Thread by @RSPBScience

*THREAD* This #RSPBScieConf19 session thread presents advances in @Natures_Voice's goal to champion land well-managed for nature #ornithology #conservationscience

@Natures_Voice Now @Tomfinch89 shows that combining high-yield farmland with natural habitat and low-yield farmland can reconcile conflict between food production and nature conservation @RSPBScience @_BTO @CamZoology @savebutterflies and @NaturalEngland.

*Paper here* conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

@Natures_Voice @tomfinch89 @_BTO @CamZoology @savebutterflies @NaturalEngland In the first of a set of #agri-environment talks @pebellamy tests the effectiveness of targeted grants in delivering increases in #woodland birds @ForestryComm @NaturalEngland #RSPBScieConf19

@Natures_Voice @tomfinch89 @_BTO @CamZoology @savebutterflies @NaturalEngland @pebellamy @ForestryComm Now @RSPBscience's Dave Buckingham reviews how effective have #agri-environment schemes have been at improving conservation of birds, invertebrates and plants over the whole of temperate NW Europe #RSPBScieConf19

@Natures_Voice @tomfinch89 @_BTO @CamZoology @savebutterflies @NaturalEngland @pebellamy @ForestryComm How can farmer engagement in wildlife-friendly farming be increased? @IanWilkinson214 knows: "We need to influence #Agri-environment scheme design while advisors work with individual farmers to ensure chosen measures support farm business survival" #RSPBScieConf19

@Natures_Voice @tomfinch89 @_BTO @CamZoology @savebutterflies @NaturalEngland @pebellamy @ForestryComm @IanWilkinson214 What are the effects of #neonicotinoids on #FarmlandBirds? New research undertaken by @rjlennon88 at the @UniOfYork, with @RSPBScience and @CEHScienceNews, traces this #insecticide from seeds to seedlings and birds to find out @YorkEnvironment #RSPBScieConf19

@Natures_Voice @tomfinch89 @_BTO @CamZoology @savebutterflies @NaturalEngland @pebellamy @ForestryComm @IanWilkinson214 @rjlennon88 @UniOfYork @CEHScienceNews @YorkEnvironment Now @millard_joe presents a text‐analysis revealing taxonomic & geographic disparity in pollinator literature: 1/4 pollination abstracts mention honeybees and 1/5 mention bumblebees. Almost half focused on N. America or Europe @London_NERC_DTP @ZSLScience @UCLCBER #RSPBScieConf19

@Natures_Voice @tomfinch89 @_BTO @CamZoology @savebutterflies @NaturalEngland @pebellamy @ForestryComm @IanWilkinson214 @rjlennon88 @UniOfYork @CEHScienceNews @YorkEnvironment @millard_joe @London_NERC_DTP @ZSLScience @UCLCBER At @RSPBScotland's #Forsinard reserve Mark Hancock & #volunteers found elevated scat densities in #forestry plantations & bogs near plantations. Results support restoring such plantations back to bog #cluesfrompoos #restoration #RSPBScieConf19 @TheFlowCountry @Flowsresearch

@Natures_Voice @tomfinch89 @_BTO @CamZoology @savebutterflies @NaturalEngland @pebellamy @ForestryComm @IanWilkinson214 @rjlennon88 @UniOfYork @CEHScienceNews @YorkEnvironment @millard_joe @London_NERC_DTP @ZSLScience @UCLCBER @RSPBScotland @TheFlowCountry @Flowsresearch Now #phd researcher @LeahKelly94 on artificial nest experiments which suggest that nests located in fields with cut rush have a higher predation risk for #wadingbirds. @SouthWestPeak @peakdistrict Staffordshire @WildlifeTrusts @HeritageFundUK @NaturalEngland #RSPBScieConf19

@Natures_Voice @tomfinch89 @_BTO @CamZoology @savebutterflies @NaturalEngland @pebellamy @ForestryComm @IanWilkinson214 @rjlennon88 @UniOfYork @CEHScienceNews @YorkEnvironment @millard_joe @London_NERC_DTP @ZSLScience @UCLCBER @RSPBScotland @TheFlowCountry @Flowsresearch @LeahKelly94 @SouthWestPeak @peakdistrict @WildlifeTrusts @HeritageFundUK Does #conservation work? #phd researcher @Sjellesmark shows what would have happened in the absence of conservation for #wetland birds in lowland grasslands @RSPBScience @UCLCBER @OfficialZSL @Inspire4Nature #RSPBScieConf19

@Natures_Voice @tomfinch89 @_BTO @CamZoology @savebutterflies @NaturalEngland @pebellamy @ForestryComm @IanWilkinson214 @rjlennon88 @UniOfYork @CEHScienceNews @YorkEnvironment @millard_joe @London_NERC_DTP @ZSLScience @UCLCBER @RSPBScotland @TheFlowCountry @Flowsresearch @LeahKelly94 @SouthWestPeak @peakdistrict @WildlifeTrusts @HeritageFundUK @SJellesmark @OfficialZSL @Inspire4Nature Rob Field examines the potential for natural climate solutions such as tree planting to help in keeping #ClimateChange to below 1.5C whilst improving the success of #biodiversity conservation in the UK @UNFCCC #RSPBScieConf19