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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...

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Field Studies Guidance Note: Introduction to Taxonomy [version 1].

Published online: 23 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Asaw, D. & Brown, K. D. & Watts, O.

Content type: Educational material

This guidance note defines taxonomy, presents its history, and explains taxonomic ranks, groups of relatedness and the naming of organisms.

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Crown of a Sitka spruce plantation: analysis and stochastic description of the developments of the branching structure.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Cochrane, L. A. & Ford, E. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The number, length, angle, azimuth and compass bearing of whorl and interwhorl branches were measured in 1973 and 1976 for a plantation of P. sitchens...

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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...

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Measuring disturbance in tropical forests: a critique of the use of species-abundance models and indicator measures in general.

Published online: 08 Oct 1998

Authors: Watt, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Methods of assessing tropical forest disturbance are discussed, and it is argued that the use of species-abundance models to assess whether a forest i...

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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 ...

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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...

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Field Studies Guidance Note: Biological Recording [version 1].

Published online: 06 Jan 2023

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Brown, K. D. & Dillon, H. & Watts, O.

Content type: Educational material

This note explains what a biological record is, how to improve the data resolution and data quality of a biological record, the process of submission,...

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Field Studies Guidance Note: Invertebrates Under the Microscope [version 1].

Published online: 23 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

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

Content type: Educational material

This paper provides information on the identification of invertebrates using microscopes for biological recording. The use of compound microscopes and...

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The diversity and abundance of ants in relation to forest disturbance and plantation establishment in southern Cameroon.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Watt, A. D. & Stork, N. E. & Bolton, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical biodiversity is seriously threatened by deforestation but few studies have quantified its impact. We aimed to measure the impact of forest cl...

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