CJS News, Headlines from week beginning 25 May 2020

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

Scientists find genes to save ash trees from deadly beetle - Queen Mary University London

New database reveals plants' secret relationships with fungi - University of Leiden

Human activity threatens billions of years of evolutionary history - ZSL

Wildlife charity PTES launches a ‘Stag Weekend’ with a difference - People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES)

Scottish Small Blue Week: big boost for small blue - Butterfly Conservation

Wildlife charities unite in position against Sizewell C - Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Major study reveals substantial quantities of tyre particles contaminating our rivers and ocean - University of Plymouth

Quarantine measures help RSPB scientists confirm positive result for project to protect one of UK’s rarest species - RSPB

Buglife’s B-Lines will put a buzz back into Berkshire‘s towns and countryside - Buglife

POLICY: Latest Green Space Index highlights importance of parks and green spaces - Fields in Trust

No Insectinction - Buglife

Illegal gravel removal puts river wildlife at risk - Natural Resources Wales

Public urged to report sightings of tree pest Oak Processionary Moth - Forestry Commission

Lead nature agency publishes beaver licensing statistics - Scottish Natural Heritage

Over 1000 care homes sign-up to go wild this June - The Wildlife Trusts

Trust responds to alarming beaver cull numbers - Scottish Wildlife Trust

Global environmental changes are leading to shorter, younger trees – new study - University of Birmingham

Climate could cause abrupt British vegetation changes - University of Exeter

Scientific Publications

Wilco C. E. P. Verberk, Piero Calosi, François Brischoux, John I. Spicer, Theodore Garland and David T. Bilton Universal metabolic constraints shape the evolutionary ecology of diving in animals Proc. R. Soc. B.28720200488 doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0488

Belharet, M., Di Franco, A., Calò, A., Mari, L., Claudet, J., Casagrandi, R., Gatto, M., Lloret, J., Sève, C., Guidetti, P. and Melià, P. (2020), Extending full protection inside existing marine protected areas, or reducing fishing effort outside, can reconcile conservation and fisheries goals. J Appl Ecol. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13688

     

Josefsson, J, Hiron, M, Arlt, D, et al. Improving scientific rigour in conservation evaluations and a plea deal for transparency on potential biases. Conservation Letters. 2020;e12726. doi: 10.1111/conl.12726 (open access

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