BES Facebook groupForest Ecology
Secretary: Adrian Newton
Aims
The Group aims are:
- To stimulate discussion on all aspects of forest ecology
- To foster links with relevant groups and organisations within and outwith the BES both nationally and internationally
- To share ecological knowledge amongst researchers, practitioners and policy-makers
- To achieve the above through holding meetings, conferences, workshops and symposia and by developing the Web site
Contact:
Adrian Newton
School of Conservation Sciences
Bournemouth University
Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow
Poole, Dorset
BH12 5BB
Meetings Planned for 2010
BES Forest Ecology Group meeting – Thursday 29th April 2010 to mark the publication of 'Wytham Woods: Oxford's ecological laboratory' at Wytham Village Hall, Wytham,Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 8QA
A one day meeting is being held to mark the publication of a book profiling many decades of research into Wytham wood. In the morning, a series of short talks will be given on the pioneers of ecological research at Wytham Woods, and in the afternoon there will be an opportunity to visit the woodland to see various research projects in progress.
Schedule:
10:30 - assemble in Wytham Village Hall – register and coffee
11:00 - Introduction – Nick Brown (Chairman of the Wytham Woods Research Committee)
11:05-12:45 – The pioneers of ecological research at Wytham Woods (10 minutes on each)
John Whitaker – Charles Elton
Laurence Cook – E.B. Ford
John Clarke - Dennis Chitty
Chris Perrins - David Lack and “Mick” Southern
David Rogers – George Varley and George Gradwell
William Wint - Dick Southwood
Keith Kirby - ColyearDawkins
George Peterken - Eustace Jones
12:45-13:45 – Lunch
14:00-16:00 – A tour of current research projects with a route arrange so that the stops are ‘manned’ all the time; participants provided with a map showing stops; then there are two options:
a) A formal tour, possibly split into two or three groups depending on numbers,
b) catering for those who want just to go to specific stops and spend longer in discussion with the people on duty.
The tours or individual visits would cover (in order of stops):
1) badgers at sett near Gibson Gate (Macdonald), 2) Dawkins plots (Kirby), 3) Birds at three pines (Gosler, Perrins), 4) Deer depredations (Savill, Fisher), 5) insects e.g. canopy work at walkway (Morecroft, Rogers), 6) Upper Seeds, including Gibson plots and ECN monitoring (Hambler, Taylor).
The meeting is being organised by Dr Peter Savill of Oxford University. Please contact him directly for further information:
Past Activities:
2nd October 2009: Monitoring long-term changes in British woodlands
Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge University
20th May 2009: The ecology and management of deer in wooded landscapes
A collaborative meeting between the BES and the Deer Initiative, in partnership with Bournemouth University, the National Trust and the Wessex Conservation Forum
Studland Village Hall,Dorset
May & September 2008: The identification of ancient woodland sites using distinctive regional lists of vascular plants as indicators
Sheffield Hallam University and the Biodiversity and Landscape History Research Institute
September 17-19, 2008: SilviLaser 2008 Conference
Heriot-Watt University , Edinburgh , UK
22 May 2008: Grazing and Near-Natural Woodlands in the West Weald
Hosted by the Sussex Wildlife Trust at Ebernoe Common and The Mens SAC woodlands, Sussex
25-26 September 2007: Biodiversity in the New Forest
Balmer Lawn Hotel, Brockenhurst, New Forest
13-14 September 2007: Expansion, restoration and management of native woodlands at the landscape scale
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Scotland
September 2006: Ecological restoration of conifer forests: research and applications
University of Wales, Bangor, UK
September 2006: Beechwood ecology in a changing climate
June 2006: Bramble in woodland – bane or benefit?
Westonbirt Arboretum, UK
May 2006:Field Visit to Czech Natural Woodland Reserves
Eastern Czech Republic
September 2005: World Conference on Ecological Restoration
Zaragova, Spain
September 2005: Botanical Society of Scotland: Atlantic Oakwoods Symposium
Corran Halls, Oban
August 2005: Beechwoods of the Moravian Carpathians
Brno, Czech Republic
July 2005: Assessing biodiversity changes in British woodland 1971 - 2001
English Heritage Lecture, UK
June 2005: European Vegetation in the 21st Century
Ireland
April 2005: Native flora for the future
Reading, UK
September 2004: Managing trees and woodlands as habitat for bats
Bournemouth, UK
September 2003: The Genetic Conservation and Management of British Native Trees
SNH Battleby Conference Centre, Perth, Australia
