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    Forestry publication document

    Factsheet: Climate change and ecosystem services

     Climate change will have wide-ranging effects on ecosystem services
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    Forestry publication document

    Factsheet: Climate change and human behaviours
    Lead Author: Liz O'Brien
    There is increasing interest in designing policy interventions to sustain positive individual or societal behaviours and to encourage behaviour change which tackles environmental issues including climate change.
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    Forestry publication document

    Ecological implications of oak decline in Great Britain

     This Research Note describes the ecological value of Great Britain’s native oaks, as reflected in the biodiversity supported by the trees and ecosystem functions the trees perform.
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    Providing the evidence base to diversify Britain’s forests
    Lead Author: Chris Reynolds
    Early results of species and provenance trials established in 2012.
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    Forestry publication document

    Factsheet: Climate change and biodiversity

     More biodiverse woodlands are better able to resist or adapt to threats, such as climate change. This enhanced resilience supports the continuity of woodlands and the ecosystem services they provide. Biodiversity is the variation at different levels of biological organisation - the genes within a species; the species within a community; and the diversity between communities and ecosystems.
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    Forestry publication document

    Factsheet: Peatlands, forestry and climate change
    Lead Author: Russell Anderson
    This factsheet explains how forestry affects the carbon stored in peat and the role forest-to-bog restoration can play in reducing carbon emissions.
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    Forestry publication document

    Factsheet: Climate change and forests
    Lead Author: James Morison
    How do woodlands and forests affect the climate?
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    Forestry publication document

    Factsheet: Climate change, flooding and forests
    Lead Author: Tom Nisbet
    Many parts of the UK are periodically affected by flooding and the frequency of floods is expected to increase due to climate change. Tree planting and forest management can alter flood flows, although the extent of this depends on many factors. Here we describe the latest understanding of how forestry can help.
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    Species diversification – which species should we use?
    Lead Author: Richard Ennos
    This paper stresses that future use of ‘alternative’ species for diversification should be contingent on rigorous biological risk assessment, results from forestry scale trials, and the establishment of sustainable British seed sources.
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    ESCom 2020 workshop: Scotland’s National Ecological Network – progress and practicalities
    Lead Author: Chloe Bellamy
    Summary of a workshop for researchers, policymakers and practitioners to discuss the progress and practicalities of developing a National Ecological Network in Scotland. Embedded in this approach to more sustainable land use is the need to take stock of progress towards regional and national ecological networks to increase resilience into the future.
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    Forest damage by deer depends on cross‐scale interactions between climate, deer density and landscape structure
    Lead Author: Chloe Bellamy
    This journal paper investigates the factors that drive deer damage to woodlands using the National Forest Inventory sample square data. We found that the likelihood of damage to trees depends on cross-scale interactions between climate, deer density and landscape structure. The complex interactive effects uncovered are difficult to interpret. We therefore provide an interactive Deer Damage Tool for practitioners to visualize how afforestation is likely to influence the probability of deer damage in different forests and regions across Britain.
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    A sequential multi-level framework to improve habitat suitability modelling
    Lead Author: Chloe Bellamy
    We provide a sequential framework for improved multi-scale habitat suitability modelling or species distribution modelling. We apply it to the lesser horseshoe bat in Britain to demonstrate its improved accuracy and ecological inference.