Conference 2017 Abstracts

C. Wood, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Bailrigg, Lancaster R.G.H. Bunce, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreuzwaldi 5, 51014 Tartu, Estonia

Strathard ecosystem services project : Assessing the effect of implementing Natural Flood Management measures in the Duchray Water catchment

Huw Thomas & Samantha Broadmeadow

Centre for Ecosystems, Society and Biosecurity

Forest Research

Viridian Logic: An Optimised Natural Flood Management Planning Tool

Leon Baruah (NERC/RSE Enterprise Fellow, University of Sussex | Director, Viridian Logic Ltd)

Threats and opportunities to upland landscapes in post-Brexit England

Dr Steve Carver, School of Geography, University of Leeds

Lowland landscape ecology

Using historical changes in lowland landscapes to inform future restoration

K. Watts^1,2, E. Fuentes-Montemayor, N. A. Macgregor, K. J. Park

¹ Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 4LH, England, UK.

²Biological & Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK.

³Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury Kent CT2 7NR, England, UK.

⁴ Natural England, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, England, UK.

Funding environmental management and research over the long term: the Mersey Gateway case study

Philip James, Professor of Ecology, School of Environment and Life Sciences, Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre, University of Salford

Modelling hot spots areas for the invasive alien plant Elodea nuttallii in EU

Bart Steen: MSc. Former member of the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) team of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission

Ana- Cristina Cardoso: coordinator of the EASIn team of the JRC

Alberto Pistocchi: Scientific project officer at the JRC

Eugenio Gervasini: member of the EASIN team of the JRC

Konstantinos Tsiamis: member of the EASIN team of the JRC

José I. Barredo: Scientific officer at the JRC

The importance of landscape characteristics for the delivery of cultural ecosystem services

Authors: Lucy E. Ridding¹, John W. Redhead¹, Tom H. Oliver^1,2, Reto Schmucki¹, James McGinlay³, Anil R. Graves³, Joe Morris³, Richard B. Bradbury⁴, Helen King^3,5 and James M. Bullock¹

Affiliations:

¹NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, OX10 8BB

²School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AH, UK

³School of Energy, Environment and Agri-Food, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK

⁴RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, UK

⁵Faculty of Business and Law, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK, MK7 6AL

A comparison between lowland arable landscapes in Great Britain with those in a Baltic State, Estonia.

R.G.H. Bunce, Estonian University of Life Sciences 51014 Tartu, Estonia.

K.Sepp, Estonian University of Life Sciences 51014 Tartu, Estonia.

T. Kikas, University of Tartu, Ulikooli 18, 50090 Tartu, Estiona.

C.M. Wood, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4AP.

A comparison between the structure and composition of the principal linear features in Estonia and Arable Landscapes in Britain and Estonia.

D.Pungar, R.G.H.Bunce, K.Sepp, M.Villoslada and J.Raet, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 5, 51014 Tartu, Estonia.

The importance of large-scale spatial data for achieving agricultural sustainability

John Redhead (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology), Ian Knapper (DEFRA), Jon Storkey (Rothamsted Research), Richard Pywell (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)