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UK-SCAPE Survey underway

Submitted by Claire Wood on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 12:25

Following a successful training course near Kendal, five survey teams are now at large in the British countryside, collecting soil and recording vegetation information from a number of Countryside Survey sites as part of the Natural Environmental Research Council funded UK-SCAPE programme. Surveying in 2019 continues until September.

Just published!

Submitted by Claire Wood on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 09:08

Just published:

Jarvis, S. G., Henrys, P. A., Keith, A. M., Mackay, E., Ward, S. E., & Smart, S. M. (2019). Model‐based hypervolumes for complex ecological data. Ecology, e02676.

https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2676

Latest publications - updated

Submitted by Claire Wood on Fri, 04/05/2019 - 08:10

The list of publications relating to Countryside Survey has been updated.

See: Publications list 5th April 2019

‘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.

See the following links for more information: