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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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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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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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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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