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Look again: revising ideas about the greening of Alaska's Arctic tundra.

Published online: 07 Jun 2017

Authors: Koch, G.

Content type: Bulletin

Alaska's Arctic tundra is one of the most rapidly warming regions in the world. For years, scientists have been working to interpret the effects of it...

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NatureScot Research Report 1294 - Development of the Mountain Hare National Monitoring Scheme - trialling a citizen science approach.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Wetherhill, A. S. & Coomber, F. G. & Darvill, B. & Hesford, N. & Marquand, C. le & Macleod, R. & Mathews, F. & Newey, S. & Raynor, R. & Willis, S. & Wilson, M. W.

Content type: Reports

The paper describes the methods, data collection, data analysis and recommendations of a project to develop and trial surveys of mountain hares (Lepus...

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NatureScot Research Report 1292 - Towards understanding the effectiveness of measures to manage fishing activity of relevance to MPAs in Scotland.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Cunningham, S. & Donnan, D. & Gillham, K. & James, B. & Kamphausen, L. & Henderson, S.

Content type: Reports

This paper presents current evidence from within the UK and other temperate regions regarding the efficacy of fisheries management measures in safegua...

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NatureScot Research Report 1296 - Learning in Local Greenspace - an evaluation report.

Published online: 07 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Munro, S. A.

Content type: Reports

The findings of the Learning in Local Greenspace (LILG) project in this evaluation report are the following: good progress was made on reducing barrie...

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NatureScot Research Report 1303 - Ardvar Woodlands SSSI Site Condition Monitoring 2021.

Published online: 07 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Heaton, S. A.

Content type: Reports

In this research, Haycock and Jay Associates Ltd was commissioned by NatureScot to undertake Site Condition Monitoring (SCM) at Ardvar Woodlands Site ...

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Look to seedling heights, rather than functional traits, to explain survival during extreme heat stress in the early stages of subtropical rainforest restoration.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Gardiner, R. & Shoo, L. P. & Dwyer, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration is urgently needed to arrest and reverse land degradation, reinstate ecosystem services and recover threatened species. Tree pl...

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Improving links between environmental accounting and scenario-based cumulative impact assessment for better-informed biodiversity decisions.

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Authors: Mokany, K. & Harwood, T. D. & Ferrier, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing attention is being given to understanding how intensifying human activities combine over space and time to influence persistence of biodive...

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Statistical evaluation of geobotanical and biogeochemical data by discriminant analysis.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Nielsen, J. S. & Brooks, R. R. & Boswell, C. R. & Marshall, N. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field studies in sclerophyllous woodland in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia showed that it was not visually evident whether any par...

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A factor toxic to seedlings of the same species associated with living roots of the non-gregarious subtropical rain forest tree Grevillea robusta.

Published online: 05 Mar 1967

Authors: Webb, L. J. & Tracey, J. G. & Haydock, K. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Monocultures of Grevillea robusta, a non-gregarious species, grow poorly in South Queensland where the tree occurs naturally. In G. robusta plantation...

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Scotch broom (Sarothamnus scoparius (L) Wimmer) and its insect fauna introduced into the Pacific Northwest of America.

Published online: 05 Mar 1967

Authors: Waloff, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Since its introduction from Europe to the Pacific coast of North America, Scotch broom has spread and has become a weed. The main broom sites in Calif...

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