A new paper has just been published in the journal Global Change Biology from the Wardlow Hay Cop long-term grassland experiment in Derbyshire. Authored by Chris Taylor, Gareth Phoenix and others (University of Sheffield), the publication describes how nutrient inputs interact with rising CO₂ to change the plant community in phosphorus-limited grasslands. See also our website bibliography for this LTE.
Read MoreECT’s September newsletter is now published via our newsletter archive page. It includes updates from the BIFoR-FACE, Wardlow Hay Cop and Ainsdale Dune Slacks experiments, together with reports on recent ECT site visits to LTEs, the addition of a ‘new’ experiment to our national register, and several partnered events in which ECT has recently participated .
Read MoreThe latest paper to emerge from over 30 years work at the Wardlow Hay Cop upland grassland experiment in Derbyshire has been published by Chris Taylor and colleagues at the University of Sheffield in Biogeosciences. You can view the publication via our Wardlow bibliography.
Read MoreECT is pleased to announce the award of its latest Small Grant to PhD student Chris Taylor at the University of Sheffield for student subsistence costs associated with a summer research project at the Wardlow Hay Cop LTE. The work will be looking at how nitrogen and phosphorus-limited grassland plants respond to elevated CO₂ and nutrient addition.
Read MoreChris Taylor and Luke England from the University of Sheffield relate the latest research results from an ECT-supported project on elevated CO₂ grassland mesocosms linked with the Wardlow Hay Cop LTE in Derbyshire. Read their blog post, and read more about the Wardlow Hay Cop LTE, running continuously since 1990.
Read MoreListen to Gareth Phoenix of Sheffield University bringing to life the research and its impacts from the Wardlow Hay Cop long-term nitrogen deposition experiment in Derbyshire.
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