Long–term Ecological Research Projects: Using Evidence to Inform Practice

Impacts of climate change on the condition of calcareous grassland ecosystems

Dr Raj Whitlock¹, Dr Emma J Sayer², Dr Karl L Evans³, Dr Robert Fitt¹, Dr Carly J. Stevens², Dr Stewart J. Plaistow¹, Dr Stephen J. Cornell¹ & Dr Andrew P Askew¹

1, University of Liverpool; 2, Lancaster University; 3, University of Sheffield

The first 40 years of global change investigations at the Llyn Brianne Stream Observatory

Stephen J Ormerod CEcol FCIEEM – Professor of Ecology, Cardiff University/Deputy Chairman, Natural Resources Wales

The Trinity Broads biomanipulation – lessons from 25 years

Helen Jacobs MCIEEM, Essex & Suffolk Water and Eilish Rothney, Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Lessons for Management of Broadleaved Woodlands

Dr George Peterken

Long term monitoring network a streamlined approach to how we explore the vegetation data

Kieran Fox, Data Analyst, Natural England

Use of long-term grazing enclosures to investigate effects of abandonment on a range of habitat types in the west of Ireland

Dr Maria Long MCIEEM, Grassland Ecologist, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Ireland

Lessons from the Brignant long-term plots

Dr Mariecia Fraser, Reader in Upland Agroecology, Aberystwyth University

Ecosystem service responses to rewilding first-order estimates from 27 years of rewilding in the Scottish Highlands

Tom McKenna, NatureScot

Exploring the ecological outcomes of mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain using evidence from early-adopter jurisdictions in England

Sophus zu Ermgassen¹, Sally Marsh^1,2, Kate Ryland³, Edward Church⁴, Richard Marsh⁵, Joseph W Bull¹

1, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology; 2, High Weald AONB Partnership; 3, Dolphin Ecological Surveys; 4, Department of Planning, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils; 5, Leeds City Council