Land use
Virtual Landscape Theatre at Festival of the Sea (Event)
The Virtual Landscape Theatre (VLT) is a mobile curved screen projection facility, in which people can be 'immersed' in computer models of their environment to explore landscapes and seascapes of the past, present and futu ... Read more
Publications: MOORCO – Moorland colonisation (Research Page)
Mitchell, R.J., Hester, A.J., Campbell, C.D., Chapman, S.J., Cameron, C.M., Hewison, R.L. & Potts, J.M. (2012) Explaining the variation in the soil microbial community: do vegetation composition and soil chemistry explain ... Read more
MILES felled birch plots: MOORCO – Moorland colonisation (Research Page)
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MILES planted birch plots: MOORCO – Moorland colonisation (Research Page)
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The BIG experiment: MOORCO – Moorland colonisation (Research Page)
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Chronosequence: MOORCO – Moorland colonisation (Research Page)
Background The MOORCO chronosequence plots use sites where birch (Betula sp.) has naturally colonised moorland to assess changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services following a change in land use from moorland to birch wood. ... Read more
MOORCO – Moorland colonisation (Research Page)
The MOORCO project studies how woodland expansion onto moorland affects biodiversity and ecosystem services. MOORCO stands for moorland colonisation and is an umbrella project encompassing four different experimental platfo ... Read more
Lucinda Robinson (Staff Member)
Lucinda graduated in 1998 from Wye College University of London with a BSc (Hons) in Plant Sciences, and has subsequently accumulated over twelve years of laboratory experience. She spent seven of these years at a commercial ... Read more
Community Ecology Staff (Research Page)
The Group’s staff members contribute a wide range of skills to the projects on which they work, including a diverse range of taxonomic expertise and data analysis skills. They have experience of working from mountain tops, t ... Read more
Julia Fisher (Staff Member)
Julia Fisher is a research scientist (support) within the Ecology Group at the James Hutton Institute. She has experience in the ecology of lower plant communities, has field experience of montane lichen identification ... Read more
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