by Caroline Kennedy | Jun 19, 2025
Land-based bioenergy systems are increasingly promoted for their potential to support climate change mitigation and energy security. Building on previous productivity and efficiency analyses, this study applies the MiscanFor and SalixFor models to evaluate land use...
by Helen Bunting | Jun 3, 2025
The rapid expansion of the rail network in the 19th century created nearly 30,000 km of Technosol corridors across Great Britain (GB). Today, the GB railway estate covers over 51,000 ha and is managed by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited. A base line estimate of...
by Helen Bunting | Apr 27, 2025
Plant pests and diseases (PPDs) pose a serious threat to trees and forests globally. The UK Plant Health Risk Register (PHRR) provides semiquantitative estimates of invasion probability and impact on host plants for PPDs thought to pose a risk to the United Kingdom to...
by Caroline Kennedy | Apr 25, 2025
High yielding perennial grasses are utilised as biomass for the bioeconomy and to displace fossil fuels. Miscanthus is a perennial grass used as a source of biomass but most of the cultivated crop is limited to a naturally occurring hybrid M. ×...