Raj Whitlock

#Views are my own

[Buxton Climate Change Impacts Lab @BCCIL_UK]

A cold but dry day yesterday for collecting soil samples from 240 10cmx10cm microsites by Shan Lou and Raj Whitlock (Liverpool University). @RajWhitlock @ShanLuo6 @Andrew_P_Askew

[palustris @whiterosegreen]

UK planning policy safeguards 'irreplaceable habitats' but the term is often applied narrowly to ancient woodland/veteran trees. A wider definition is hidden away in NPPF glossary (https://t.co/qly2iHxZXR) but why doesn't it mention ancient grassland?

[Buxton Climate Change Impacts Lab @BCCIL_UK]

It was great to welcome #Ecology students from @Sparsholt_Coll today for a visit to @BCCIL_UK which included some tuition in plant identification🌱🌿.
@MatthewTallis @NicolaEcol @RajWhitlock @Andrew_P_Askew

[Stewart Plaistow @StewPlaistow]

Beautiful day at the top of the Vercors National park with #LivFrance2024 @LivniFrance @RajWhitlock @MaherAlice @IlikSaccheri

[Liv Uni Zoology Field Course @LivUniFrance]

It's finally #fieldcourse time! #LivFrance2024 are off to the #Drome, #France for 12 days of field #Zoology, can't wait! Stage 1: the coach journey.... @StewPlaistow @LivUniBiosci @LivUniISMIB @DrRachelFloyd @Stehoang @RajWhitlock

[Raj Whitlock @RajWhitlock]

Love the #art in mounting #botanical #plant voucher specimens for #science, here prepared by volunteers @Ness_Gardens . We're making similar vouchers to support #genome #sequencing work for #grassland plants @darwintreelife . Brilliant juxtaposition of techniques old and new 🌿🌾

[Buxton Climate Change Impacts Lab @BCCIL_UK]

#Rain shelters going on today, in spite of the drizzle, for the 31st annual #summer #drought #climatechange treatment @BCCIL_UK . Great to host Dr Audra Hurst from @NaturalEngland at the site too
#longterm #ecology @ECT_UK @Andrew_P_Askew

[James Bullock @JMBecologist]

"For the first time, mainstream organisations incl the National Trust & RSPB will stand beside direct action activists in the #RestoreNatureNow march,

as campaigners call on the next government to take “bold” steps to tackle the biodiversity crisis"
https://t.co/TkVSHmUF52

[Buxton Climate Change Impacts Lab @BCCIL_UK]

We're monitoring #plants in 240 permanent quadrats to understand how > 30 years of #climatechange treatments have altered #grassland structure and diversity @Andrew_P_Askew @RajWhitlock @mclennan_calum

[Raj Whitlock @RajWhitlock]

Finally got back to resurvey at Cressbrookdale NNR, Derbyshire, repeating a survey first done in 2008, and found some familiar friends, including bird's foot sedge Carex ornithopoda, and a stand of melancholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum extending c. 15 m through the grassland

[Buxton Climate Change Impacts Lab @BCCIL_UK]

View towards @BCCIL_UK from the top of Solomon's Temple, #Buxton, fine weather (at last) for plant survey work... @Andrew_P_Askew @mclennan_calum @RajWhitlock

[James Bullock @JMBecologist]

Quite some years ago we wrote a paper showing that restoration for ecosystem services - like carbon capture - could be in conflict with restoration for biodiversity

This issue seems even more pertinent now, and our diagram still extremely relevant
https://t.co/wFep3ZKMnW

[Raj Whitlock @RajWhitlock]

@EkoLogIt @CNRS @StefBarbez @CNRS_HdF Many congratulations Jonathan -- a beautiful medal and very well deserved!

[Raj Whitlock @RajWhitlock]

@JMBecologist Fixed: "One of the core skills of a senior academic is the ability to handle evidence and uncertainty to give a convincing, informative and balanced talk about a subject with which you are initially unfamiliar"...

[Buxton Climate Change Impacts Lab @BCCIL_UK]

🙏🙏🙏Thanks to all who have donated to our #crowdfunding campaign to save the world's longest running #climate change experiment, we've made a fantastic start! https://t.co/8lqJFVCnYc Please do donate /spread the word if you have not done so already!

[Dr Regan Early @ReganEarly]

#invasivespecies have much, much further to spread, Henry Häkkinen, @DaveHodgson00 and I found. #PLOSBiology: Global terrestrial invasions: Where naturalised birds, mammals, and plants might spread next and what affects this process. https://t.co/EfjszAvNa6. pls RT

[Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ECT_UK]

Our maintenance grant provides assistance with the maintenance of #LTEs on our register. This includes equipment repair & infrastructure. We can provide a #SiteMaintenance grant up to £5k. For more information & on how to apply for see https://t.co/FtTITAueAu

[Journal of Ecology @JEcology]

Positioning absorptive root respiration in the #root economics space across woody & #herbaceous #species: https://t.co/BBEONHLW2E

[BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland @BSBIbotany]

Our amazing #BSBImembers help support our wildflowers, the habitats they live in & the botanists who care for them.
There's never been a better time to join us!
Become a member in November & you'll enjoy up to 14 months of benefits for the price of 12: https://t.co/cjKMHsRRW5