the functioning of drivers of agricultural intensification in Africa. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 35-40. 2014
- Developing more productive African agroforestry systems and improving food and nutritional security through tree domestication. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 123-127. 2014
- What is the relevance of smallholders’ agroforestry systems for conserving tropical tree species and genetic diversity in circa situm, in situ and ex situ settings? A review. Biodiversity and Conservation. 301-324. 2013
- Improving Livelihoods and Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa through the Promotion of Indigenous and Exotic Fruit Production in Smallholders' Agroforestry Systems: A Review. International Forestry Review. 338-354. 2011
- Managing genetic variation in tropical trees: linking knowledge with action in agroforestry ecosystems for improved conservation and enhanced livelihoods. Biodiversity and Conservation. 969-986. 2009