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Measuring Modelling And Forecasting
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    Predicting hedgehog mortality risks on British roads using habitat suitability modelling

    An analysis of citizen science hedgehog roadkill data has revealed why, when and where vehicle-hedgehog collisions are most likely to occur. The approach involved a multi-scale habitat suitability model. Suburban areas with mixtures of urban and grassland were found to be roadkill hotspots.

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    Forestry Facts & Figures 2019

    Lead Author: Forest Research

    A summary of statistics about woodland and forestry in the UK.

  • Research

    Exploring changes in ecosystem services under varying scenarios

    Exploration of the resilience of woodlands to future change by assessing how ecosystem service values and natural capital stocks of woodlands may be affected by change through the application of the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (UK NEA) scenarios and different management approaches, e.g. forest diversification through the application of forest...

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    Detecting young trees from space

    FR have established how to detect young trees from space using synthetic aperture RADAR and machine learning techniques. This will support the monitoring of the planting of tens of thousands of restock sites and new woodland across Britain. In searching for a solution researchers hypothesised that even if the trees...

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    Assessing the resilience of UK forests to extreme climatic events

    This project aims to quantify the historic impact and legacy of extreme climatic events on UK forests using tree-ring chronologies, climate and soil data. It focuses on species of major importance to UK forestry in order to provide the information basis for building adaptive capacity into future forest planning and...

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    Trends in surface water chemistry in afforested Welsh catchments

    Lead Author: Samantha Broadmeadow

    Analysis of 22 years of water chemistry data from afforested Welsh catchments revealed trends indicative of recovery from acidification

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    BRIGIT – A consortium for enhancing UK surveillance and response to Xylella fastidiosa

    A multi-partner GB wide transdisciplinary project that takes a holistic approach to enhance diagnostics, identify factors that could lead to spread and formulate response strategies to mitigate the devastating effects of X. fastidiosa.

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    FOSPREF-Wind

    A project within the EFI Network Fund, developing a FOSS GIS modelling platform for stand growth and risk of wind damage.

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    Forestry Facts & Figures 2018

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission

    This booklet contains a summary of statistics about woodland and forestry. The complete statistics for 2017 are available on our forestry statistics web page.Please note – the printed version of this document is an A2 sheet folded to A6. The PDF of the document is set to print at A3...

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    Forestry Facts & Figure 2017

    Lead Author: Forestry Commission

    This booklet contains a summary of statistics about woodland and forestry. The complete statistics for 2017 are available on our forestry statistics web page.Please note – the printed version of this document is an A2 sheet folded to A6. The PDF of the document is set to print at A3...

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    Assessing the stem straightness of trees

    Lead Author: Andrew Price

    Stem straightness is important in determining tree and log value. The ability to make an effective assessment before harvesting is useful for forest managers and practitioners to improve forecasting, planning, marketing and resource use. This Technical Note describes three methods for assessing stem straightness in standing trees: visual assessment, photogrammetric...