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Game management is so much more than rearing pheasants and ...
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Our woodcock appeal centres around a pioneering project that involves tracking woodcock migration paths using satellite tagging technology and this cutting-edge research is enabling us to identify the threats and risks to woodcock from climate change, deforestation, marsh drainage and intensive f...
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Lowland heathlands are internationally important habitats that support a wide range of notable and specialist species. These habitats require management to maintain them in good condition.
Prescribed burning of heathland habitats has quickly become a ‘hot topic’, with growing concerns...
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Tree planting is proposed as a method to combat climate change.
Carbon sequestration is the process of taking carbon from the atmosphere and incorporating it into the tree’s biomass or soil.
Three native species of trees, two birch and one pine, were planted onto heather moorland at ...
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Biological control of cereal pests is desirable for farmers.
The study examines the level of predation on different pest species in areas with different amounts of semi-natural habitats in the landscape, as well as effects of field boundary type.
Levels of predation varied widely, but...
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There is increasing pressure for agri-environment schemes to deliver greater benefits and farmland to provide more food. Therefore if the value of agri-environment schemes could be extended to support additional species, provide extra functions such as reducing soil erosion and generating nitroge...
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Farmland is home to hundreds of plant and thousands of animal species, many of which are highly dependent on each other forming a complex food web. This was first revealed by our early work on the grey partridge in Sussex.
The population of grey partridge was partially dependent on the survival r...
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Circus cyaneus
Hen harriers are ground-nesting raptors, found on upland heather moorlands and also, during winter, lowlands throughout Britain. The UK population, estimated at 630 breeding pairs in 2010, is heavily concentrated in Scotland, which hosts over 80% of the hen harriers in Britain.
Fem...
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Grey sea slug
We are all familiar with the battle against slugs in our gardens, or the challenges they present to farmers across our terrestrial landscapes, but their close relatives are also part of our marine communities, as members of a fascinating and diverse group of marine molluscs found in...
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