For our third Hutton Highlights podcast, we’re focusing on the Scottish uplands. We recorded this episode on site at the Scottish Game Fair at Scone Palace, where we were sharing our work in everything from preventing the spread of plant pathogens to citizen science soil sampling on Scotland’s Munros.  You’ll hear from our guests about how perception and management of the uplands has changed, how we’re building the first baseline of alpine soil biodiversity across Scotland and how common plant pathogens are and what we can do to avoid spreading the bad ones.

*Please note, gun shots can be heard during the recording due to the clay pigeon range at the Game Fair.

Introduction:

Professor Rob Brooker, head of Ecological Sciences at The James Hutton Institute

Interviewer:

Elaine Maslin, Media Officer

Guests:

Dr Andy Taylor, Molecular Fungal Ecologist

Professor Robin Pakeman, Plant Ecologist

Beatrix Keillor, Research Technician

For more information about what you’ve heard in this podcast, visit:

Munro soil science

Mountain heights, hidden depths: unearthing alpine soil biodiversity | Mountain Heights, Hidden Depths (hutton.ac.uk)

Glen Finglas long-term grazing experiment

Grazing research at Glen Finglas | Ecological Sciences | The James Hutton Institute

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