Research
Managing for Nature on Lowland Farms
This research focused on revealing how agricultural systems and wildlife interact. The scale varies from microcosmic to entire landscapes, individuals to populations, and covers plants, invertebrates, birds, and mammals. The over-arching purpose is to fortify the evidence base for managing outcomes, including careful consideration of the implications for agricultural development for natural habitats, biodiversity, and the provision of essential ecosystem services.
- Plants on arable field margins
- Field margins and invertebrate biodiversity
- Small mammals on lowland farmland
- Bird conservation and agri-environment schemes
- Organic farming and biodiversity
- Economics of farming systems
- Moths on farmland
- Bats on farmland
- Dragonflies on farmland
- Freshwater biodiversity on farmland
- Woodland conservation
- Grey partridge behaviour
- Water vole restoration
- Water vole conservation
- Rewilding