Andrea Britton an ecologist at The James Hutton Institute asks hillwalkers to help with important research. Everyone who enjoys Scotland’s Munros already knows that our spectacular mountain landscapes are home to some amazing wildlife: from majestic Golden Eagles and enigmatic Mountain Hares through to the multi-coloured carpets of lichen and moss that thrive in what – to us as least – appear to be sometimes hostile habitats. But how much do we actually know about the life beneath our walking boots as we bag our next Munro? It’s a question that we ecologists at The James Hutton Institute have been…
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