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Mr Kenny Roberts
- Environmental Analysis Laboratory (EAL) Lead Technician (School Geographical & Earth Sciences Administration)
telephone:
01413306651
email:
Kenny.Roberts@glasgow.ac.uk
R230 Level 2, East Quadrangle, Main Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Publications
2026
Suter, Samantha, Welden, Natalie 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0446-0712, Roberts, Kenny and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020
(2026)
Predicting species diversity and community traits from remote sensing in species-rich grasslands.
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 26(1),
21.
(doi: 10.1186/s12862-026-02500-4)
(PMID:41688894)
(PMCID:PMC12937569)
Wang, Yuchen, Hurst, Martin D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9822-076X, MacDonald, John M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8609-804X, Roberts, Kenneth, Prentice, Thomas and Naylor, Larissa A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4065-2674
(2026)
How natural are the sediments on our beaches? Characterising urban anthropogenic mixed beaches in Scotland.
Sedimentology, 73(2),
pp. 519-539.
(doi: 10.1111/sed.70072)
Daniels, Lucy J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0345-6467, Williams, Richard D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Quick, Laura, MacDonell, Craig J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5516-5078, Moir, Hamish and Roberts, Kenny
(2026)
Let the riverscape grow! Riverscape rewilding restores lateral connectivity and promotes geomorphic recovery in a Scottish gravel-bed river.
Science of the Total Environment, 1010,
181102.
(doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181102)
(PMID:41351913)
2025
MacDonell, Craig John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5516-5078, Williams, Richard David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, White, Jon and Roberts, Kenny
(2025)
Seamless quantification of wet and dry riverscape topography using UAV
topo-bathymetric LiDAR.
Drones, 9(12),
872.
(doi: 10.3390/drones9120872)
2023
MacDonell, Craig John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5516-5078, Williams, Richard David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, Maniatis, Georgios, Roberts, Kenny and Naylor, Mark
(2023)
Consumer-grade UAV solid-state LiDAR accurately quantifies topography in a vegetated fluvial environment.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 48(11),
pp. 2211-2229.
(doi: 10.1002/esp.5608)
Kosová, Eliška, James, Kelly, MacArthur, Mairi, Vovides, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3293-5770, Peters, John, Metcalfe, Daniel, Roberts, Kenny and Naylor, Larissa A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4065-2674
(2023)
The BioGeo Ecotile: improving biodiversity on coastal defences using a multiscale, multispecies eco-engineering design.
Ecological Engineering, 188,
106881.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106881)
Woolfendon, C. et al. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Baseline Monitoring Report. Other. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295312).
Fowler, E. et al. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Long-Term Ecosystem Services and Function Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295313).
2017
Coveney, Seamus and Roberts, Kenneth (2017) Lightweight UAV digital elevation models and orthoimagery for environmental applications: data accuracy evaluation and potential for river flood risk modelling. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 38(8-10), pp. 3159-3180. (doi: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1292074)
Articles
Suter, Samantha, Welden, Natalie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0446-0712, Roberts, Kenny and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020
(2026)
Predicting species diversity and community traits from remote sensing in species-rich grasslands.
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 26(1),
21.
(doi: 10.1186/s12862-026-02500-4)
(PMID:41688894)
(PMCID:PMC12937569)
Wang, Yuchen, Hurst, Martin D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9822-076X, MacDonald, John M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8609-804X, Roberts, Kenneth, Prentice, Thomas and Naylor, Larissa A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4065-2674
(2026)
How natural are the sediments on our beaches? Characterising urban anthropogenic mixed beaches in Scotland.
Sedimentology, 73(2),
pp. 519-539.
(doi: 10.1111/sed.70072)
Daniels, Lucy J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0345-6467, Williams, Richard D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, Creed, Maggie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-8994, Quick, Laura, MacDonell, Craig J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5516-5078, Moir, Hamish and Roberts, Kenny
(2026)
Let the riverscape grow! Riverscape rewilding restores lateral connectivity and promotes geomorphic recovery in a Scottish gravel-bed river.
Science of the Total Environment, 1010,
181102.
(doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181102)
(PMID:41351913)
MacDonell, Craig John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5516-5078, Williams, Richard David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, White, Jon and Roberts, Kenny
(2025)
Seamless quantification of wet and dry riverscape topography using UAV
topo-bathymetric LiDAR.
Drones, 9(12),
872.
(doi: 10.3390/drones9120872)
MacDonell, Craig John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5516-5078, Williams, Richard David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, Maniatis, Georgios, Roberts, Kenny and Naylor, Mark
(2023)
Consumer-grade UAV solid-state LiDAR accurately quantifies topography in a vegetated fluvial environment.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 48(11),
pp. 2211-2229.
(doi: 10.1002/esp.5608)
Kosová, Eliška, James, Kelly, MacArthur, Mairi, Vovides, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3293-5770, Peters, John, Metcalfe, Daniel, Roberts, Kenny and Naylor, Larissa A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4065-2674
(2023)
The BioGeo Ecotile: improving biodiversity on coastal defences using a multiscale, multispecies eco-engineering design.
Ecological Engineering, 188,
106881.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106881)
Coveney, Seamus and Roberts, Kenneth (2017) Lightweight UAV digital elevation models and orthoimagery for environmental applications: data accuracy evaluation and potential for river flood risk modelling. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 38(8-10), pp. 3159-3180. (doi: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1292074)
Research Reports or Papers
Woolfendon, C. et al. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Baseline Monitoring Report. Other. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295312).
Fowler, E. et al. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Long-Term Ecosystem Services and Function Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295313).