A5019283214- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Forest Management and Policy
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
2005-2024
University of Sheffield
2021
Natural Environment Research Council
2017
Damage confirmed Early studies of the impacts neonicotinoid insecticides on insect pollinators indicated considerable harm. However, lingering criticism was that did not represent field-realistic levels chemicals or prevailing environmental conditions. Two studies, conducted different crops and two continents, now substantiate neonicotinoids diminish bee health (see Perspective by Kerr). Tsvetkov et al. find bees near corn are exposed to for 3 4 months via nontarget pollen, resulting in...
Grasslands account for ∼30% of global terrestrial carbon (C), which most is stored in soils and provide important ecosystem services including livestock forage production. Reseeding temporary grasslands on a 5-year cycle common management practice to rejuvenate sward productivity reduce soil compaction, but physically disruptive may organic (SOC) stocks. However, research date limited, impacts the ability optimise grassland climate change mitigation. To determine whether extending time...
Sown wildflower areas are increasingly recommended as an agri-environmental intervention measure, but evidence for their success is limited to particular insect groups or hampered by the challenges of establishing seed mixes and maintaining flower abundance over time. We conducted a replicated experiment establish support pollinators in apple orchards. Over three years, across 23 commercial UK orchards with without sown wildflowers, we 828 transect surveys various non-crop habitats. found...
Green hay transfer from species‐rich donor sites is now commonly used in Europe to restore semi‐natural grassland, both on ex‐arable land and former intensive grassland. However, species rates are usually well below 100%, due lack of further colonization by additional target after initial restoration, continued progress toward the plant community often very slow. We data a restoration experiment aiming reestablish grazed meadows MG5 grassland type according British National Vegetation...
Abstract Questions What types of pre‐sowing disturbance are most suitable to establish specialist forbs calcareous grassland at previously agriculturally improved restored sites? impact does management regime have on post‐establishment abundance‐dynamics? Location P egsdon H ills, B edfordshire, UK . Methods We set up a 4‐yr experiment using split‐plot design combine treatments sub‐plot level (undisturbed control, glyphosate spraying, harrowing, and creation ridge‐and‐furrow features) with...
Abstract BACKGROUND Arable weeds threaten farming and food production, impacting on productivity. Large‐scale data weed populations are typically lacking, changes frequently undocumented until they reach problem levels. Managing the future spread of requires that we understand factors influence current densities distributions. In doing so, one challenges is to measure at a large enough scale be able accurately in Here analyse density distribution major ( Alopecurus myosuroides ) scale. Our...
The two most common approaches to target species introduction in European meadow restoration are green‐hay transfer from species‐rich donor sites and the use of diverse seed mixtures reflecting chosen community. potential both restore grassland has been variously reviewed, but very few studies have experimentally compared them at one same site. Moreover, involving or rarely taken into account environmental gradients a site, measured impacts such on outcomes. Such do, for example, exist...
Calcareous grasslands are sites of high conservation value across Western Europe; however, they increasingly threatened by the dominance a native competitive grass, Brachypodium pinnatum, which reduces diversity grassland. Despite this, there is no clear consensus on most effective method for controlling B. pinnatum and restoring grassland community. We established two experiments at calcareous nature in UK, i) herbicide spraying experiment with seeding ii) seasonal cut-and-graze experiment,...
Abstract This account presents information on all aspects of the biology Geranium pratense L. (Meadow Crane's‐Bill). The main topics are presented within standard framework Biological Flora Britain and Ireland : distribution, habitat, communities, responses to biotic factors, environment, structure physiology, phenology, floral seed characters, herbivores disease, history conservation. is a perennial gynodioecious forb neutral grassland. In Ireland, it particularly abundant roadside verges,...