Ecotype

 

The biodiversity and conservation newsletter of Ecology Division

Ecotype 42 - May 2008

• Insect diversity and continuous cover forestry
• Restoration of Western Hemlock PAWS
• Greenspace gateways
• How does a marten feed her young?
• Scat identification - a cautionary tale
• News

Published: 30 May 2008

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Ecotype 41 - March 2008

• An overview of the work of Ecology Division
• People within Ecology Division
• Highlights from recent activities
• News

Published: 3 April 2008

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Ecotype 40 - January 2008

• Habitat networks for guiding integrated land-use
• Two new Defra projects on landscape ecology
• Will they or won't they?
• Surveying forest soil and biodiversity - the pan-European BioSoil project
• Do seed zones conserve adaptive variation?
• The Scottish crossbill census
• News, new publications, conferences

Published: 13 February 2008

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Ecotype 39 - November 2007

• Something grumbling beyond the Chiltern woods?
• Digital video technology for monitoring wildlife
• Juniper die-back in Tayside
• Disturbing events – Wind and partial waves in the forest
• ESC going to Ireland (via Kyoto and Marrakesh)
• Establishment of a European Information System on Forest Genetic Resources
• News, conferences

Published: 29 November 2007

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Ecotype 38 - September 2007

• What a difference DNA makes
• Can we tell these three birds apart from their droppings?
• Not just a load of old dung
• Conservation of Huemul in Chile
• Exposed! - Predicting filled and empty seeds in juniper with X-radiographs
• Open and woodland habitat networks: Not a conflict, an opportunity
• Estimating future soil moisture regime
• News, new publications, workshops/conferences

Published: 27 September 2007

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Ecotype 37 - May 2007

• Direct sowing – useful or useless for PAWS restoration?
• Spatial tools for directing native woodland improvement and expansion
• Crack filling
• Open Habitats Project
• Black poplar - how many clones are being planted?
• Grey squirrels - latest control news
• News, new publications, workshops/conferences

Published: 31 May 2007

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Ecotype 36 - March 2007

• An introduction to the work of Ecology Division
  • People within Ecology Division
  • Highlights from recent activities
  • New work
  • Just over the horizon
• Kinnoul Hill and Drummond Hill forests, Perthshire
  • News
  • New publications
  • Workshops/conferences: Scottish Squirrel Forum

Published: 21 Mar 2007

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Ecotype 35 - July 2006

• Programme group research update: Rural & urban landscape ecology
  • Evaluating biodiversity in fragmented landscapes
  • A GIS method for targeting PAWS restoration management
  • Improving Forest Habitat Networks for woodland specialists
  • Developing Lowland Habitat Networks in Scotland
• Conferences
  • New woods, new lives, new landscapes
  • Scrub - the Cinderella habitat?

Published: 21 Aug 2006

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Ecotype 34 - May 2006

• Programme group research update - Conservation & management of species & genetic resources
  • The use of microsatellites to assess the degree of clonal duplication of black poplar in Ireland
  • Climate change and forest genetic diversity: implications to sustainable forest management
  • Native rowan experiment established
  • Red squirrel conservation in Scotland
  • Update on the spread of squirrelpox virus
  • Survey of Welsh small-leaved lime woods for the scarce lime bark beetle Ernoporus tiliae
  • Woodland birds - their ecology & management
• Publications
  • Forest Fencing Technical Guide - 2006

Published: 14 June 2006

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Ecotype 33 - March 2006 

• Programme group research update - Habitat management & ecosystem dynamics
  • A judgement-based method to assess overgrazing
  • Bog deforestation & restoration - some science at last
  • Plans for improving survey coverage of birds in woodlands
  • The repeat woodland bird survey
  • Research on lowland Planted Ancient Woodlands (PAWS)
  • Research on bramble in woodlands
• Proceedings of the Native Pinewood conference, Drumnadrochit, 2004

Published: 31 Mar 2006

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Ecotype 32 - January 2006

• Programme group research update - Biodiversity indicators and knowledge management:
  • Forests & biodiversity guidelines
  • HaRPPS decision support system
  • Biodiversity indicators & evaluation programme
  • Ecological site classification
• Other news:
  • Bramble & the natural regeneration of trees
• Conferences:
  • Woodland birds: their ecology & management
  • Woodland mammals: their ecology, conservation & management

Published: 16 Feb 2006

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Ecotype 31 - November 2005

• Programme group research update - Rural and urban landscape ecology programme group:
  • Habitat networks
  • Visulands project
  • Future directions
• Other news:
  • The Neroche Forest Project
• Conferences:
  • Bramble in woodland - bane or benefit
• Publications:
  • Habit use by red and grey squirrels

Published: 6 Dec 2005

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Ecotype 30 - September 2005

• Programme group research update - Conservation & management of species & genetic resources:
  • Grey squirrel damage prediction: interim progress
  • Molecular genetics of native tree species
  • Research in support of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority species - 1: new work in 2005
  • Research in support of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority species - 2: Argent & Sable moth
• Publications:
  • Evaluating biodiversity in fragmented forest landscapes: principles

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Ecotype 29 - July 2005

• Research update:
  • Wet woodland
  • William’s Cleugh pines
  • West Highland woodland grazing project
• Conferences:
  • Botanical Society of Scotland - Symposium on Atlantic Oakwoods

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Ecotype 28 - May 2005

• Research update:
  • Ecology Division
  • William’s Cleugh pines
  • Wood ants in Thetford Forest/East Anglia
• Conferences:
  • Woodland Birds conference in 2006

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