Our outputs are categorised by theme, type and whether the output has been funded and supported by the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery or is an associated output produced by centre members/affiliates and is relevant to the goals of the centre but not funded by it.
Biodiversity offsets perform poorly for both people and nature, but better approaches are available
Highlights • Local planning constraints deliver poor biodiversity net gain (BNG) offsets • Removing those constraints results in significant BNG improvements • Alternatively, offsets can deliver gains in environmental access
Strategies to manage tree pest and disease outbreaks: a balancing act.
Tree diseases are one of the major threats to forests worldwide. As the frequency and severity of disease outbreaks increase, effective prevention and mitigation strategies are urgently needed. Emerging methods are available to tackle this issue, however, trade-offs and potential ecological consequences should be considered for successful forest preservation.
Evaluating the impact of an invasive pathogen on tree population decline: An evidence based modelling approach.
Highlights A complexity-appropriate model was developed to forecast an invasive forest disease If 15 % of trees are resistant they create an efficient buffer against population decline Our modelling framework helps prediction, error assessment, and scenario building
Unravelling a hidden synergy: How pathogen-climate interactions transform habitat hydrology and affect tree growth.
Interactions between multiple global change stressors are a defining characteristic of the Anthropocene. Tree-associated pathogens are affecting forested ecosystems worldwide and occur in the context of increased frequency and intensity of extreme climate events such as heat waves, droughts, and floods. The effects of these events, along with subsequent changes in environmental conditions, on remaining […]
Fixing ourselves to fix nature? Inner change as a neglected lever to tackle environmental crisis
Tom Oliver argues that our current fixes for the environmental crisis are often ineffective and even make things worse. Genuine solutions need to go beyond economic and technological ‘sticking plasters’ and require inner change.
Nature Seminar Series – Toward a General Theory Predicting Biodiversity and Ecosystem Responses to Global Change
Professor. Brian Enquist. University of Arizona Developing a predictive science of the Biosphere and more powerful tests of biodiversity theories need to move beyond species richness, data driven approaches, and overly parameterized models to explicitly focus on mechanisms generating diversity via size and trait composition. The rise of scaling based theory and trait-based ecology has […]
