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Davy McCracken

  • Deputy Head of School, Knowledge Exchange & Innovation, Scotland's Rural College
  • Contributor, Freelance
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Deputy Head of School: KE & Innovation. Head Hill & Mountain Research Centre. Comments personal. Press & Journal columnist muckrack.com/davy-mccracken-1

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After completing my PhD on the feeding ecology of the red-billed chough in 1990, I first worked on an investigation into the relationships between moorland vegetation and upland invertebrates at the University of Newcastle.

I then moved to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) where I helped highlight the nature conservation importance of High Nature Value (HNV) farming systems throughout Europe.

I joined SRUC in 1995 and input to a wide variety of national and international projects …

Davy McCracken’s Journalist Portfolio

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Impact of forage types and breeds on net-zero

Impact of forage types and breeds on net-zero

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Nature calls on us to get out of deer-damage rut

Nature calls on us to get out of deer-damage rut

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Lessons in hill farming from the rice fields

Lessons in hill farming from the rice fields

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Data crucial to show value of upland farmers and crofters

Data crucial to show value of upland farmers and crofters

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Clean breeding helping cut methane emissions

Clean breeding helping cut methane emissions

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Enjoying a wild time to help boost biodiversity

Enjoying a wild time to help boost biodiversity

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Ecology & Society: Volume 28, Issue 2

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By Angela Lomba, Davy McCracken, Irina Herzon, Miriam Alvarado
| Ecology and Society
Skip to content Opens in a new window Opens an external site Opens an external site in a new window Synthesis Johanna Coenen, Gabi Sonderegger, Jens Newig, Patrick Meyfroidt, Edward Challies, Simon L. Bager, Louise M. Busck-Lumholt, Esteve Corbera, Cecilie Friis, Anna Frohn Pedersen, Perrine C.S.J. Laroche, Claudia Parra Paitan, Siyu Qin, Nicolas Roux, Julie G. Zaehringer
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Ecology & Society: Editorial: High Nature Value farming systems in Europe

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By Angela Lomba, Davy McCracken, Irina Herzon, Claire Bernard 
| Ecology and Society
Skip to content Opens in a new window Opens an external site Opens an external site in a new window Home > VOLUME 28 > ISSUE 2 > Article 20 Guest Editorial >×Details Citation The following is the established format for referencing this article: Lomba, A., D. McCracken, and I. Herzon. 2023. Editorial: High Nature Value farming systems in Europe. Ecology and Society 28(2):20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-14159-280220 Copyright and Permissions Copyright © by the author(s).
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Evaluating the efficacy of independent versus simultaneous management strategies to address ecological and genetic threats to population viability - Trask - - Journal of Applied Ecology - Wiley Online Library

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By Amanda Trask, Davy McCracken, Sarah R. Fenn, Eric M. Bignal
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Abstract Small, declining populations can face simultaneous, interacting, ecological and genetic threats to viability. Conservation management strategies designed to tackle such threats independently may then prove ineffective. Population viability analyses that evaluate the efficacy of management strategies implemented independently versus simultaneously are then essential to the design of effective management plans, yet such quantitative evaluations are typically lacking.
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How is social media changing news?

It is making it more immediate and informative - as long as those engaging are aware of the full facts surrounding any one issue

Who do you wish followed you?

Anyone with an interest in upland agricultural and environmental challenges. What we are doing on the SRUC farms is of global relevance.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Anytime, though I am usually more active on social media in early mornings and evenings

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