Ruth Wade

(she/her)
University of Leeds
Current PositionLecturer in Sustainable Agriculture
Email[email protected]
Department(s)School of Biology
ECRNo
YES.DTN Core ThemesEcology, Evolution & Biodiversity
Profile(s)Ruth Wade (0000-0001-9572-8990) – ORCID

Key Research Interests

  • Regenerative agriculture
  • Plant defence
  • Plant-soil interactions
  • Plant-insect interactions
  • Plant responses to climate change

Recent Key Papers

  • Berthon K, Wade RN, Chapman PJ, Jaworski CC, Leake JR, Daniell T, Collins L, Zhao Y, Watt PJ, Dicks LV, Doherty B, Jackson P (2025) Measuring the Socio-Economic and Environmental Outcomes of Regenerative Agriculture across Spatio-Temporal Scales. Philosophical Transactions B, https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.116241
  • Holden J, Grayson RP, Berdeni D, Bird S, Chapman PJ, Edmondson JL, Firbank LG, Helgason T, Hodson ME, Hunt SFP, Jones DT, Lappage MG, Marshall-Harries E, Nelson M, Prendergast-Miller M, Shaw H, Wade RN, Leake JR (2018). The role of hedgerows in soil functioning within agricultural landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 273:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.11.027
  • Wade RN, Johnson SN, Karley AJ, Hartley SE (2017). Impact of predicted precipitation scenarios on multitrophic interactions. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12858