Acknowledgements
This study has been undertaken as part of the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative with the Deveron, Bogie and Isla Rivers Charitable Trust. Monitoring was undertaken by Dr Annie Robinson (University of Aberdeen). The study was formulated with essential input from Professor Rene van der Wal (then Professor of Ecology at the University of Aberdeen) and Dr Annie Robinson.
We are particularly grateful to Dan Gordon of Kirkside Farm and Roger Polson of Knock Farm, landowners of the Macduff and Auldtown trial sites, for their support, patience, hard work and commitment to this work. These trials could not have taken place and this guidance could not have been prepared without their cooperation and agreement.
The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative is a 5-year partnership project led by NatureScot and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and NatureScot.
Further Information
Further information on the Macduff Sheep grazing trial is available here
See also our Seedling Emergence Study investigating the timing of giant hogweed seedling emergence in Scotland
Contact: sisi@nature.scot