Glen Finglas Project Publications

Scientific Papers

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• Evans, D.M. [1], Redpath, S.M., Evans S.A., Elston D.A. & Dennis, P. (2005) Livestock grazing affects the egg size of an insectivorous passerine [2]. Biology Letters 1: 322-325.
• Evans, D.M. [1], Redpath, S.M. & Evans S.A. (2005) Seasonal patterns in the productivity of Meadow Pipits in the uplands of Scotland. Journal of Field Ornithology 76: 245-251.
• Evans, D. M. [1], Redpath, S. M., Evans, S. A., Elston, D. A., Gardner, C. J., Dennis, P. & Pakeman, R. (2006) Low intensity, mixed livestock grazing improves the breeding abundance of a common insectivorous passerine [3]. Biology Letters 2: 636-638
• Evans, D.M. [1], Redpath, S.M., Elston, D.A., Evans, S.A. & Mitchell, R. (2006) To graze or not to graze? Sheep, voles, forestry and nature conservation in the British Uplands [4]. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 499-505
• Walsh, P.T., Evans, D.M. [5], Hansell, M. & Ruxton, G.D. (2007) Factors influencing nocturnal egg turning frequency in the Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) [6]. Bird Study 54:133-136
• Dennis, P. [7], Skartveit, J., McCracken, D.I., Pakeman, R., Beaton, K., Kunaver, A. & Evans, D.M. (2008) The effects of livestock grazing on foliar arthropods associated with bird diet in upland grasslands of Scotland [8]. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 279-287
• Douglas, D.J.T. [9], Evans, D.M. & Redpath, S.M. (2008) Selection of foraging habitat and nestling diet by Meadow Pipits Anthus pratensis breeding on intensively grazed moorland [10]. Bird Study 55: 290-296.
• Littlewood, N.A. [11] (2008) Grazing impacts on moth diversity and abundance on a Scottish upland estate. Insect Conservation and Diversity [12]. 1: 151-160.
• Vandenberghe, C. [13], Prior, G., Littlewood, N., Brooker, R. & Pakeman, R. (2009) Influence of livestock grazing on meadow pipit foraging behaviour in upland grassland [14]. Basic and Applied Ecology 10: 662-670.
• Littlewood, N.A. [11] & Stewart, A.J.A. (2011) Upland grassland Auchenorrhyncha at Glen Finglas, Perthshire. The Glasgow Naturalist 25(3): 61-65.
• Prior, G.L. [15], Evans, D.M., Redpath, S., Thirgood, S.J. & Monaghan, P. (2011) Birds bias offspring sex ratio in response to livestock grazing [16]. Biology Letters 7: 958-960.
• Littlewood, N.A. [11], Pakeman, R.J. & Pozsgai, G. (2012) Grazing impacts on Auchenorrhyncha diversity and abundance on a Scottish upland estate [17]. Insect Conservation and Diversity 5: 67-74.
• Villar, N., Lambin, X., Evans, D., Pakeman, R. & Redpath, S. [18] (2013) Experimental evidence that livestock grazing intensity affects the activity of a generalist predator [19]. Acta Oecologica 49: 12-16.
• Villar N. [20], Cornulier T., Evans D., Pakeman R., Redpath S. & Lambin X. (2014). Experimental evidence that livestock grazing intensity affects cyclic vole population regulation processes. [21] Population Ecology 56: 55–61.
• Smith, S.W. [22], Vandenberghe, C., Hastings, A., Johnson, D., Pakeman, R.J., van der Wal, R. & Wooding, S.J. (2014) Optimizing carbon storage within a spatially heterogeneous upland grassland through sheep grazing management [23]. Ecosystems 17: 418-429.

• Smith, S.W., Woodin, S.J., Pakeman, R.J. [24], Johnson, D. & Van Der Wal, R. (2014) Root traits predict decomposition across a landscape-scale grazing experiment [25]. New Phytologist, 203, 851-862.

• Evans, D., Villar, N., Littlewood, N., Pakeman, R., Evans, S., Dennis, P., Skartveit, J. & Redpath, S. (2015) The cascading impacts of livestock grazing in upland ecosystems: a 10-year experiment. [26]Ecosphere, 6(3):1-15

• Smith, S., Johnson, D., Quin, S., Munro, K., Pakeman, R. [24], Van Der Wal, R. & Woodin, S. (2015) Combination of herbivore removal and nitrogen deposition increases upland carbon storage [27]. Global Change Biology, 21, 3036–3048.

• Pakeman [24], R.J., Fielding, D.A., Everts, L. & Littlewood, N. (2019) Long-term impacts of changed grazing regimes on the vegetation of heterogeneous upland grasslands [28]. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13420

Conference papers

• Smith, S.W., Vandenberghe, C., Hastings, A., Johnson, D., Pakeman, R.J., van der Wal, R. & Woodin, S.J. (2014) Beyond upland exclosures: what is the effect of low-intensity grazing on carbon storage? [29] Agriculture and the Environment X, Delivering Multiple Benefits from our Land: Sustainable Development in Practice. SRUC-SEPA Conference Proceedings.

Posters

• Carbon sequestration by upland sheep grazing management [30] - A research poster by Stuart Smith. Click title to view.
• Grazing impacts on upland biodiversity [31] - A research poster by Nick Littlewood. Click title to view.
• Low-intensity sheep grazing store carbon and conserves upland species [32]- A research poster by Stuary Smith. Click title to view.