This Technical Paper brings together a series of papers presented at the symposium ‘Birch in spruce plantations: management for biodiversity’ held at Scottish Natural Heritage’s Battleby Conference Centre, Perth, in February 1997. The aim of this symposium was to present the findings from a series of collaborative research projects funded jointly by the Forestry Commission and Scottish Natural Heritage, looking into aspects of biodiversity associated with birch in spruce plantations. This publication is still available in hardcopy.
