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Heather burning >

How did the removal of grouse moor management in Berwyn SPA affect other birds? >

Erosion and moorland drainage >

A response to the viewpoint paper ‘Environmental impact of grouse shooting’ >

Heather burning on blanket bog: The long-term effects for vegetation >

Heather burning: Its impacts on peat formation and carbon storage >

Ground-nesting birds in south west Scotland >

Low-severity fires can improve carbon storage in peatlands >

Planting trees doesn’t always increase carbon removal from the atmosphere over time >

How does peatland vegetation respond to prescribed burns? >

What effect does heather cutting have on mosses? 


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Short-rotation coppice >

Birds in miscanthus grass grown for biomass >

Wildlife at wood edges >

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