'Ecological restoration: Soil microbes call the shots'. Marrs (2016). Nature Plants. Letter looking at the use of soil microbes in ecological restoration, and how they can help ‘design’ new target communities more subtly.
Read MoreFloodplain Meadow Partnership conducted their regular fritillary count and survey of the water-management trial plots at North Meadow, Cricklade in Spring. Monitoring is going strong and now in its 18th year the fritillary count attracted over thirty volunteers and was showcased by BBC1's Countryfile programme.
Read MoreWant to keep up-to-date with the initiation of a new long-term experiment investigating the effects of future climate change? Read about RainDrop which is a of a collaborative project in development between the Open University, Oxford Plant Sciences and the ECT.
Read More'Long-term changes in the tree and shrub layers of a British nature reserve and their relevance for woodland conservation management''. Kirby et al., (2016). Journal for Nature Conservation, 31, 51-60.
Read MoreJonathan Silvertown (ECT trustee) writes a blog on what Park Grass and Agathan Christie have in common ahead of the anniversary event in May. Find out what it is here.
Read MoreTo celebrate Park Grass turning 160, Rothamsted Research invites you to ‘160 years of Park Grass'. This free public event takes place on Tuesday 17th May, 5.30pm to 8.00pm.
Read MoreRothamsted Research North Wyke and Duchy College Rural Business School hosted their first Advisory Group Meeting in February, with key representatives from the research and farming communities.
Read More50 years of change in the Sheffield region, by Dr Carly Stevens. In 1965 an extensive survey of vegetation was carried out in and around the Peak District National Park. Although the majority of people won’t know anything about it.
Read MoreGrassland biodiversity bounces back from long-term nitrogen addition. J. Storkey et al., (2015). Nature 528, 401–404. The negative effect of increasing atmospheric nitrogen (N) pollution on grassland biodiversity is now incontrovertible. However a new publication on Park Grass shows that the recent introduction of cleaner technologies in the UK has.
Read MoreAt the recent annual British Ecological Society conference, the ECT ran a workshop on ‘Building an Ecological Time Machine: Learning How to Engage the Public with Experimental Ecology’. A competition was run for the best blog or vlog following a mock press conference in which attendees role-played journalists. Katie Murray from the University of Stirling won the competition with her blog The Ecological Time Machine.
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