CJS News, Headlines from week beginning 3 February 2020

A round up of the top countryside, conservation, wildlife and forestry stories as chosen by the CJS Team.

Scotland in world first for genetic diversity - Scottish Natural Heritage

New report reveals hedgehogs, yellowhammers and dragonflies at risk post-EU Exit - The Wildlife Trusts with RSPB & WWF

Evidence on options for transformative change needed to sustain people and the planet - Natural Resources Wales

Survey reveals nature concern - Scottish Natural Heritage

It’s official – the Wren is our most common bird. - British Trust for Ornithology

Growing not planting trees is the key to unlock climate change benefits - Royal Forestry Society

Losing coastal plant communities to climate change will weaken sea defences - University of Plymouth

Grey seals discovered clapping underwater to communicate - Newcastle University

Flagship Agriculture Bill moves a step forward - Defra

Secret report exposes 'toxic cocktail' found in sewage spread on farmland - Greenpeace

Thousands ask Prime Minister to stop and re-think HS, high speed rail plans risk devastating environmental damage. - The Wildlife Trusts and Woodland Trust

Beaver back in Sussex - Sussex Wildlife Trust

Building for bats in an urban world - British Trust for Ornithology

National Trust set to fund ‘biggest ever conservation spend’ of £3m a week in its 125th year - National Trust

Size matters! What drives zoo attendance and how does footfall impact conservation? - Trinity College Dublin

Oxford-Cambridge rail scheme’s “net gain” commitment shows HS2 failing nature - RSPB

Entries open for the 'Oscars of the waterways' - Canal and River Trust

Rewilding can help mitigate climate change, researchers highlight after conducting global assessment - University of Sussex

Fish and Chips - Tracking Salmon - Environment Agency

New Scottish Forestry spatial data hub - Scottish Forestry

£2 million for world’s first rewilding centre near Loch Ness - Trees for Life

MCS calls for ban of 'forever chemicals’ lurking in bathroom cabinets - Marine Conservation Society

New study: are teen seabirds safe? - Birdlife International

8 steps to woodlands for climate, nature and people - Wildlife and Countryside Link

Renewed General Licence brings greater protection for Scotland’s wild birds - Scottish Natural Heritage

New Scottish general licences provide both certainty and concern - British Association for Shooting and Conservation (plus response from Scottish Gamekeepers Association)

Biodiversity yields financial returns - ETH Zurich

Scientific Publications

Alexandre Génin, Steven R. Lee, Eric L. Berlow, Steven M. Ostoja, Sonia Kéfi, Mapping hotspots of potential ecosystem fragility using commonly available spatial data, Biological Conservation, Volume 241,2020, 108388, ISSN 0006-3207, doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108388. Open Access

  

Madalena Vaz Monteiro, Phillip Handley, Kieron J Doick, An insight to the current state and sustainability of urban forests across Great Britain based on i-Tree Eco surveys, Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, , cpz054, doi:10.1093/forestry/cpz054 (open access)

  

Sonja Vospernik, Arne Nothdurft, Lauri Mehtätalo, Seasonal, medium-term and daily patterns of tree diameter growth in response to climate, Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, , cpz059, doi: 10.1093/foresj/cpz059

 

Billard Pauline, Schnell Alexandra K., Clayton Nicola S. and Jozet-Alves Christelle Cuttlefish show flexible and future-dependent foraging cognition Biol. Lett. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0743

Carneiro, APB, Pearmain, EJ, Oppel, S, et al. A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology. J Appl Ecol. 2020; 00: 1– 12. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13568

 

Richardson, S., Mill, A.C., Davis, D., Jam, D. and Ward, A.I. (2020), A systematic review of adaptive wildlife management for the control of invasive, non‐native mammals, and other human–wildlife conflicts. Mam Rev. doi:10.1111/mam.12182

Carlos Abrahams, Matthew Geary Combining bioacoustics and occupancy modelling for improved monitoring of rare breeding bird populations. Ecological Indicators. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106131

Gagné TO, Reygondeau G, Jenkins CN, Sexton JO, Bograd SJ, Hazen EL, et al. (2020) Towards a global understanding of the drivers of marine and terrestrial biodiversity. PLoS ONE 15(2): e0228065. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228065

Julie A. Mustard, Anne Gott, Jennifer Scott, Nancy L. Chavarria, Geraldine A. Wright Honeybees fail to discriminate floral scents in a complex learning task after consuming a neonicotinoid pesticide. Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 : jeb.217174 doi: 10.1242/jeb.217174 Published 6 February 2020

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