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dc.contributor.authorHanley, Nicholasen_UK
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Altheaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorAngelopoulos, Konstantinosen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, Alastairen_UK
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Alasdairen_UK
dc.contributor.authorTinch, Dugalden_UK
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Fionaen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-09T03:10:20Z-
dc.date.available2013-06-09T03:10:20Zen_UK
dc.date.issued2008-12en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/1669-
dc.description.abstract1. Economic forces are recognized as an important driving factor behind current biodiversity losses. This study investigates whether such factors have been important in determining one measure of biodiversity change over the 'long run'– in our case, 400 years – for upland sites in Scotland. 2. A combination of palaeoecological, historical and economic methods is used to construct and then analyse a database of factors contributing to changes in plant diversity over time for 11 upland sites. 3. Using an instrumental variables panel model, we find livestock prices, our proxy for grazing pressure, to be a statistically significant determinant of diversity change, with higher grazing pressures resulting in lower diversity values on average, although site abandonment is also found to result in a fall in plant diversity. Technological change, such as the introduction of new animal breeds, was not found to be a statistically significant determinant. 4. Using later period data (post 1860) on livestock numbers at the parish (local) level, we were able to confirm the main result noted above (3) in terms of the effects of higher grazing pressures on plant diversity. 5. Synthesis and applications. This study shows how data from very different disciplines can be combined to address questions relevant to contemporary conservation and understanding. This novel, interdisciplinary approach provides new insights into the role of economic factors as a driver of biodiversity loss in the uplands. Biodiversity levels have varied considerably over 400 years, partly as a function of land management, suggesting that establishing baselines or 'natural' target levels for biodiversity is likely to be problematic. Changes in livestock grazing pressures brought about by changes in prices had statistically significant effects on estimated plant diversity, as did land abandonment. This suggests that long-term management of upland areas for the conservation of diversity should focus on grazing pressures as a key policy attribute. Another policy implication is that drastic cuts in grazing pressures – such as might occur under current reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy – can have adverse biodiversity consequences.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell / British Ecological Societyen_UK
dc.relationHanley N, Davies A, Angelopoulos K, Hamilton A, Ross A, Tinch D & Watson F (2008) Economic determinants of biodiversity change over a 400-year period in the Scottish uplands. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45 (6), pp. 1557-1565. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121448195/abstract; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01570.xen_UK
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dc.subjectbiodiversityen_UK
dc.subjecteconomic driversen_UK
dc.subjectecologyen_UK
dc.subjecthistoryen_UK
dc.subjectScotlanden_UK
dc.subjectUplandsen_UK
dc.subjectinterdisciplinaryen_UK
dc.subjectpollen analysisen_UK
dc.subjectBiodiversity Scotlanden_UK
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservation Scotland Economic aspectsen_UK
dc.subjectPlant diversity Scotlanden_UK
dc.subjectPlant ecology Scotland Historyen_UK
dc.titleEconomic determinants of biodiversity change over a 400-year period in the Scottish uplandsen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01570.xen_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Applied Ecologyen_UK
dc.citation.issn1365-2664en_UK
dc.citation.issn0021-8901en_UK
dc.citation.volume45en_UK
dc.citation.issue6en_UK
dc.citation.spage1557en_UK
dc.citation.epage1565en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121448195/abstracten_UK
dc.author.emailn.d.hanley@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationEconomicsen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Stirlingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Stirlingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationEconomicsen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Dundeeen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000260257800001en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-54349103838en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid828201en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2008-12-31en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2009-10-06en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorHanley, Nicholas|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDavies, Althea|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorAngelopoulos, Konstantinos|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHamilton, Alastair|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorRoss, Alasdair|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorTinch, Dugald|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWatson, Fiona|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
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