Annual Report & Accounts 2019 published
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First publication from MOORCO LTE
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The first paper to emerge from the MOORCO LTE sites in Aberdeenshire has just been published by Ruth Mitchell (James Hutton Institute) and others in Global Change Biology. The paper reveals the impact of tree planting in organic soils on carbon sequestration over decadal timescales and is available in the journal Global Change Biology. MOORCO LTE has been running since 1980.
Read MoreUpcoming ECT webinar
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ECT’s ninth webinar is coming up on 20 August, featuring guest speaker Rob Marrs from the University of Liverpool who will discuss the impacts of the Hordron Edge and Bamford Edge bracken control experiments after 20+ years. This will be followed by a discussion with participants on the future use of the plots. For further details, register via our ‘Webinars’ page.
Read MoreNew ECT podcast
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Listen to the charismatic Rob Marrs of Liverpool University bringing to life the research and its impacts from the Hordron/Bamford Edge long-term bracken control experiments in Derbyshire.
Read MoreNew blog post
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Graham McAuliffe and Laura Cardenas from Rothamsted Research relate the latest research results on nitrous oxide emissions (a greenhouse gas) from grazed grassland at the North Wyke Farm Platform LTE in Devon. Read their blog post, and read more about the NWFP.
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ECT’s June newsletter is now published. This issue headlines with the launch of our first ever Corporate Plan 2020-2030 and features essential work continuing under lockdown at the BIFoR-FACE experiment. Plus our latest podcasts, webpages and upcoming webinar on the German Biodiversity Exploratories.
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The second new publication inside a week to emerge from the Glen Finglas LTE near Stirling in Scotland has just been published by PI Robin Pakeman in Applied Vegetation Science. The paper looks at the impacts of upland grassland management (grazing) on the functional traits of a mosaic of open upland habitats in Glen Finglas.
Read MoreUpcoming ECT webinar
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ECT’s eighth webinar is coming up on 26 June, featuring guest speakers Markus Fischer and Eric Allan from the University of Bern in Switzerland on the German Biodiversity Exploratories. For further details and joining instructions, register via our ‘Webinars’ page.
Read MoreNew webpage published
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A new page is now available on the ECT website for the Little Budworth Common long-term nitrogen deposition and drought experiment on lowland heath near Winsford in Cheshire. Read about the history, impacts and future potential of this valuable LTE research site, started in 1996.
Read MoreNew publication
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The latest paper from the Glen Finglas LTE near Stirling in Scotland has just been published by PI Robin Pakeman and others in the Journal of Applied Ecology. The paper looks at the impacts of upland grassland management (grazing) on the long-term breeding productivity of meadow pipits.
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