Researcher

Chloe MacLaren

Institute: Swedish University of Agricultural Science
Research area: Agriculture rural development & food security
Research region: Africa
Open to collaboration with: Media, Other researchers, Practitioners and policy makers

About

Chloe's research focuses on harnessing interactions between plants to improve agricultural sustainability. She works from the field scale to the farming system scale, investigating the mechanisms underlying plant interactions and their resulting impacts on crop production, farmer livelihoods, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Chloe has studied and worked in various parts of the world, including Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, South Africa, Oman, Ecuador, the UK, and Sweden.

Professional experience

Co-supervisor of PhD
2 year(s) -
Lecturing

Other experience

Lecturing and workshops
Statistical analysis

Personal institution page

Featured work

Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture

Publications

Narrowing the ecological yield gap to sustain crop yields with less inputs

Global Food Security
Maize yield responses to soil organic carbon under integrated soil fertility management in tropical environments

Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Tree species diversity drives above-ground carbon sequestration through light-related trait shifts

Functional Ecology
Diversity in Resource Use Strategies Promotes Productivity in Young Planted Tree Species Mixtures

Global Change Biology
Strip Crops and Intercrops Outperform Crop Rotations for Weed Management Under Conservation Agriculture in Zimbabwe

Weed Research
The effect of agronomic filters on arable plant communities: What weeds are we selecting for?

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Cover crops improve weed management in South Africa’s Mediterranean climate region

Agronomy Journal
Two crops are better than one for nutritional and economic outcomes of Zambian smallholder farms, but require more labour

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Construction of a generalised farm typology to aid selection, targeting and scaling of onfarm research

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Climate change drives decline of Juniperus seravschanica in Oman

Journal of Arid Environments
Conservation of forest biodiversity and ecosystem properties in a pastoral landscape of the Ecuadorian Andes

Agroforestry Systems
Cover Crop Biomass Production Is More Important than Diversity for Weed Suppression

Crop Science
Livestock in diverse cropping systems improve weed management and sustain yields whilst reducing inputs

Journal of Applied Ecology
Management practices influence the competitive potential of weed communities and their value to biodiversity in South African vineyards

Weed Research
Seed‐Drill Opener Type and Crop Residue Load Affect Canola Establishment, but Only Residue Load Affects Yield

Agronomy Journal
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
High nitrogen rates do not increase canola yield and may affect soil bacterial functioning

Agronomy Journal
An ecological future for weed science to sustain crop production and the environment. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Tillage practices affect weeds differently in monoculture vs. crop rotation

Soil and Tillage Research
Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture

Nature Sustainability