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1. Understanding the economic barriers to the adoption of agroforestry: A Real Options analysis

Author:
Yakubu Abdul-Salam; Paola Ovando; Deborah Roberts
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2022 v.302 pp. 113955
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
agricultural land; agroforestry; biodiversity; capital; carbon; carbon sequestration; case studies; cattle; climate; environmental management; farms; greenhouse gases; highlands; land use; prices; sheep; Scotland
Abstract:
... Agroforestry has a potentially important role in helping agriculture address both the climate and biodiversity crises. It provides a means of producing additional marketable goods from agricultural land and enhancing biodiversity at the same time as increasing carbon sequestration and, in silvo-pastural systems, reducing carbon emissions if livestock stocking rates are reduced. However, the uptake ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113955

2. Importance of short-term temporal variability in soil physical properties for soil water modelling under different tillage practices

Author:
Josie Geris; Lucile Verrot; Lei Gao; Xinhua Peng; Joseph Oyesiku-Blakemore; Jo U. Smith; Mark E. Hodson; Blair M. McKenzie; Ganlin Zhang; Paul D. Hallett
Source:
Soil & tillage research 2021 v.213 pp. 105132
ISSN:
0167-1987
Subject:
agricultural land; barley; direct seeding; no-tillage; plant establishment; porosity; rain; research; soil structure; soil water; soil water content; temperate zones; temporal variation; Scotland
Abstract:
... Soil properties are often assumed to be static over time in hydrological studies, especially in hydrological modelling. Although it is well appreciated that soil structure and its impact on hydraulic properties are time-variable, particularly on cultivated land, very few studies have focused on quantifying the influence of such changes on soil hydrology, especially at the short term (i.e. seasonal ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.still.2021.105132

3. Abandoning Risky Agriculture and Leveraging Natural Capital: A County-Level Method for Identifying Conservation Opportunity

Author:
James O. Luken
Source:
Natural areas journal 2020 v.40 no.1 pp. 45-50
ISSN:
0885-8608
Subject:
agricultural land; agricultural policy; biodiversity; carbon sequestration; coastal plains; coasts; crop insurance; crops; farmers; farming systems; forests; humans; income; land use; natural capital; subsidies; North Carolina; Scotland; South Carolina
Abstract:
... Marginal land now devoted to growing harvested crops may be better suited to other land uses such as biodiversity enhancement and carbon sequestration. However, farmers are not encouraged to explore the development of these opportunities due largely to subsidized federal crop insurance (FCI). This study examined FCI outcomes from 2013 to 2017 in 69 Coastal Plain counties of North Carolina and Sout ...
DOI:
10.3375/043.040.0106

4. Challenges in delivering climate change policy through land use targets for afforestation and peatland restoration

Author:
Iain Brown
Source:
Environmental science & policy 2020 v.107 pp. 36-45
ISSN:
1462-9011
Subject:
afforestation; agricultural land; carbon; carbon markets; carbon sequestration; case studies; certification; environmental policy; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; land use change; organic soils; peatlands; socioeconomic factors; temporal variation; trees; woodlands; Scotland
Abstract:
... Climate change policy for the land sector is challenged by complex biophysical and socioeconomic contexts. A target approach utilising land-use change indicators is often used to quantify and communicate progress, based upon assumed greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reductions. This paper investigated areal targets for woodland expansion and peatland restoration, both of which can deliver substantial ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envsci.2020.02.013

5. Waste to Land (W2L): A novel tool to show and predict the spatial effect of applying biosolids on the environment

Author:
Alejandro Gonzalez-Ollauri; Craig S. Thomson; Slobodan B. Mickovski
Source:
Agricultural systems 2020 v.185 pp. 102934
ISSN:
0308-521X
Subject:
agricultural land; biosolids; cadmium; decision making; food production; human food chain; land use; prototypes; spatial data; stakeholders; wastes; Scotland
Abstract:
... There is a complex relationship between land-use, the environment, food production and quality. Regulatory and non-regulatory interventions, such as application of biosolids to agricultural land, are often undertaken at a field- or farm- level and the aggregated effects across farms and regions are difficult to understand, predict, and communicate to others both spatially and temporally. The aim o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102934

6. Beyond ‘Hobby Farming’: towards a typology of non-commercial farming

Author:
Lee-Ann Sutherland; Carla Barlagne; Andrew P. Barnes
Source:
Agriculture and human values 2019 v.36 no.3 pp. 475-493
ISSN:
0889-048X
Subject:
abandoned land; agricultural land; farm size; farmers; farming systems; land management; large farms; surveys; Scotland
Abstract:
... In this paper we develop a typology of ‘non-commercial’ approaches to farming, based on a survey of a representative sample of farmers in Scotland, United Kingdom. In total, 395 (16.6% of the sample) farmers indicated that they do not seek to make a profit on their farms. We estimate that these non-commercial approaches to farming are utilised on at least 13% of agricultural land in Scotland. As s ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10460-019-09930-5

7. Breeding ground correlates of the distribution and decline of the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus at two spatial scales

Author:
Chloe Denerley; Steve M. Redpath; Rene van der Wal; Stuart E. Newson; Jason W. Chapman; Jeremy D. Wilson
Source:
Ibis 2019 v.161 no.2 pp. 346-358
ISSN:
0019-1019
Subject:
Acrocephalus; Anthus pratensis; Cuculus canorus; Prunella; adults; agricultural land; breeding season; breeding sites; grasslands; habitats; highlands; hosts; insect larvae; migratory birds; moths; population dynamics; summer; wetlands; woodlands; England; Scotland
Abstract:
... Many migratory bird species are undergoing population declines as a result of potentially multiple, interacting mechanisms. Understanding the environmental associations of spatial variation in population change can help tease out the likely mechanisms involved. Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus populations have declined by 69% in England but increased by 33% in Scotland. The declines have mainly occur ...
DOI:
10.1111/ibi.12612

8. Crop-to-wild introgression in the European wild apple Malus sylvestris in Northern Britain

Author:
Markus Ruhsam; Will Jessop; Amandine Cornille; James Renny; Rick Worrell
Source:
Forestry 2019 v.92 no.1 pp. 85-96
ISSN:
1464-3626
Subject:
Malus domestica; Malus sylvestris; agricultural land; apples; backcrossing; genetic markers; genotyping; highlands; in situ hybridization; introgression; land use; leaf area; seed dispersal; woodlands; England; Scotland
Abstract:
... Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill, the European wild apple, is a small tree native to Europe which reaches its north-western limit in Northern Britain. It has been identified as one of the main contributors to the domesticated apple M. domestica (Suckow) Borkh. There are concerns that wild populations of this rare tree are threatened by hybridization with M. domestica throughout Europe. We genotyped 332 ...
DOI:
10.1093/forestry/cpy033

9. Ecosystem services as the products of land system dynamics: lessons from a longitudinal study of coupled human–environment systems

Author:
Richard Aspinall; Michele Staiano
Source:
Landscape ecology 2019 v.34 no.7 pp. 1503-1524
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
accounting; agricultural land; biodiversity; economic costs; ecosystem services; ecosystems; energy; funding; humans; issues and policy; labor; land use; longitudinal studies; modernization; natural capital; public services and goods; soil; time series analysis; Scotland
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: We address understanding of whole-system and landscape-based approaches to the ecosystem services framework by considering the supply of provisioning services and the dynamics of agricultural land use in Scotland between 1940 and 2016. OBJECTIVES: To characterise and understand the dynamics of change in provisioning services from agriculture in Scotland over the period 1940–2016. To ident ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-018-0752-7

10. Governance and stakeholder perspectives of managed re-alignment: adapting to sea level rise in the Inner Forth estuary, Scotland

Author:
Anja Helena Liski; Pontus Ambros; Marc J. Metzger; Kimberly A. Nicholas; A. Meriwether W. Wilson; Torsten Krause
Source:
Regional environmental change 2019 v.19 no.8 pp. 2231-2243
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
agricultural land; attitudes and opinions; climate change; coasts; decision making; estuaries; farmers; funding; governance; industry; interviews; land use; landowners; landscapes; livelihood; risk reduction; sea level; shorelines; stakeholders; uncertainty; wetlands; wildlife; Scotland
Abstract:
... With climate change, coastal areas are faced with unprecedented sea level rise and flooding, raising questions as to how societies will choose to adapt. One option is to strengthen existing sea walls to maintain current land uses; however, scientists, policy-makers and conservationists increasingly see the benefits of managed realignment, which is a nature-based coastal adaptation that involves th ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-019-01505-8

11. Population responses of farmland bird species to agri‐environment schemes and land management options in Northeastern Scotland

Author:
Gergana N. Daskalova; Albert B. Phillimore; Matthew Bell; Hywel E. Maggs; Allan J. Perkins
Source:
Journal of applied ecology 2019 v.56 no.3 pp. 640-650
ISSN:
0021-8901
Subject:
Carduelis; Emberiza schoeniclus; Passer montanus; agri-environmental policy; agricultural land; biodiversity; birds; breeding; farmland preservation; farms; funding; grasslands; habitats; monitoring; wetlands; Scotland
Abstract:
... The decline of farmland birds across Europe is a well‐documented case of biodiversity loss, and despite land stewardship supported by funding from agri‐environment schemes (AES), the negative trends have not yet been reversed. To investigate the contribution of AES towards farmland bird conservation, we compared abundance of five farmland bird species across 13 years and 53 farms (158 farm years = ...
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2664.13309

12. Fodder crop management benefits Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) outside agri-environment schemes

Author:
Heather M. McCallum; Jeremy D. Wilson; Mark G. O’Brien; David Beaumont; Robert Sheldon; Kirsty J. Park
Source:
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2018 v.265 pp. 470-475
ISSN:
0167-8809
Subject:
Brassica; European Union; Vanellus vanellus; agri-environmental policy; agricultural land; biodiversity; breeding; cost effectiveness; crop management; farmers; farms; finishing; foraging; grasses; grazing; habitats; highlands; lambs; landscapes; livestock farming; nesting; philopatry; planting; winter; Scotland
Abstract:
... To date, agri-environment schemes (AES) have had limited success in reversing biodiversity loss over greater spatial extents than fields and farms, and vary widely in their cost-effectiveness. Here, over nine years, we make use of the management initiative of a farmer in an upland livestock farming landscape in Scotland, undertaken wholly outside AES, to examine its effect on breeding densities of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agee.2018.06.027

13. Identifying habitat-driven spatial variation in colony size of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus

Author:
Nina J. O’Hanlon; Ruedi G. Nager
Source:
Bird study 2018 v.65 no.3 pp. 306-316
ISSN:
1944-6705
Subject:
Larus argentatus; agricultural land; coasts; environmental factors; food availability; foraging; habitats; littoral zone; Northern Ireland; Scotland
Abstract:
... Capsule: Herring Gull Larus argentatus colonies located along coastlines that are relatively sheltered from wave impact, associated with high intertidal prey availability, and with extensive farmland habitat in the vicinity, have increased in size over the last three decades. Aims: To investigate potential habitat drivers, associated with local food availability, of variation in Herring Gull colon ...
DOI:
10.1080/00063657.2018.1518970

14. Present agri-environment measures in Europe are not sufficient for the conservation of a highly sensitive bird species, the Corncrake Crex crex

Author:
Jochen Bellebaum; Kees Koffijberg
Source:
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2018 v.257 pp. 30-37
ISSN:
0167-8809
Subject:
Crex crex; European Union; agri-environmental policy; agricultural land; birds; breeding; farmers; farming systems; grasslands; mowing; questionnaires; risk; wildlife management; Eastern European region; Scotland
Abstract:
... The Corncrake Crex crex breeds mainly in managed grasslands in Europe. Agri-environment schemes (AES) were introduced in many European countries to protect broods from earlier and more frequent mowing. In order to assess the efficacy of these AES on the scale of regional populations, we obtained information on current AES options for Corncrakes in 33 countries and administrative regions within the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agee.2018.01.018

15. A tool for cost-effectiveness analysis of field scale sediment-bound phosphorus mitigation measures and application to analysis of spatial and temporal targeting in the Lunan Water catchment, Scotland

Author:
Andy Vinten; James Sample; Adekunle Ibiyemi; Yakubu Abdul-Salam; Marc Stutter
Source:
Science of the total environment 2017 v.586 pp. 631-641
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation; agricultural land; bunds; cost effectiveness; crops; fences; grants; grasslands; linear programming; nonpoint source pollution; phosphorus; profits and margins; pulp; risk; runoff; sediments; watersheds; wetlands; Scotland
Abstract:
... The cost-effectiveness of six edge-of-field measures for mitigating diffuse pollution from sediment bound phosphorus (P) runoff from temperate arable farmland is analysed at catchment/field scales. These measures were: buffer strips, permanent grassland in the lowest 7% of arable fields, dry detention bunds, wetlands, and temporary barriers such as sediment fences. Baseline field P export was esti ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.034

16. Climate and anthropogenic factors determine site occupancy in Scotland's Northern‐range badger population: implications of context‐dependent responses under environmental change

Author:
André P. Silva; Gonçalo Curveira‐Santos; Kerry Kilshaw; Chris Newman; David W. Macdonald; Luciana G. Simões; Luís M. Rosalino
Source:
Diversity & distributions 2017 v.23 no.6 pp. 627-639
ISSN:
1366-9516
Subject:
Meles meles; agricultural land; altitude; badgers; camera trapping; climate change; climatic factors; emissions; highlands; human population; humans; land cover; models; planning; population growth; roads; temperature; weather; winter; Scotland
Abstract:
... AIM: In the light of human‐induced rapid environmental change (HIREC), populations are exposed to ever‐greater bioclimatic stress at the edge of a species’ historic range. The distribution dynamics of European badgers (Meles meles) at their southern edge are linked tightly to climatic variability. We contribute critical data on how climatic context and local factors determine site occupancy in a n ...
DOI:
10.1111/ddi.12564

17. Crop presence, but not genetic diversity, impacts on the rare arable plant Valerianella rimosa

Author:
Rob W. Brooker; Alison J. Karley; Luna Morcillo; Adrian C. Newton; Robin J. Pakeman; Christian Schöb
Source:
Plant ecology & diversity 2017 v.10 no.5-6 pp. 495-507
ISSN:
1755-1668
Subject:
Valerianella; agricultural land; barley; biodiversity; biomass; crops; genetic variation; genotype; growing season; intensive farming; rare species; reproductive success; seeds; soil water; sowing; weeds; Scotland
Abstract:
... Background: Intensive farming affects farmland biodiversity, and some arable plants in particular. Increasing crop genetic diversity can increase crop productivity or resilience and could also benefit rare arable plants. Aims: We examined whether barley presence, sowing density and genetic diversity impacted the rare plant Valerianella rimosa and explored possible underlying mechanisms. Methods: I ...
DOI:
10.1080/17550874.2018.1437646

18. Exploring factors affecting on-farm renewable energy adoption in Scotland using large-scale microdata

Author:
Jiaqi Ge; Lee-Ann Sutherland; J. Gary Polhill; Keith Matthews; Dave Miller; Douglas Wardell-Johnson
Source:
Energy Policy 2017 v.107 pp. 548-560
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
agricultural land; bioenergy; biomass; data collection; demographic statistics; energy; energy policy; farms; forestry; geographical distribution; geophysics; surveys; tourism; wind; Scotland
Abstract:
... This paper uses large-scale micro data to identify key factors affecting the decision to adopt renewable energy generation (wind, solar and biomass) on farms in Scotland. We construct an integrated dataset that includes the compulsory agricultural census and farm structural survey that cover almost all farms in Scotland. In addition to farm owner demographics and farm business structures, we also ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2017.05.025

19. Natural flood management, land use and climate change trade-offs: the case of Tarland catchment, Scotland

Author:
Oana Iacob; Iain Brown; John Rowan
Source:
Hydrological sciences journal 2017 v.62 no.12 pp. 1931-1948
ISSN:
2150-3435
Subject:
afforestation; agricultural land; climate; climate change; flood control; floods; hydrologic models; land use change; risk; watershed management; watersheds; woodlands; Scotland
Abstract:
... A distributed hydrological model (WaSiM-ETH) was applied to a mesoscale catchment to investigate natural flood management as a nonstructural approach to tackle flood risks from climate change. Peak flows were modelled using climate projections (UKCP09) combined with afforestation-based land-use change options. A significant increase in peak flows was modelled from climate change. Afforestation cou ...
DOI:
10.1080/02626667.2017.1366657

20. Numerical and functional responses of Common Buzzards Buteo buteo to prey abundance on a Scottish grouse moor

Author:
Richard M. Francksen; Mark J. Whittingham; Sonja C. Ludwig; Staffan Roos; David Baines
Source:
Ibis 2017 v.159 no.3 pp. 541-553
ISSN:
0019-1019
Subject:
Buteo buteo; Lagopus lagopus scoticus; Microtus agrestis; agricultural land; breeding; diet; foraging; grouse; habitats; heathlands; ingestion; landscapes; predation; predators; prediction; reproductive success; voles; Scotland
Abstract:
... Predators will often respond to reductions in preferred prey by switching to alternative prey resources. However, this may not apply to all alternative prey groups in patchy landscapes. We investigated the demographic and aggregative numerical and functional responses of Common Buzzards Buteo buteo in relation to variations in prey abundance on a moor managed for Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica ...
DOI:
10.1111/ibi.12471