van Ittersum, M. K., Silva, J. V., Bommarco, R., Hijbeek, R., Lundin, O., Nandillon, R., Bergkvist, G., Menegat, A., Öborn, I., Söderholm-Emas, A., Stoddard, F. L., Vico, G., Vonk, W. J., Watson, C. A., & MacLaren, C. (2025). Narrowing the ecological yield gap to sustain crop yields with less inputs. Global Food Security, 45, 100857.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100857 <- Open Access
Hickman, D. T., MacLaren, C., & Menegat, A. (2025). The effect of agronomic filters on arable plant communities: What weeds are we selecting for? Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 386, 109604.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.109604 <- Open Access
Grandy, A. S., Daly, A. B., Bécu, T., Cardinael, R., Fontaine, S., Jilling, A., MacLaren, C., & Phillips, R. P. (2024). A microbial framework for nitrogen cycling solutions in agroecosystems. One Earth, 7(12), 2103–2107.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.11.018 <- ...
Storkey, J., MacLaren, C., Bullock, J. M., Norton, L. R., Redhead, J. W., & Pywell, R. F. (2024). Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory. Biological Reviews, 99(5), 1700–1716.
https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13088 <- Open Access
Thierfelder, C., Mhlanga, B., Nyagumbo, I., Kalala, K., Simutowe, E., Chiduwa, M., MacLaren, C., Silva, J. V., & Ngoma, H. (2024). Two crops are better than one for nutritional and economic outcomes of Zambian smallholder farms, but require more labour. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 361, 108819.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108819 <- Accepted version available here
Addy, J. W. G., MacLaren, C., & Lang, R. (2024). A Bayesian approach to analyzing long-term agricultural experiments. European Journal of Agronomy, 159, 127227.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2024.127227 <- Publication available here
MacLaren, C., Waswa, W., Aliyu, K. T., Claessens, L., Mead, A., Schöb, C., Vanlauwe, B., & Storkey, J. (2023). Predicting intercrop competition, facilitation, and productivity from simple functional traits. Field Crops Research, 297, 108926.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2023.108926 <- Open Access
MacLaren, C., Mead, A., van Balen, D., Claessens, L., Etana, A., de Haan, J., Haagsma, W., Jäck, O., Keller, T., Labuschagne, J., Myrbeck, Å., Necpalova, M., Nziguheba, G., Six, J., Strauss, J., Swanepoel, P. A., Thierfelder, C., Topp, C., Tshuma, F., … Storkey, J. (2022). Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture. Nature Sustainability, 5(9), 770–779.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00911-x <- Accepted version available here
MacLaren, C., Aliyu, K. T., Waswa, W., Storkey, J., Claessens, L., Vanlauwe, B., & Mead, A. (2022). Can the Right Composition and Diversity of Farmed Species Improve Food Security Among Smallholder Farmers? Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6, 744700.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.744700 <- Open Access
Addy, J. W. G., Ellis, R. H., MacLaren, C., Macdonald, A. J., Semenov, M. A., & Mead, A. (2022). A heteroskedastic model of Park Grass spring hay yields in response to weather suggests continuing yield decline with climate change in future decades. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 19(193), 20220361.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0361 <- Open Access
MacLaren, C., Labuschagne, J., & Swanepoel, P. A. (2021). Tillage practices affect weeds differently in monoculture vs. crop rotation. Soil and Tillage Research, 205, 104795.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2020.104795 <- Publication available here
MacLaren, C., Storkey, J., Menegat, A., Metcalfe, H., & Dehnen-Schmutz, K. (2020). An ecological future for weed science to sustain crop production and the environment. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 40, 24.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-020-00631-6 <- Open Access
Yannelli, F. A., Maclaren, C., Kollmann, J., & Vaz, A. S. (2020). Moving Away From Limiting Similarity During Restoration: Timing of Arrival and Native Biomass Are Better Proxies of Invasion Suppression in Grassland Communities. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00238 <- Open Access
MacLaren, C., & Dehnen-schmutz, K. (2019). Management practices influence the competitive potential of weed communities and their value to biodiversity in South African vineyards. Weed Research, 59(2), 93-106.
https://doi.org/10.1111/wre.12347 <- Accepted version available here
MacLaren, C., Storkey, J., Strauss, J., Swanepoel, P., & Dehnen-Schmutz, K. (2019). Livestock in diverse cropping systems improve weed management and sustain yields whilst reducing inputs. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56, 144–156.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13239 <- Open Access
MacLaren, C., Swanepoel, P., Bennett, J., Wright, J., & Dehnen-schmutz, K. (2019). Cover Crop Biomass Production Is More Important than Diversity for Weed Suppression. Crop Science, 59(0), 0.
https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2018.05.0329 <- Accepted version available here
MacLaren, C. A. (2016). Climate change drives decline of Juniperus seravschanica in Oman. Journal of Arid Environments, 128, 91–100.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2016.02.001 <- Open Access
MacLaren, C., Buckley, H. L., & Hale, R. J. (2014). Conservation of forest biodiversity and ecosystem properties in a pastoral landscape of the Ecuadorian Andes. Agroforestry Systems, 88(2), 369–381.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-014-9690-9 <- Publication available here