This Nature Networks Evidence Handbook report is published by Natural England under the pen Government Licence – OGLv3.0 for public sector information.
Citation: Crick, H. Q. P., Crosher, I. E., Mainstone, C. P., Taylor S. D., Wharton, A., Langford, P., Larwood, J., Lusardi, J., Appleton, D., Brotherton, P. N. M., Duffield, S. J. & Macgregor N. A. (2020) Nature Networks Evidence Handbook. Natural England Research Report NERR081. Natural England, York.
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Acknowledgements
This handbook has benefitted from many inputs during the course of its creation, and we would like
to thank our colleagues in Natural England: Ian Alexander, Isabel Alonso, Chris Bolton, Andy Brown,
Eleanor Brown, Corrie Bruemmer, Gary Charlton, Susan Clark, Christina Cork, Jonathan Cox, Alistair
Crowle, Iain Diack, Helen Doran, Allan Drewitt, Jeff Edwards, Dawn Enright, Wanda Fojt, Emma
Goldberg, Mike Grace, Paul Green, Phil Grice, James Grischeff, Clare Howe, Richard Jefferson,
Joanne Keegan, Ben le Bas, Brian McDonald, Edel McGurk, Michael Morecroft, Andrew Nisbet,
Stuart Pasley, Colin Prosser, Frances Randerson, Sue Rees, Tony Robinson, Matthew Shepherd,
Tim Sunderland, Orlando Venn, Wilbert van Vliet, Ruth Waters, Jon Webb, Nick White, Richard
Wilson, Jane Wright, Richard Wright, as well as members of the Natural England Science Advisory
Committee (Andy Clements, Joe Horwood, Maggie Roe, Janet Hooke, Keith Kirby, Richard Bradbury,
Lynn Crowe, Mariecia Fraser & Piran White). Comments and help from colleagues outside Natural
England were also very helpful: Colin Beale, Paul Bellamy, Jenny Hodgson, Steve Palmer, Bob
Smith and Kevin Watts.