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Forestry as a natural climate solution: the positive outcomes of negative carbon emissions.

Published online: 05 Jun 2020

Authors: Watts, A. & D'amore, D. & McGuire, A. D.

Content type: Bulletin

Forests are considered a natural solution for mitigating climate change because they absorb and store atmospheric carbon. With Alaska boasting 129 mil...

NatureScot Research Report 1145 - Distribution mapping and baseline monitoring survey of sea caves around Fair Isle.

Published online: 18 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Harries, D. B. & Purcell, A. & Moore, C. G. & Lyndon, A. R. & Porter, J. S. & Saunders, G. R. & Hume, C. L.

Content type: Reports

The aim of the current study was to create an inventory of the location, extent and nature of sea caves around Fair Isle. Additionally, the study set ...

Field Studies Guidance Note: Grid References for Biological Recording [version 2].

Published online: 06 Jan 2023

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Bell, C. & Brown, K. D. & Watts, O.

Content type: Educational material

This report is a guide for grid references for biological recording. A grid reference specifies a square of land, indicating a location through a seri...

Site susceptibility, population development and dispersal of the pine beauty moth in a lodgepole pine forest in northern Scotland.

Published online: 16 Dec 1989

Authors: Watt, A. D. & Leather, S. R. & Stoakley, J. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data for Panolis flammea in a Pinus contorta forest for 1977-84 did not support the hypothesis that part of the forest was intrinsically more suscepti...

A decision framework for considering climate change adaptation in biodiversity conservation planning.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Oliver, T. H. & Smithers, R. J. & Bailey, S. & Walmsley, C. A. & Watts, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

General principles of climate change adaptation for biodiversity have been formulated, but do not help prioritize actions. This is inhibiting their in...

Senescence and rejuvenation in ungrazed chalk grassland (grassland B) in Breckland: the significance of litter and of moles.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Watt, A. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in the floristic composition of ungrazed chalk grassland on Foxhole Heath, Breckland, between 1938 and 1971 were considered in relation to cha...

Not all maps are equal: evaluating approaches for mapping vessel collision risk to large baleen whales.

Published online: 03 Jan 2025

Authors: Hague, E. L. & Halliday, W. D. & Dawson, J. & Ferguson, S. H. & Heide-Jørgensen, M. P. & Sogas, N. S. & Gormley, K. & Young, B. G. & McWhinnie, L. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A growing and increasingly globalised human population, requiring the movement of goods and commodities, is placing increasing demands on the maritime...

Resolving patterns of population genetic and phylogeographic structure to inform control and eradication initiatives for brown rats Rattus norvegicus on South Georgia.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Piertney, S. B. & Black, A. & Watt, L. & Christie, D. & Poncet, S. & Collins, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The control and eradication of invasive species is a common management strategy to protect or restore native biodiversity. On South Georgia in the Sou...

Conservation management within strongholds in the face of disease-mediated invasions: red and grey squirrels as a case study.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: White, A. & Bell, S. S. & Lurz, P. W. W. & Boots, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is increasing evidence that disease-mediated invasions are widespread across a range of vertebrate, invertebrate and plant systems. We therefore...

Managing the long-term persistence of a rare cockatoo under climate change.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Harris, J. B. C. & Fordham, D. A. & Mooney, P. A. & Pedler, L. P. & Araújo, M. B. & Paton, D. C. & Stead, M. G. & Watts, M. J. & Akçakaya, H. R. & Brook, B. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Linked demographic-bioclimatic models are emerging tools for forecasting climate change impacts on well-studied species, but these methods have been u...

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