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Woodland Creation and Ecological Networks research project. News and information about woodland creation, restoration and conservation www.wren-project.com

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Kevin Watts @watts-km.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Amazing 3-year ‘field technician’ position at @bristoluni.bsky.social to work with @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social & others on some really cool forest 🌳 experiments 👇 #dreamjob
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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🚨Job opportunity🚨 We are hiring a 3yr research technician. If you love fieldwork, are passionate about forests & mountains, and want to up-skill in remote sensing, sensor networks and running field experiments this could be the dream job for you! 🧪🌳⛰️🛰️🌡️🍄 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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WrEN project @wrenproject.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Why fragmentation can be bad for restoration onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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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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Kevin Watts @watts-km.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Contrary to the perceived dichotomy, most land managers value both 'tree planting' and 'natural processes' to increase tree cover 🌳🌳 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 25/04/2025
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...
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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...
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Kevin Watts @watts-km.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Interested in Temperate Rainforests Globally 🌧️🌳- come to this webinar www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/thi...
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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...
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Kevin Watts @watts-km.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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...
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Kevin Watts @watts-km.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🌳🌳Tree planting, natural colonisation, hybrid approaches: Land manager decisions explored @forestresearchuk.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Tree planting, natural colonisation, hybrid approaches: Land manager decisions explored
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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WrEN project @wrenproject.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Latest paper showing that woodland birds benefit from targeted woodland creation link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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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...
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WrEN project @wrenproject.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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
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WrEN project @wrenproject.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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
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