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‘Big data’ can support better management of global natural assets

Submitted by Claire Wood on Wed, 02/13/2019 - 10:03

Sophisticated analysis of large datasets – known as ‘big data’ – can enable us to meet the challenge of looking after the natural resources we depend upon for survival and economic growth, according to a new study involving the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Oribatid mites - new paper out

Submitted by Claire Wood on Wed, 02/13/2019 - 09:50

Oribatid mites show how climate and latitudinal gradients in organic matter can drive large-scale biodiversity patterns of soil communities

Caruso, Tancredi; Schaefer, Ina; Monson, Frank; Keith, Aidan M.. 2019 Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13501

Summary

The factors determining spatial distributions and diversity of terrestrial invertebrates are typically investigated at small scales.

The British Uplands

Submitted by Claire Wood on Tue, 01/29/2019 - 09:18

Two new papers have been published which use data from the Countryside Survey to define the ecological status of the British Uplands, with a range of policy issues also discussed.

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CS sites to be surveyed in 2019

Submitted by Claire Wood on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 09:01

News: Soils and vegetation data are to be recorded in summer 2019 from a set of Countryside Survey sites as part of the Natural Environmental Research Council funded UK-SCAPE programme. Find out more about UK-SCAPE here or email uk-scape@ceh.ac.uk