We undertake research and review to inform decision making, to aid the production of guidelines and strategies, or to provide critical appraisal.
Over the years, we have contributed to a diverse range of applied research studies, including:
- Survey to identify goose flight paths and foraging sites in Caithness to inform assessment of wind turbine planning applications
- Review of goose flight activity in relation to distance from SPAs in Scotland, including an analysis of flight height distribution
- Annual audit of the ecological monitoring programme for the Cairngorm Funicular Railway, 2006-2011
- Natural resource review of the Cairngorms National Park
- Review of the ecological impacts of boating and associated activities on Loch Lomond
- Feasibility study on restoration of saltmarsh through managed retreat at Skinflats on the Inner Forth
- Autecology review of 23 wildfowl species to inform an investigation into the potential for the spread of Avian Influenza
- Field testing a method of Mountain hare population census
- Investigation of the potential for natural regeneration in waste-ground reclamation
- Prioritisation of action for North East Scotland Biodiversity Action Plan (2003-2006)