Planting for the Future: How Woodland Creation Can Boost Bird Biodiversity—Slowly

Restoring native woodlands within agricultural landscapes has become a central strategy for addressing biodiversity loss and climate change. Yet, ensuring such efforts are both ecologically effective and economically viable remains a pressing challenge. In a recent study, Dobson et al. (2025) integrate ecological and economic modeling to evaluate how varying woodland planting strategies influence woodland bird populations in England over a century-long timeframe.