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Ruth Mitchell

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Ecologist, working at the James Hutton Institute. Interested in woodland ecology, biodiversity, habitat restoration. All view expressed are my own.

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With a great programme including talks by:

🌲Chris Quine (Forest Research) @chrisquine.bsky.social
🌲 Ruth Mitchell (James Hutton Institute) @ruth-j-mitchell.bsky.social
🌲John Mackay (University of Oxford)
🌲 Amory Ngan (University of Toronto)

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11.06.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Of the Oak A digital artwork revealing nature's hidden worlds.

Check out this digital artwork revealing nature's hidden worlds, all about the wonders of oak. Inspired by my work showing that 2300 species use oak trees www.kew.org/kew-gardens/... @actionoak.bsky.social @uktreescapes.bsky.social @wtscotsocial.bsky.social

23.04.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Our end of programme report is coming soon!

In the meantime, here is an infographic revealing the top ten outcomes across all the research projects πŸŽ‰πŸŒ³.

#forests #woodlands #treescapes

10.04.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our last DiversiTree project team meeting. Thanks everyone who has been involved in this project, I've really enjoyed it and learnt a lot @hutton.ac.uk @woodln.bsky.social @seumasbates.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social lookout for the outputs as they are published: www.hutton.ac.uk/project/dive...

31.03.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Our lists of species only include species that use the tree studied, Scots Pine or Sitka spruce for feeding or for living on (e.g roosting, breeding, or epiphytic bryophytes and lichens). We don't include species that only use the wider woodland habitat e.g. forest glades/rides, or ponds

31.03.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Diversifying UK woodlands to increase resilience: Summary of research findings from DiversiTree
YouTube video by DiversiTree Diversifying UK woodlands to increase resilience: Summary of research findings from DiversiTree

Our DiversiTree videos showing the results from this project are out today!:
β€’ Summary video youtu.be/tsU6IkOzewM
β€’ Scots pine video youtu.be/WV5aIzdE4sY
β€’ Sitka spruce video youtu.be/B7KADuOsrxY
β€’ Management for tree species diversification video youtu.be/DSRDBKVLvVU
@hutton.ac.uk

27.03.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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*New DiversiTree project findings*

🌲 A whopping 1,589 species depend on Scots pine trees in the UK, including 215 species only found on Scots pine.
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27.03.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Impact & Insights note on woodland grant making | Future of UK Treescapes Do grants for woodland managers work in the way they should? πŸƒ This Impact and Insight Note from The Future of UK Treescapes' DiversiTree project reveals…

Great to see the first DiversiTree impact and insight note published on Diversifying Woodlands through grants www.linkedin.com/posts/future... @seumasbates.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk @wtscotsocial.bsky.social @uktreescapes.bsky.social

22.03.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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