Dr Jonathan Lageard
Senior Lecturer, Geography & Environmental Management
My profile
Biography
External examiner roles
External Examiner Myerscough College (UCLAN) - MSc in Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 2013 - 2017
External Examiner Reaseheath College - Foundation Science
Expert reviewer for external funding bodies
Expert reviewer for 18 international journals
Other distinctions
EGS Placements have been chosen as finalists in the National Council for Work Experience annual awards 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012 (J Lageard Placement Coordinator 2006 - 2017)
Membership of professional associations
Quaternary Research Association
Projects
Cole Mere Project 2014-15: Part of the Meres & Mosses Landscape Partnership Scheme, coordinated by the Shropshire Wildlife Trust. HLF funded.
Accessing Manchesters Mosslands 2016-17: Project part-funded by the Manchester Geographical Society and Manchester Metropolitan University. Includes aging prehistoric bog oak woodland at Little Woolden Moss. Chat Moss Bog Oak Festival 4-9 June 2017. Project partner - Lancashire Wildlife Trust.
Martin Mere’s Ancient Woodland: dating bog oak trees from the Wetland and Wildfowl Trust reserve and current environmental information project.
Teaching
Why do I teach?
Because I am passionate about Geography and geographical-related research, especially in areas in the area of environmental reconstruction and the application of techniques such as Dendrochronology and pollen analysis.
How I’ll teach you
Quaternary environments
Biogeography
Environmental & landscape assessment
Dendrochronology
Woodland / peatland conservation & management
Archaeology / Industrial Archaeology
Landscape history
Why study…
Geographers and environmental scientists are really useful people with broad outlooks and wide-ranging skills sets. This makes our graduates not only very interesting people, but valuable ones in the world of work. We have numerous alumni engaged in really intresting jobs that they love - also providing us with a broad network of contacts for assisting research and employability (student & staff).
Postgraduate teaching
Recent Masters research project supervision:
Lageard et al 2019. Tracing aluminium production using tree chemistry. SEGH 2019 - 35th International Conference on Geochemistry and Health (1-5 July, Manchester Metropolitan University) - conference poster
Research outputs
Quaternary Palaeoecology, including environmental reconstruction and wetland archaeology. Forest history (palynology, dendrochronology, historical sources). Dendrochronology, dendroecology, dendrochemistry: environmental reconstructions using tree growth variability. Environmental Archaeology. Industrial Heritage / Industrial Archaeology
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Chapters in books
Lageard, J.G.A. (2016) 'Dendrochronology.' Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology. Springer,
Lageard, J.G.A. (2016) 'Dendrochronology.' In Gilbert, A.S. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology.. Springer, pp. 180-197.
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Reports
Chambers, F.M., Lageard, J.G.A., Elliot, L. (1988) Post glacial history of the Nant Helen opencast site South Wales: implications for land restoration. University of Keele, Department of Geography.
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Journal articles
Bogdziewicz, M., Kelly, D., Tanentzap, A.J., Thomas, P., Foest, J., Lageard, J., Hacket-Pain, A. (2023) 'Reproductive collapse in European beech results from declining pollination efficiency in large trees.' Global Change Biology, 29(16) pp. 4595-4604.
Qiu, T., Aravena, M.C., Ascoli, D., Bergeron, Y., Bogdziewicz, M., Boivin, T., Bonal, R., Caignard, T., Cailleret, M., Calama, R., Calderon, S.D., Camarero, J.J., Chang-Yang, C.H., Chave, J., Chianucci, F., Courbaud, B., Cutini, A., Das, A.J., Delpierre, N., Delzon, S., Dietze, M., Dormont, L., Espelta, J.M., Fahey, T.J., Farfan-Rios, W., Franklin, J.F., Gehring, C.A., Gilbert, G.S., Gratzer, G., Greenberg, C.H., Guignabert, A., Guo, Q., Hacket-Pain, A., Hampe, A., Han, Q., Holik, J., Hoshizaki, K., Ibanez, I., Johnstone, J.F., Journé, V., Kitzberger, T., Knops, J.M.H., Kunstler, G., Kurokawa, H., Lageard, J.G.A., LaMontagne, J.M., Lefevre, F., Leininger, T., Limousin, J.M., Lutz, J.A., Macias, D., Marell, A., McIntire, E.J.B., Moore, C.M., Moran, E., Motta, R., Myers, J.A., Nagel, T.A., Naoe, S., Noguchi, M., Oguro, M., Parmenter, R., Pearse, I.S., Perez-Ramos, I.M., Piechnik, L., Podgorski, T., Poulsen, J., Redmond, M.D., Reid, C.D., Rodman, K.C., Rodriguez-Sanchez, F., Samonil, P., Sanguinetti, J.D., Scher, C.L., Seget, B., Sharma, S., Shibata, M., Silman, M., Steele, M.A., Stephenson, N.L., Straub, J.N., Sutton, S., Swenson, J.J., Swift, M., Thomas, P.A., Uriarte, M., Vacchiano, G., Whipple, A.V., Whitham, T.G., Wion, A.P., Wright, S.J., Zhu, K., Zimmerman, J.K., Zywiec, M., Clark, J.S. (2023) 'Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients.' Nature Plants, 9(7) pp. 1044-1056.
Balouet, C., Burken, J., Martelain, J., Lageard, J., Karg, F., Megson, D. (2023) 'Dendrochemical forensics as material evidence in courts: how could trees lie?.' Environmental Forensics, 24(1-2) pp. 21-27.
Bogdziewicz, M., Acuña, M.C.A., Andrus, R., Ascoli, D., Bergeron, Y., Brveiller, D., Boivin, T., Bonal, R., Caignard, T., Cailleret, M., Calama, R., Calderon, S.D., Camarero, J.J., Chang-Yang, C.H., Chave, J., Chianucci, F., Cleavitt, N.L., Courbaud, B., Cutini, A., Curt, T., Das, A., Davi, H., Delpierre, N., Delzon, S., Dietze, M., Dormont, L., Farfan-Rios, W., Gehring, C.A., Gilbert, G.S., Gratzer, G., Greenberg, C.H., Guignabert, A., Guo, Q., Hacket-Pain, A., Hampe, A., Han, Q., Hoshizaki, K., Ibanez, I., Johnstone, J.F., Journé, V., Kitzberger, T., Knops, J.M.H., Kunstler, G., Kobe, R., Lageard, J.G.A., LaMontagne, J.M., Ledwon, M., Leininger, T., Limousin, J.M., Lutz, J.A., Macias, D., Marell, A., McIntire, E.J.B., Moran, E., Motta, R., Myers, J., Nagel, T.A., Naoe, S., Noguchi, M., Oguro, M., Kurokawa, H., Ourcival, J.M., Parmenter, R., Perez-Ramos, I.M., Piechnik, L., Podgórski, T., Poulsen, J., Qiu, T., Redmond, M.D., Reid, C.D., Rodman, K.C., Šamonil, P., Holik, J., Scher, C.L., Van Marle, H.S., Seget, B., Shibata, M., Sharma, S., Silman, M., Steele, M.A., Straub, J.N., Sun, I.F., Sutton, S., Swenson, J., Thomas, P.A., Uriarte, M., Vacchiano, G., Veblen, T.T., Wright, B., Wright, S.J., Whitham, T.G., Zhu, K., Zimmerman, J.K., Zywiec, M., Clark, J.S. (2023) 'Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees.' Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(5) pp. 683-694.
Lageard, J.G.A. (2023) '‘Pine Decline or pine declines?’ Analysis and Interpretation of Bog-Pines from Wem Moss, Shropshire, UK.' Quaternary, 6(1) pp. 12-12.
Qiu, T., Andrus, R., Aravena, M.C., Ascoli, D., Bergeron, Y., Berretti, R., Berveiller, D., Bogdziewicz, M., Boivin, T., Bonal, R., Bragg, D.C., Caignard, T., Calama, R., Camarero, J.J., Chang-Yang, C.H., Cleavitt, N.L., Courbaud, B., Courbet, F., Curt, T., Das, A.J., Daskalakou, E., Davi, H., Delpierre, N., Delzon, S., Dietze, M., Calderon, S.D., Dormont, L., Espelta, J., Fahey, T.J., Farfan-Rios, W., Gehring, C.A., Gilbert, G.S., Gratzer, G., Greenberg, C.H., Guo, Q., Hacket-Pain, A., Hampe, A., Han, Q., Hille Ris Lambers, J., Hoshizaki, K., Ibanez, I., Johnstone, J.F., Journé, V., Kabeya, D., Kilner, C.L., Kitzberger, T., Knops, J.M.H., Kobe, R.K., Kunstler, G., Lageard, J.G.A., LaMontagne, J.M., Ledwon, M., Lefevre, F., Leininger, T., Limousin, J.M., Lutz, J.A., Macias, D., McIntire, E.J.B., Moore, C.M., Moran, E., Motta, R., Myers, J.A., Nagel, T.A., Noguchi, K., Ourcival, J.M., Parmenter, R., Pearse, I.S., Perez-Ramos, I.M., Piechnik, L., Poulsen, J., Poulton-Kamakura, R., Redmond, M.D., Reid, C.D., Rodman, K.C., Rodriguez-Sanchez, F., Sanguinetti, J.D., Scher, C.L., Schlesinger, W.H., Schmidt Van Marle, H., Seget, B., Sharma, S., Silman, M., Steele, M.A., Stephenson, N.L., Straub, J.N., Sun, I.F., Sutton, S., Swenson, J.J., Swift, M., Thomas, P.A., Uriarte, M., Vacchiano, G., Veblen, T.T., Whipple, A.V., Whitham, T.G., Wion, A.P., Wright, B., Wright, S.J., Zhu, K., Zimmerman, J.K. (2022) 'Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery.' Nature Communications, 13pp. 2381-2381.
Lageard, J.G.A. (2022) 'Aging mulberry trees (Morus nigra L): The Charterhouse, London, UK.' Arboricultural Journal, 44(3) pp. 127-139.
Journé, V., Andrus, R., Aravena, M.C., Ascoli, D., Berretti, R., Berveiller, D., Bogdziewicz, M., Boivin, T., Bonal, R., Caignard, T., Calama, R., Camarero, J.J., Chang-Yang, C.H., Courbaud, B., Courbet, F., Curt, T., Das, A.J., Daskalakou, E., Davi, H., Delpierre, N., Delzon, S., Dietze, M., Donoso Calderon, S., Dormont, L., Maria Espelta, J., Fahey, T.J., Farfan-Rios, W., Gehring, C.A., Gilbert, G.S., Gratzer, G., Greenberg, C.H., Guo, Q., Hacket-Pain, A., Hampe, A., Han, Q., Lambers, J.H.R., Hoshizaki, K., Ibanez, I., Johnstone, J.F., Kabeya, D., Kays, R., Kitzberger, T., Knops, J.M.H., Kobe, R.K., Kunstler, G., Lageard, J.G.A., LaMontagne, J.M., Leininger, T., Limousin, J.M., Lutz, J.A., Macias, D., McIntire, E.J.B., Moore, C.M., Moran, E., Motta, R., Myers, J.A., Nagel, T.A., Noguchi, K., Ourcival, J.M., Parmenter, R., Pearse, I.S., Perez-Ramos, I.M., Piechnik, L., Poulsen, J., Poulton-Kamakura, R., Qiu, T., Redmond, M.D., Reid, C.D., Rodman, K.C., Rodriguez-Sanchez, F., Sanguinetti, J.D., Scher, C.L., Marle, H.S.V., Seget, B., Sharma, S., Silman, M., Steele, M.A., Stephenson, N.L., Straub, J.N., Swenson, J.J., Swift, M., Thomas, P.A., Uriarte, M., Vacchiano, G., Veblen, T.T., Whipple, A.V., Whitham, T.G., Wright, B., Wright, S.J., Zhu, K., Zimmerman, J.K., Zlotin, R., Zywiec, M., Clark, J.S. (2022) 'Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients.' Ecology Letters, 25(6) pp. 1471-1482.
Hacket-Pain, A., Foest, J.J., Pearse, I.S., LaMontagne, J.M., Koenig, W.D., Vacchiano, G., Bogdziewicz, M., Caignard, T., Celebias, P., van Dormolen, J., Fernández-Martínez, M., Moris, J.V., Palaghianu, C., Pesendorfer, M., Satake, A., Schermer, E., Tanentzap, A.J., Thomas, P.A., Vecchio, D., Wion, A., Wohlgemuth, T., Xue, T., Abernethy, K., Daniel Barrera, M., Barton, J.H., Boutin, S., Bush, E.R., Donoso Calderón, S., Carevic, F.S., Volkmer de Castilho, C., Manuel Cellini, J., Chapman, C.A., Chapman, H., Chianucci, F., da Costa, P., Croisé, L., Cutini, A., Dantzer, B., Justin DeRose, R., Thoussaint Dikangadissi, J., Dimoto, E., Lopes da Fonseca, F., Gallo, L., Gratzer, G., Greene, D.F., Hadad, M.A., Huertas Herrera, A., Jeffery, K.J., Johnstone, J.F., Kalbitzer, U., Kantorowicz, W., Klimas, C.A., Lageard, J.G.A., Lane, J., Lapin, K., Ledwon, M., Leeper, A.C., Vanessa Lencinas, M., Cláudia Lira-Guedes, A., Lordon, M.C., Marchelli, P., Marino, S., Schmidt Van Marle, H., McAdam, A.G., Momont, L.R.W., Nicolas, M., Helena de Oliveira Wadt, L., Panahi, P., Martínez Pastur, G., Patterson, T., Luis Peri, P., Piechnik, Ł., Pourhashemi, M., Espinoza Quezada, C., Roig, F.A., Peña Rojas, K., Micaela Rosas, Y., Schueler, S., Seget, B., Soler, R., Steele, M.A., Toro-Manríquez, M., Tutin, C.E.G., Ukizintambara, T., White, L., Yadok, B., Willis, J.L., Zolles, A., Żywiec, M., Ascoli, D. (2022) 'MASTREE+: time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents.' Global Change Biology, 28(9) pp. 3066-3082.
Lageard, J.G.A., Sultana, D., Brearley, F.Q. (2021) 'Veteran trees in an historic landscape: The Bidnija olive grove, Malta.' Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 38pp. 103094-103094.
Bogdziewicz, M., Hacket-Pain, A., Kelly, D., Thomas, P.A., Lageard, J., Tanentzap, A.J. (2021) 'Climate warming causes mast seeding to break down by reducing sensitivity to weather cues.' Global Change Biology, 27(9) pp. 1952-1961.
Bogdziewicz, M., Kelly, D., Tanentzap, A.J., Thomas, P.A., Lageard, J.G.A., Hacket-Pain, A. (2020) 'Climate Change Strengthens Selection for Mast Seeding in European Beech.' Current Biology, 30(17) pp. 3477-3483.
Bogdziewicz, M., Kelly, D., Thomas, P.A., Lageard, J.G.A., Hacket-Pain, A. (2020) 'Climate warming disrupts mast seeding and its fitness benefits in European beech.' Nature Plants, 6pp. 88-94.
Copes-Gerbitz, K., Fletcher, W., Lageard, J.G.A., Rhanem, M., Harrison, S.P. (2019) 'Multidecadal variability in Atlas cedar growth in Northwest Africa during the last 850 years: Implications for dieback and conservation of an endangered species.' Dendrochronologia, 56pp. 125599-125599.
Ascoli, D., Maringer, J., Hacket-Pain, A., Conedera, M., Drobyshev, I., Motta, R., Cirolli, M., Kantorowicz, W., Zang, C., Schueler, S., Croisé, L., Piussi, P., Berretti, R., Palaghianu, C., Westergren, M., Lageard, J.G.A., Burkart, A., Gehrig Bichsel, R., Thomas, P.A., Beudert, B., Övergaard, R., Vacchiano, G. (2017) 'Two centuries of masting data for European beech and Norway spruce across the European continent.' Ecology, 98(5) pp. 1473-1473.
Hacket-Pain, A., Lageard, J., Thomas, P. (2017) 'Drought and reproductive effort interact to control growth of a temperate broadleaved tree species (Fagus sylvatica).' Tree Physiology, 37(6) pp. 744-754.
Lageard, J.G.A., Thomas, P.A., Cheng, J. (2017) 'Animating tree colonization and growth.' Dendrochronologia, 42pp. 13-20.
Lageard, J.G.A., Drew, I.B. (2015) 'Evaporating legacies: Industrial heritage and salt in Cheshire, UK.' Industrial Archaeology Review, 37(1) pp. 48-61.
Hacket-Pain, A.J., Friend, A.D., Lageard, J.G.A., Thomas, P.A. (2015) 'The influence of masting phenomenon on growth-climate relationships in trees: Explaining the influence of previous summers' climate on ring width.' Tree Physiology: an international botanical journal, 35(3) pp. 319-330.
Lageard, J.G.A., Ryan, P.A. (2013) 'Microscopic fungi as subfossil woodland indicators.' The Holocene, 23(7) pp. 990-1001.
Blackford, J.J., Fletcher, W., Ryan, P.A., Carson, J., Hogg, A., Innes, J.B., Kneen, S.E., Lageard, J., O'Brien, C. (2012) '036 Climate change, fire history and disturbance of upland forest in the UK : testing multiple hypotheses using NPPs and multi-proxy palaeoecology.' 日本花粉学会会誌, 58(0)
Fairchild, I.J., Loader, N.J., Wynn, P.M., Frisia, S., Thomas, P.A., Lageard, J.G.A., Momi, A.D., Hartland, A., Borsato, A., Porta, N.L., Susini, J. (2009) 'Sulfur Fixation in Wood Mapped by Synchrotron X-ray Studies: Implications for Environmental Archives.' Environmental Science & Technology, 43(5) pp. 1310-1315.
Lageard, J.G.A., Drew, I.B. (2008) 'Hydrogeomorphic control on tree growth responses in the Elton area of the Cheshire Saltfield, UK.' Geomorphology, 95(3-4) pp. 158-171.
Packham, J.R., Thomas, P.A., Lageard, J.G.A., Hilton, G.M. (2008) 'The english beech masting survey 1980–2007: Variation in the fruiting of the common beech (fagus sylvatica l.) and its effects on woodland ecosystems.' Arboricultural Journal, 31(3) pp. 189-214.
Lageard, J.G.A., Howell, J.A., Rothwell, J.J., Drew, I.B. (2007) 'The utility of Pinus sylvestris L. in dendrochemical investigations: pollution impact of lead mining and smelting in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, UK..' Environ Pollut, 153(2) pp. 284-294.
Lageard, J.G.A., Wilson, D.B., Cresswell, N., Cawley, L.E., Jones, H.E., Caporn, S.J.M. (2005) 'Wood growth response of Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull to elevated N deposition and drought.' Dendrochronologia, 23(2) pp. 75-81.
Mighall, T.M., Lageard, J.G.A., Chambers, F.M., Field, M.H., Mahi, P. (2004) 'Mineral deficiency and the presence of Pinus sylvestris on mires during the mid- to late Holocene: palaeoecological data from Cadogan's Bog, Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, southwest Ireland.' HOLOCENE, 14(1) pp. 95-109.
Lageard, J.G.A., Thomas, P.A., Chambers, F.M. (2000) 'Using fire scars and growth release in subfossil Scots pine to reconstruct prehistoric fires.' PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 164(1-4) pp. 87-99.
Lageard, J.G.A., Chambers, F.M., Thomas, P.A. (1999) 'Climatic significance of the marginalization of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) c. 2508 BC at White Moss, south Cheshire, UK.' HOLOCENE, 9(3) pp. 321-331.
Chambers, F.M., Lageard, J.G.A., Boswijk, G., Thomas, P.A., Edwards, K.J., Hillam, J. (1997) 'Dating prehistoric bog-fires in northern England to calendar years by long-distance cross-matching of pine chronologies.' JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, 12(3) pp. 253-256.
LAGEARD, J.G.A., CHAMBERS, F.M., THOMAS, P.A. (1995) 'RECORDING AND RECONSTRUCTION OF WOOD MACROFOSSILS IN 3-DIMENSIONS.' JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 22(4) pp. 561-567.
Lageard, J.G.A., Chambers, F.M., Grant, M.E. (1994) 'Modified versions of a traditional peatcutting tool to improve field sampling of peat monoliths.' Quaternary Newsletter, 74pp. 10-15.