New ECT podcast
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Listen to Gareth Phoenix of Sheffield University bringing to life the research and its impacts from the Wardlow Hay Cop long-term nitrogen deposition experiment in Derbyshire.
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New publication
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The latest journal paper from the Brignant Plots LTE at Pwllpeiran in mid-Wales has just been published by PI Mariecia Fraser in Nature Scientific Reports. The paper looks at the impacts of upland grassland management on arthropod dynamics.
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Following ECT-funded work on dung fungi as proxy indicators of grazing pressure in peatlands, Althea Davies from the University of St Andrews has published a paper in Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology. Althea used ECT’s grant for the component of the work conducted at the Moor House LTE in Upper Teesdale.
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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.
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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.
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