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As research projects go, Pounds 60,000 from 바카라사이트 Leverhulme Trust seems somewhat generous for a three-year investigation of what rabbits do in long grass.

But 바카라사이트 Scottish Agricultural College believes that studying 바카라사이트 influence of rabbits on set-aside land may throw light on 바카라사이트 critical issue of 바카라사이트 consequences of leaving large areas of former agricultural land uncropped.

Guthrie Paterson, dean of SAC's Aberdeen centre of studies, said 바카라사이트 project was tackling an issue of great importance both to 바카라사이트 farming community and to conservationists.

"This project isn't just about rabbits, it's about people's hopes that we can revert to natural countryside," said Martin Ford of SAC's land resources department, who will head 바카라사이트 project.

"An optimist might think that set-aside will allow us to get back to an idyllic prewar landscape with lots of different plants. But land set aside from intensive agriculture isn't like that, and it will have to be carefully managed if it is to return to 바카라사이트 conservationists' ideal.

"Meanwhile, we suspect that one of 바카라사이트 most dominant influences on this post-agricultural vegetation is grazing by rabbits. If we are going to get our own conservation techniques right, we have to find out what 바카라사이트 rabbits are up to."