Smith, LouiseOliver, JeffryPlunkett, GillBritton, KateSchofield, JamesShepherd, Colin2025-02-132025-02-132025-02-01Smith, L, Oliver, J, Plunkett, G, Britton, K & Schofield, J 2025, Exploring the effects of post-medieval crofting on the modern hillside ecosystem : Vegetation history as cultural legacy. in C Shepherd (ed.), Cultural Landscapes of North-east Scotland : Collaborative Research in History and Archaeology. Oxbow Books, Oxford, pp. 147-159. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.24613924.17ISBN 979-8-88857-157-6ISBN 979-8-88857-158-3ORCID: /0000-0001-8751-6912/work/178268791ORCID: /0000-0003-0152-436X/work/180269248https://hdl.handle.net/2164/25042Acknowledgements I would like to thank my team of supervisors: Jeff Oliver, Gill Plunkett, Kate Britton, and J. Edward Schofield. Additionally, I would like to thank Jackie Cumberbirch, Forestry and Lands Scotland, and the Bailies of Bennachie for their help and guidance. Lastly I would like to acknowledge QUADRAT and NERC for funding my PhD project and the research for this chapter.141244981engHistorical ecologyvegetation historycroftingnineteenth centuryUplandsvegetation surveyCC ArchaeologyCCBook item10.2307/jj.24613924.17