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Thermal modeling of subduction zones with prescribed and evolving 2D and 3D slab geometries data
<p>Deforming subduction zone finite element model temperature, velocity, surface and flux field data as reported in the work:</p> <p>N. Sime, C. R. Wilson and P. E. van Keken<br> Thermal modeling of subduction zones with prescribed and evolving 2D and 3D slab geometries.</p>
Southeastern United States Prescribed Burning Emission from 2013 to 2020
<p>The dataset includes data for the project: https://github.com/zli867/RxFireEmission. </p> <ul> <li>data: includes geographic data and CMAQ grid definition data for the project.</li> <li>FINN: Burn type differentiated FINN data from 2013 to 2020 in the southeastern U.S.</li> <li>permits: Burn type differentiated permit data from 2013 to 2020 in Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida.</li> <li>BlueSky Input: Input burning records for running BlueSky.</li> <li>BlueSky Output: Output of BlueSky. The data is in json format and it can convert to NetCDF by using scripts provided in our Github repository.</li> </ul>
Wildfire, prescribed burn, and agricultural burn smoke PM2.5 estimates for CA, WA, and OR 2014-2020
<p>Wildfires, prescribed burns, and agricultural burns all impact ambient air quality across the Western U.S.; however, little is known about how communities across the region are differentially exposed to smoke from each of these fire types. To address this gap, we quantify smoke exposure stemming from wildfire, prescribed, and agricultural burns across Washington, Oregon, and California from 2014-2020 using a fire type-specific biomass burning emissions inventory and the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model. We examine fire type-specific PM<sub>2.5</sub> concentration by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and in relation to the Center for Disease Control's Social Vulnerability Index. Overall, population average PM<sub>2.5</sub> concentrations are greater from wildfires than from prescribed and agricultural burns. While we found limited evidence of exposure disparities among sub-groups across the full study area, we did observe disproportionately higher exposures to wildfire-specific PM<sub>2.5</sub> exposures among Native communities in all three states and, in California, higher agricultural burn-specific PM<sub>2.5</sub> exposures among lower socioeconomic groups. We also identified, for all three states, areas of significant spatial clustering of smoke exposures from all fire types and increased social vulnerability. These results provide a first look at the differential contributions of smoke from wildfires, prescribed burns, and agricultural burns to PM<sub>2.5</sub> exposures among demographic subgroups, which can be used to inform more tailored exposure reduction strategies across sources.</p>
Data from: Tree growth responses to extreme drought after mechanical thinning and prescribed fire in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest, USA
<p class="MsoNormal">An estimated 128 M trees died during the 2012-2016 California drought, largely in the southern Sierra Nevada Range. Prescribed burning and mechanical thinning are widely used to reduce fuels and restore ecosystem properties, but it is unclear if these treatments improve tree growth and vigor during extreme drought. This study examined tree growth responses after thinning, prescribed burning, and extreme drought at the Teakettle Experimental Forest, a historically frequent fire mixed-conifer forest in the southern Sierra Nevada of California, USA. Mechanical thinning (no thin, understory thin, and overstory thin) and prescribed burning (unburned, fall burning) were implemented in 2000-2001. Using annual growth data from increment cores, over 10,000 mapped and measured trees, and lidar-derived metrics of solar radiation and topographic wetness, we had two primary questions. First, what were the growth responses to thinning and prescribed burning treatments, and did these responses persist during the 2012-2016 drought? Second, what tree-level attributes and environmental conditions influenced growth responses to treatments and drought?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thinning increased residual tree growth and that response persisted through extreme drought 10 -15 years after treatments. Growth responses were higher in overstory versus understory thinning, with differences between thinning types more pronounced during drought. Species-specific growth responses were strongest with overstory thinning, with sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) and incense-cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) having higher growth responses compared to white fir (Abies concolor) and Jeffery pine (Pinus jeffreyi). For individual trees, factors associated with higher growth responses were declining pretreatment growth trend, smaller tree size, and post-treatment low neighborhood basal area. Growth responses were initially not influenced by topography, but topographic wetness became important during extreme drought. Mechanical thinning resulted in durable increases in residual tree growth rates during extreme drought over a decade after thinning occurred, indicating treatment longevity in mitigating drought stress. In contrast, tree growth did not improve after prescribed burning, likely due to fire effects that reduced surface fuels, but had little effect on reducing tree density. Thinning treatments promoted durable growth responses, but focusing on stand-level metrics may ignore important tree-level attributes such as localized competition and topography associated with higher water availability. Mechanical thinning was effective at improving growth in trees that had been experiencing declining growth trends, but was less effective in improving growth responses in large old higher ecological importance.</p>
Analytics, Visualisation and Machine Learning of General Practitioner Prescribing using Open Health Data
<p>Open Prescription data used in Postgraduate project into Northern Ireland General Practice prescribing.</p>
Prescribing trends in older patients with multimorbidity and significant polypharmacy recruited to the SPPiRE trial
<p><strong>Aims</strong></p> <p>Medication count and appropriateness are often used as outcome measures to evaluate the effectiveness of deprescribing interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in prescribing, potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIP) and use of low value medicines during the SPPiRE trial.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong></p> <p>We retrospectively analysed trial prescription data from 51 general practices with 404 participants aged ≥65 years and prescribed ≥15 repeat medicines. A dataset was created with 7,051 ATC coded medicines at baseline. Outcomes were the most commonly prescribed and potentially inappropriately prescribed drug groups, the most frequently stopped or started drug groups and the number of changes per person between baseline and follow-up.</p> <p><strong>Results </strong></p> <p>There were 7,051 medicines prescribed to 404 participants at baseline. The most commonly prescribed drug group were proton pump inhibitors (82% participants) and statins (77%). There was a median of 17 medicines (IQR 15-19) at baseline and 16 (IQR 14-19) at follow-up. PIP represented 17.1% of prescriptions at baseline and 15.7% (n=6,777) at follow-up. There were reductions in the prescription of most drug groups with the largest reduction in antiplatelet prescriptions. Considering medication discontinuations, initiations and switches, there was a median of five medication changes per person (range 0-30, IQR 3-9) by follow-up. There were 95 low value prescriptions at baseline reducing to 78 at follow-up.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p> <p>The number of medication changes per person was not reflected by summarising medication count at two time points, highlighting the need for repeated measurements of prescribing outcomes especially for populations with high degrees of polypharmacy.</p>
Data from: Tamm Review: a meta-analysis of thinning, prescribed fire, and wildfire effects on subsequent wildfire severity in conifer dominated forests of the Western US
<p>Increased understanding of how active forest management (i.e., mechanical thinning, prescribed burning, and managed wildfire) affects subsequent wildfire severity is urgently needed as people and forests face a growing wildfire crisis. In response, we reviewed scientific literature for the US West and completed a meta-analysis that answered three questions: (1) How much do treatments reduce wildfire severity within treated areas? (2) How do the effects vary with treatment type, treatment age, and forest type? (3) How does fire weather moderate the effects of treatments? We found overwhelming evidence that mechanical thinning with prescribed burning, mechanical thinning with pile burning, and prescribed burning only are effective at reducing subsequent wildfire severity, resulting in reductions in severity from 62% to 72% relative to untreated areas. In comparison, thinning only was less effective – underscoring the importance of treating surface fuels when mitigating wildfire severity is the management goal. The efficacy of these treatments did not vary among forest types assessed in this study and was high across a range of fire weather conditions. Prior wildfire had more complex impacts on subsequent wildfire severity, which varied with forest type and initial wildfire severity. Across treatment types, we found that effectiveness of treatments declined over time, with the mean reduction in wildfire severity decreasing nearly threefold when wildfire occurred greater than 10 years after initial treatment. Our meta-analysis provides up-to-date information on the extent to which active forest management reduces wildfire severity and facilitates better outcomes for people and forests during future wildfire events. </p>
Oral contraception prescribing trends in Scottish general practices between 2016 and 2023
<p>This is the data and script used to analyse data for the publication<em>: Oral contraception prescribing trends in Scottish general practices between 2016 and 2023. </em>doi: bmjsrh-2024-202387</p> <p>Data uploaded here originates from the Scottish Health and Social Care Open Data repository (<a href="https://www.opendata.nhs.scot">https://www.opendata.nhs.scot</a>). For information about field descriptions, please refer to their Data Glossary (<a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Prescribing-and-Medicines/_docs/Glossary-of-Terms.pdf">http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Prescribing-and-Medicines/_docs/Glossary-of-Terms.pdf</a>). These data are used here under the Open Government Licence (<a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/">https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/</a>).</p> <p>I welcome all feedback or questions: <a href="mailto:e.johnson-hall.2023@bristol.ac.uk">e.johnson-hall.2023@bristol.ac.uk</a></p>
EFFECTIVENESS OF PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISE TO PREVENT LARS (LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION SYNDROME) AFTER MINI-INVASIVE LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION IN PATIENTS WITH RECTAL CANCER. Adherence to prescribed home exercise. Quality of life after low anterior resection.
<p><span>Advances in the surgical treatment of rectal diseases lead to better oncological results, a higher chance of preserving the sphincters, and thus a lower number of permanent stomas. However, the preserved anus does not always have to perform its original function fully. All patients after a low anterior resection are at risk of developing functional disorders - low anterior resection syndrome (LARS). The prevalence of LARS ranges from 41-80% and is a significant factor in reducing the quality of life. </span><span>According to the available data, it is possible to prevent LARS through postoperative pelvic floor exercises, however, relevant studies are missing. </span><span>The pelvic floor is a ligament-muscle system that provides dynamic support for the organ systems located in the small pelvis. </span><span>Strengthening the muscles can serve as a follow-up treatment after surgical procedures including prevention of LARS.</span></p> <p><span>The main goal of this randomized study will be to determine the effectiveness of pelvic floor exercises on the incidence or severity of LARS in patients after mini-invasive rectal resection. Secondary goal is to identify the adherence of patients to prescribed home exercise and quality of life. </span></p> <p><span>Researchers will compare the group of patients with pelvic floor exercises to those without. Under the professional guidance of a physiotherapist, participants will be educated the day before surgery and in the first 4 postoperative days to exercise the pelvic floor exercise and continue at home for a month. </span><span>The resulting knowledge will have a fundamental impact on clinical practice and patient management.</span></p>
Manuscript dataset - Using machine learning to guide targeted and locally-tailored empiric antibiotic prescribing in a children's hospital in Cambodia
<p>This is a dataset associated with submission of the manuscript "Using machine learning to guide targeted and locally-tailored empiric antibiotic prescribing in a children's hospital in Cambodia"</p>
Prescribed Burn Related Increases of Population Exposure to PM2.5 and O3 Pollution in the Southeastern US over 2013–2020
<p>Daily prescribed burn PM2.5 and MDA8-O3</p>
LIAISE LES - Prescribed Surface Fluxes Case
<p><span>Model input fields and select statistics for the MicroHH Large Eddy Simulation used in the prescribed surface flux case of the LIAISE LES experiment. In order to run the case, one needs to have the MicroHH model (https://github.com/microhh/microhh) and the (LS)2D package (https://github.com/LS2D).</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span>More information on the LIAISE experiment as well as the radiosonde data used for initialization and nudging can be found at: https://liaise.aeris-data.fr/page-catalogue/.</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span>Contents: </span></p> <ul> <li><em><span>LIAISE_GoldenDay_sfc_30m_ext_8Dec.nc</span></em><span> - Netcdf file with the prescribed surface fluxes averaged over 20-22 July 2021.</span></li> <li><em><span>offline_may2024.py</span></em><span> - File to create MicroHH model input and binary files. It uses the input from the surface fluxes netcdf file as well as smoothed radiosondes from the Els Plans site (available for download from the LIAISE catalogue). </span></li> <li><em><span>offline_may2024.ini </span></em><span>– initialization file that is edited created with the offline_may2024.py file. </span></li> <li><span>Statistics from the model: </span></li> <ul> <li><em><span>offline_may2024.default.0000000.nc</span></em><span> - spatial statistics for the entire extended LIAISE domain </span></li> <li><em><span>offline_may2024.regional.0000000.nc</span></em><span> - spatial statistics for the LAISE regional scale</span></li> <li><em><span>offline_may2024.wet.0000000.nc</span></em><span> - spatial statistics for the wet landscape scale</span></li> <li><em><span>offline_may2024.dry.0000000.nc</span></em><span> - spatial statistics for the dry landscape scale</span></li> </ul> </ul> <p> </p>
Season of prescribed fire determines grassland restoration outcomes after fire exclusion and overgrazing
<p>Fire exclusion and mismanaged grazing are globally important drivers of environmental change in mesic C<sub>4</sub> grasslands and savannas. Although interest is growing in prescribed fire for grassland restoration, we have little long-term experimental evidence of the influence of burn season on the recovery of herbaceous plant communities, encroachment by trees and shrubs, and invasion by exotic grasses. We conducted a prescribed fire experiment (seven burns between 2001 and 2019) in historically fire-excluded and overgrazed grasslands of central Texas. Sites were assigned to one of four experimental treatments: summer burns (warm season, lightning season), fall burns (early cool season), winter burns (late cool season), or unburned (fire exclusion). To assess restoration outcomes of the experiment, in 2019, we identified old-growth grasslands to serve as reference sites. Herbaceous-layer plant communities in all experimental sites were compositionally and functionally distinct from old-growth grasslands, with little recovery of perennial C<sub>4</sub> grasses and long-lived forbs. Unburned sites were characterized by several species of tree, shrub, and vine; summer sites were characterized by certain C<sub>3</sub><span> </span>grasses and forbs; and fall and winter sites were intermediate in composition to the unburned and summer sites. Despite compositional differences, all treatments had comparable plot-level plant species richness (range 89–95 species/1000 m<sup>2</sup>). At the local-scale, summer sites (23 species/m<sup>2</sup>) and old-growth grasslands (20 species/m<sup>2</sup>) supported greater richness than unburned sites (15 species/m<sup>2</sup>), but did not differ significantly from fall or winter sites. Among fire treatments, summer and winter burns most consistently produced the vegetation structure of old-growth grasslands (e.g., mean woody canopy cover of 9%). But whereas winter burns promoted the invasive grass<span> </span><i>Bothriochloa ischaemum</i><span> </span>by maintaining areas with low canopy cover, summer burns simultaneously limited woody encroachment and controlled<span> </span><i>B. ischaemum</i><span> </span>invasion. Our results support a growing body of literature that shows that prescribed fire alone, without the introduction of plant propagules, cannot necessarily restore old-growth grassland community composition. Nonetheless, this long-term experiment demonstrates that prescribed burns implemented in the summer can benefit restoration by preventing woody encroachment while also controlling an invasive grass. We suggest that fire season deserves greater attention in grassland restoration planning and ecological research.</p>
Drugs prescribed in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome differentially impact sensory behaviors in shank3 zebrafish models
<p>Altered sensory processing is a pervasive symptom in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Especially in cases of profound autism, individuals are often medicated to manage behaviors like aggression and/or self-harm and/or epilepsy, and it remains unclear how these medications might impact perception/sensory processing. To test this, we screened three medications, risperidone, Lithium Chloride (LiCl), and carbamazepine (CBZ), prescribed to individuals with Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (PMS) and one drug, 2-Methyl-6-(phenylethynyl) pyridine (MPEP) tested in rodent models of PMS, for their effects on a sensory-induced behavior in two zebrafish PMS models with frameshift mutations in the N- or C- termini. PMS is caused by deletions of the terminal end of chromosome 22 or point mutations in <em>Shank3</em>. People with PMS can present with an array of symptoms including ASD, epilepsy, gastrointestinal distress, and reduced responses to sensory stimuli. Our zebrafish mutant shank3ab models likewise show reduced responses in a Visual Motor Response (VMR) assay, in which increased locomotion is triggered by light-to-dark transitions. To test how pharmacological treatments affect the VMR, we exposed larvae to selected drugs for twenty-four hours and then quantified their locomotion during four ten-minute cycles of lights on-to-off stimuli. We found that risperidone normalized the VMR in <em>shank3</em> models, LiCl and CBZ had no effect on the VMR in any of the three genotypes. MPEP reduced the VMR in WT to levels seen in <em>shank3</em> models but caused no changes in either <em>shank3</em> model. Our work shows that the effects of drugs on sensory processing is varied in a way that can be highly genotype- and drug-dependent.</p>
Dataset for: Efficacy of prescribed fire as a fuel reduction treatment in the Colorado Front Range
<p>Prescribed fires are an important management tool for reducing fuels and returning fire to the landscape. However, rarely are changes in fuels fully quantified using pre- to post-prescribed fire measurements, and those studies that do exist show variable results. In the southern Rockies, little literature exists on the impacts of prescribed fires, thus we examined multiple prescribed fires in northern Colorado to understand fire effects and changes in fuel complexes. Most prominently, prescribed fires influenced litter, duff, and rotten coarse woody debris but did not influence other surface fuels. Crown base height increased and tree density decreased, while basal area was relatively unimpacted. Season of burning impacted fire effects as substrate burn severity, bole char, and crown volume scorched were highest in summer and fall. Continued monitoring of prescribed fires is critical to understand the influence of prescribed fire on wildfires and ultimately improving prescribed fire outcomes.</p>
Data for: Prescribed fire increases plant-pollinator network robustness to losses of rare native forbs
<p>Restoration efforts often focus on changing the composition and structure of invaded plant communities, with two implicit assumptions: 1) functional interactions with species of other trophic levels, such as pollinators, will reassemble automatically when native plant diversity is restored; and 2) restored communities will be more resilient to future stressors. However, the impact of restoration activities on pollinator richness, plant-pollinator interaction network structure, and network robustness is incompletely understood. Leveraging a restoration chronosequence in Pacific Northwest prairies, we examined the effects of restoration-focused prescribed fire and native forb replanting on floral resources, pollinator visitation, and plant-pollinator network structure. We then simulated the effects of plant species loss/removal scenarios on secondary extinction cascades in the networks. Specifically, we explored three management-relevant plant loss scenarios (removal of an abundant exotic forb, removal of an abundant forb designated a noxious weed, and loss of the rarest native forb) and compared them to control scenarios. Pyrodiversity, proportion of area recently burned, and cumulative replanting effort (plugging and seeding) over the prior 10 years increased the abundance and diversity of floral resources, with concomitant increases in pollinator visitation and diversity. Pyrodiversity also decreased network connectance and nestedness, increased modularity, and buffered networks against secondary extinction cascades. Rare forbs contributed disproportionately to network robustness in less restored prairies, while removal of typical "problem" plants like exotic and noxious species had relatively small impacts on network robustness, particularly in prairies with a long history of restoration activities. Restoration actions aimed mainly at improving the diversity and abundance of pollinator-provisioning plants may also produce plant-pollinator networks with increased resilience to plant species losses.</p>
Data From: Spot-fire distance increases disproportionately for wildfires compared to prescribed fires as grasslands transition to Juniperus woodlands
<p>Woody encroachment is one of the greatest threats to grasslands globally, depleting a suite of ecosystem services, including forage production and grassland biodiversity. Recent evidence also suggests that woody encroachment increases wildfire danger, particularly in the Great Plains of North America, where highly volatile <em>Juniperus</em> spp. convert grasslands to an alternative woodland state. Spot-fire distances are a critical component of wildfire danger, describing the distance over which embers from one fire can cause a new fire ignition, potentially far away from fire suppression personnel. We assess changes in spot-fire distances as grasslands experience <em>Juniperus</em> encroachment to an alternative woodland state and how spot-fire distances differ under typical prescribed fire conditions compared to conditions observed during wildfire. We use BehavePlus to calculate spot-fire distances for these scenarios within the Loess Canyons Experimental Landscape, Nebraska, U.S.A., a <span>73,000-ha </span>ecoregion where private-lands fire management is used to reduce woody encroachment and prevent further expansion of <em>Juniperus</em> fuels. We found prescribed fire used to control woody encroachment had lower maximum spot-fire distances compared to wildfires and, correspondingly, a lower amount of land area at risk to spot-fire occurrence. <span>Under more extreme wildfire scenarios, </span>spot-fire distances were 2 times higher in grasslands, and over 3 times higher in encroached grasslands and <em>Juniperus</em> woodlands compared to fires burned under prescribed fire conditions. <span>Maximum spot-fire distance was 450% greater in Juniperus woodlands compared to grasslands and exposed an additional 14,000 ha of receptive fuels, on average, to spot-fire occurrence within the Loess Canyons Experimental Landscape. This study demonstrates that woody encroachment drastically increases risks associated with wildfire, and that spot fire distances associated with woody encroachment are much lower in prescribed fires used to control woody encroachment compared to wildfires. </span></p>
Henslow's Sparrow shows positive response to prescribed fire rotation data
<p>We examined Henslow's Sparrow (<em>Centronyx henslowii</em>) response to prescribed fire at 32 grasslands at Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Indiana from 1999–2009. We burned grasslands in the spring between 1999 and 2007 and monitored Henslow's Sparrows for up to 4 years after treatment. We used linear mixed models to analyze our data. Henslow's Sparrow counts were correlated with time since prescribed fire and grassland size. The estimated changes in mean Henslow's Sparrow density relative to pre-burn densities were -0.19, 1.15, 0.74, and -0.68 birds per hectare for 1 to 4 breeding seasons after a spring burn, respectively. We found that Henslow's Sparrows preferred larger grasslands both during the first breeding season after prescribed fire, when vegetation was presumed to possess less litter and structural density, and during the fourth breeding season after fire, when vegetation was presumed to be a more ideal composition, but preferred smaller grasslands in the interim. Thus, grassland size shapes the magnitude of Henslow's Sparrow population response to fire, with populations in smaller grasslands experiencing greater amplitude changes. Larger grasslands might provide more habitat diversity following prescribed fire, attenuating population change. On average, Henslow's Sparrows responded positively to prescribed fire in a network of grasslands and cumulative net change in densities were highest three breeding seasons after a burn, suggesting that maintaining this burn frequency would be beneficial to Henslow's Sparrow abundance.</p>
Prescribed fire is an effective restoration measure for increasing boreal fungal diversity
<p>Intensive forestry practices have had a negative impact on boreal forest biodiversity, subsequently, the need for restoration is pressing. Polypores (wood-inhabiting fungi) are key decomposers of dead-wood, but due to the lack of coarse woody debris (CWD) in forest ecosystems, many species are threatened. Here, we study the long-term effects on polypore diversity of two restoration treatments; creating CWD by felling whole trees and prescribed burning. This large-scale experiment is located in spruce-dominated boreal forests in southern Finland. The experiment has a factorial design (n=3) including three levels of created CWD (5, 30 and 60 m<sup>3</sup> ha<sup>-1</sup>) crossed with burning or no burning. In 2018, 16 years after the initiation, we inventoried polypores on ten experimentally cut logs and ten naturally fallen logs per stand. We found that overall polypore community composition differed between burned and unburned stands. However, only red-listed species' abundances and richness were positively affected by prescribed burning. We found no effects of CWD levels created mechanically by felling of trees. We show, for the first time, that prescribed burning is an effective measure for restoring polypore diversity in late-successional Norway spruce forest. Burning creates CWD with certain characteristics that differ from what is created by CWD-restoration by felling trees. Prescribed burning promotes primarily red-listed species, demonstrating its effectiveness as a restoration measure to promote diversity of threatened polypore species in boreal forest. However, as the CWD that the burning creates will decrease over time, to be functional, prescribed burns need to be applied regularly at the landscape scale. Large-scale and long-term experimental studies, such as this one, are invaluable for establishing evidence-based restoration strategies.</p>
Data from: Resolving a heated debate: the utility of prescribed burning as a management tool for biodiversity on lowland heath
<p>We investigated the impact of prescribed burning and vegetation cutting on a chronisequence of heathland sites (107 in total) in the New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK. We present data for vegetation cover, canopy active invertebrates collected with sweep nets and ground active invertebrates collected using pitfall traps.</p> <p>Using a multi-trophic approach, we compared the ecological impact of prescribed burning with two types of vegetation cutting (swiping and baling) as management tools for biodiversity outcomes for up to 20 years after management. Indicators included: Common Standards Monitoring assessment (CSM); vegetation species assemblage; invertebrate biodiversity; and available food resources for two characteristic heathland birds – the Dartford Warbler <em>Sylvia</em> <em>undata</em> and the Nightjar <em>Caprimulgus</em> <em>europaeus</em>. When compared with swiped sites, areas managed by prescribed burning resulted in: better habitat condition (assessed by CSM); higher cover of heathers; lower bracken cover; more areas of bare ground. We found no evidence that burning is detrimental for the investigated components of biodiversity. Cutting by swiping did not replicate the benefits of burning. Swiping supported grassland conditions that suit non-heathland species. Baling resulted in habitat conditions similar to prescribed burning but restricted replication of baled sites limited our conclusions. However, swiped sites supported high invertebrate abundance and diversity, including food resources for Dartford Warbler and Nightjar.</p>
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