A new paper from the 23-year-long Glen Finglas upland grazing experiment in northwest Scotland has just been published in the Journal of Avian Biology titled: ‘Assessing the impacts of livestock grazing on upland bird breeding territories using drone surveys’.
Read MoreAccess a recording of our most recent webinar (22 November) with plant ecologist Robin Pakeman from the James Hutton Institute in Scotland. Robin speaks about the 22-year-long Glen Finglas grazing and biodiversity experiment located just northwest of Stirling on land owned by the Woodland Trust. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive direct notifications of new webinar recordings when they are uploaded.
Read MoreOn Friday 22 November, ECT will be hosting its next two-monthly webinar with speaker Robin Pakeman from the James Hutton Institute. Robin will be presenting the latest results from the Glen Finglas long-term grazing experiment in Scotland now running for 22 years. See our Webinars & Events page for further details and registration.
Read MoreECT’s latest two-monthly newsletter for August is published via our newsletter archive page. It includes news on filming for our latest virtual reality (VR) tour of an LTE, together with an important update on ECT’s small grants scheme and news from the Glen Finglas, SRUC Tulloch and Moor House Hard Hill experiments on our national register.
Read MoreECT has awarded a maintenance grant to Robin Pakeman at the James Hutton Institute as a contribution to the costs of repairing damaged fencing around the grazing plots at the 22-year-long Glen Finglas upland grazing experiment in west Scotland.
Read MoreECT’s December newsletter is now published via our newsletter archive page. It includes updates from the Bamford/Hordron Edge, Glen Finglas and Moor House experiments, together with reports on recent ECT site visits to LTEs, the addition of a further ‘new’ experiment to our national register, and the first news on our remit expansion to include certain types of long-term monitoring studies.
Read MoreThe second new publication inside a week to emerge from the Glen Finglas LTE near Stirling in Scotland has just been published by PI Robin Pakeman in Applied Vegetation Science. The paper looks at the impacts of upland grassland management (grazing) on the functional traits of a mosaic of open upland habitats in Glen Finglas.
Read MoreThe latest paper from the Glen Finglas LTE near Stirling in Scotland has just been published by PI Robin Pakeman and others in the Journal of Applied Ecology. The paper looks at the impacts of upland grassland management (grazing) on the long-term breeding productivity of meadow pipits.
Read MoreECT’s June newsletter is now published and headlines with two ‘new’ experiments added to our national register of sites. There is also a significant update on the Glen Finglas LTE, news on appointments to our Board of Trustees, and a piece on the highlights from our first national two-day science meeting in Buxton.
Read MoreA new publication has emerged from the Glen Finglas long-term grazing experiment, northwest of Stirling in Scotland - Long‐term impacts of changed grazing regimes on the vegetation of heterogeneous upland grasslands.
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