Ongoing Work

There are further unanswered questions that are being addressed through the Glen Finglas experiment. Our current work falls into two main areas:

1. Ongoing monitoring of vegetation, invertebrate and pipit populations – will short-term responses to the grazing treatments that we have observed change over time? This work takes both a functional group and community composition approach to unravelling interactions between trophic levels.
2. Specific research on causative factors behind observed responses – for example we are investigating if pipit chicks raised in the preferred treatments II and III are fitter than those raised elsewhere, thus potentially increasing post-fledging survival.

The experiment is also utilised by other research projects that benefit from its rigorous design and long-term management. We are currently working with the Scottish Agricultural Collage and UKPopNet and are always keen to talk to other potential collaborators.

Contact: Dr. Nick Littlewood