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A cold but dry day yesterday for collecting soil samples from 240 10cmx10cm microsites by Shan Lou and Raj Whitlock (Liverpool University). @RajWhitlock @ShanLuo6 @Andrew_P_Askew
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UK planning policy safeguards 'irreplaceable habitats' but the term is often applied narrowly to ancient woodland/veteran trees. A wider definition is hidden away in NPPF glossary (gov.uk/guidance/national-pla…) but why doesn't it mention ancient grassland?
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It was great to welcome #Ecology students from @Sparsholt_Coll today for a visit to @BCCIL_UK which included some tuition in plant identification🌱🌿.
@MatthewTallis @NicolaEcol @RajWhitlock @Andrew_P_Askew
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Beautiful day at the top of the Vercors National park with #LivFrance2024 @LivniFrance @RajWhitlock @MaherAlice @IlikSaccheri
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It's finally #fieldcourse time! #LivFrance2024 are off to the #Drome, #France for 12 days of field #Zoology, can't wait! Stage 1: the coach journey.... @StewPlaistow @LivUniBiosci @LivUniISMIB @DrRachelFloyd @Stehoang @RajWhitlock
Love the #art in mounting #botanical #plant voucher specimens for #science, here prepared by volunteers @Ness_Gardens . We're making similar vouchers to support #genome #sequencing work for #grassland plants @darwintreelife . Brilliant juxtaposition of techniques old and new 🌿🌾
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#Rain shelters going on today, in spite of the drizzle, for the 31st annual #summer #drought #climatechange treatment @BCCIL_UK . Great to host Dr Audra Hurst from @NaturalEngland at the site too
#longterm #ecology @ECT_UK @Andrew_P_Askew
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"For the first time, mainstream organisations incl the National Trust & RSPB will stand beside direct action activists in the #RestoreNatureNow march,
as campaigners call on the next government to take “bold” steps to tackle the biodiversity crisis"
theguardian.com/environment/…
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We're monitoring #plants in 240 permanent quadrats to understand how > 30 years of #climatechange treatments have altered #grassland structure and diversity @Andrew_P_Askew @RajWhitlock @mclennan_calum
Finally got back to resurvey at Cressbrookdale NNR, Derbyshire, repeating a survey first done in 2008, and found some familiar friends, including bird's foot sedge Carex ornithopoda, and a stand of melancholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum extending c. 15 m through the grassland
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View towards @BCCIL_UK from the top of Solomon's Temple, #Buxton, fine weather (at last) for plant survey work... @Andrew_P_Askew @mclennan_calum @RajWhitlock
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Quite some years ago we wrote a paper showing that restoration for ecosystem services - like carbon capture - could be in conflict with restoration for biodiversity
This issue seems even more pertinent now, and our diagram still extremely relevant
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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🙏🙏🙏Thanks to all who have donated to our #crowdfunding campaign to save the world's longest running #climate change experiment, we've made a fantastic start! justgiving.com/campaign/buxt… Please do donate /spread the word if you have not done so already!
Fantastic to see the experiment here @BCCIL_UK presented by @MeganMcCubbin @RajWhitlock and @ChrisGPackham on @8outof10bats. Here is the justgiving page again: justgiving.com/campaign/buxt…
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#invasivespecies have much, much further to spread, Henry Häkkinen, @DaveHodgson00 and I found. #PLOSBiology: Global terrestrial invasions: Where naturalised birds, mammals, and plants might spread next and what affects this process. shorturl.at/kpBZ5. pls RT
ALT Russel Lupins come from North America and are invasive in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Despite being widespread, they could spread even further throughout the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, and much of Europe. "Russell Lupins. ( Lupinus polyphyllus) NZ." by Bernard Spragg is marked with CC0 1.0.
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Our maintenance grant provides assistance with the maintenance of #LTEs on our register. This includes equipment repair & infrastructure. We can provide a #SiteMaintenance grant up to £5k. For more information & on how to apply for see bit.ly/ECTGrants
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Positioning absorptive root respiration in the #root economics space across woody & #herbaceous #species: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Our amazing #BSBImembers help support our wildflowers, the habitats they live in & the botanists who care for them.
There's never been a better time to join us!
Become a member in November & you'll enjoy up to 14 months of benefits for the price of 12: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2…
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Lancaster environmental scientist highlights the importance of long-running climate change experiment @LancsUniLEC lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us…
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Our ground-breaking #climatechange experiment at the Buxton Climate Change Impacts Lab @BCCIL_UK has run for 30 full years, but now we need your help to continue @RajWhitlock explains @livuninews @LivUni_IVES #crowdfunding justgiving.com/campaign/buxt…