WrEN project

Why fragmentation can be bad for restoration: a reply to Riva et al. (2025) We thank Riva et al. (2025) for engaging with our work and emphasizing the critical need to address habitat fragmentation in restoration contexts to avoid perpetuating confusion about its effects. Re...

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22.06.2025 18:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Contrary to the perceived dichotomy, most land managers value both 'tree planting' and 'natural processes' to increase tree cover 🌳🌳

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17.06.2025 09:53 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Spillovers and legacies of land management on temperate woodland biodiversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution Data on beetle, bird, plant and mammal occupancy of woodland sites in UK agricultural landscapes demonstrate how contemporary spatial spillovers and legacies of past land use interact to affect specie...

Data on beetle, bird, plant and mammal occupancy of woodland sites in UK agricultural landscapes demonstrate how contemporary spatial spillovers and legacies of past land use interact to affect species richness and community composition www.nature.com/articles/s41...

25.04.2025 09:30 — 👍 16    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

Think globally, act locally: Temperate rainforest – how do we best research and conserve a globally distributed habitat? What's on at the University of Plymouth: Think globally, act locally: Temperate Rainforest, how do we best research and conserve a globally distributed...

Interested in Temperate Rainforests Globally 🌧️🌳- come to this webinar www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/thi...

09.06.2025 12:15 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Excited to see our recent paper on ‘Spillovers and legacies of land management on temperate woodland biodiversity’ on the front cover of @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

12.06.2025 17:06 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Tree planting, natural colonisation, hybrid approaches: Land manager decisions explored Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

🌳🌳Tree planting, natural colonisation, hybrid approaches: Land manager decisions explored @forestresearchuk.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

13.06.2025 15:18 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

Combining occupancy and dispersal models to predict the conservation benefits of land-use change - Landscape Ecology Context Economic incentives for habitat creation in productive agricultural land are an important tool for halting biodiversity loss. Given inevitable funding constraints, assessing the cost-effective...

Latest paper showing that woodland birds benefit from targeted woodland creation link.springer.com/article/10.1...

01.04.2025 11:33 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Just back from writing retreat ✍️ trying to synthesise 10+ years of research 🔬, with many colleagues, collaborators & students, into a single paper - watch this space ….📑 @kirstyjpark.bsky.social @watts-km.bsky.social

11.03.2025 09:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

The WrEN project is now on bluesky! We are a collaboration of academics, policy makers and practitioners interested in ecological restoration. You can find out more at: www.wren-project.com. @kirstyjpark.bsky.social @watts-km.bsky.social

07.03.2025 11:44 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0