The role of fire in UK upland management: the need for informed challenge to conventional wisdoms: a comment on Davies et al. (2016)

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¹ RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB Scotland, 2 Lochside View, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh EH12 9DH, UK david.douglas@rspb.org.uk.
² RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB Scotland, 2 Lochside View, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh EH12 9DH, UK.
³ RSPB, 1 Sirius House, Amethyst Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE4 7YL, UK.

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David J T Douglas et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2016.

. 2016 Nov 19;371(1708):20160433.

doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0433. Epub 2016 Oct 10.

¹ RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB Scotland, 2 Lochside View, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh EH12 9DH, UK david.douglas@rspb.org.uk.
² RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB Scotland, 2 Lochside View, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh EH12 9DH, UK.
³ RSPB, 1 Sirius House, Amethyst Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE4 7YL, UK.

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The peatland vegetation burning debate: keep scientific critique in perspective. A response to Brown et al. and Douglas et al.
Davies GM, Kettridge N, Stoof CR, Gray A, Marrs R, Ascoli D, Fernandes PM, Allen KA, Doerr SH, Clay GD, McMorrow J, Vandvik V. Davies GM, et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2016 Nov 19;371(1708):20160434. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0434. Epub 2016 Oct 10. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2016. PMID: 28080979 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

The role of fire in UK peatland and moorland management: the need for informed, unbiased debate.
Davies GM, Kettridge N, Stoof CR, Gray A, Ascoli D, Fernandes PM, Marrs R, Allen KA, Doerr SH, Clay GD, McMorrow J, Vandvik V. Davies GM, et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2016 Jun 5;371(1696):20150342. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0342. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2016. PMID: 27216512 Free PMC article. Review.

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