Woodland habitat
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The woodland advice has been prepared by Forest Research for the Woodland Ecosystem Group of the Scottish Biodiversity Forum. The work has been funded and managed by Scottish Natural Heritage with assistance from Forestry Commission Scotland and they jointly steered the project.
We have aligned the description of woodland habitats to the habitat structures which have been recorded in the Native Woodlands Survey of Scotland, 
a major project being carried out by Forestry Commission Scotland. This will allow users of the NWSS to identify where potential habitat exists for priority species in native woodlands, which should have great advantages eg for land managers in planning for their woodlands, and for strategic planning for particular species. A further phase of work could be developed to allow users to link easily to both NWSS data and species distribution maps to identify the distribution of a species and suitable habitat features.
Woodland habiat types
There are seven different native woodland types, and two plantation types; these all have distinctive species which live in the ecological niche or micro habitat. Find out how best to manage each type of woodland to benefit the species that live there and that could live there.
SRDP funding is available for many of the management actions recommended here - for more information see SRDP or other sources of funding