Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank four groups of people for their support in the course of this project. First, we thank the steering group and reporting officer for their helpful advice throughout and for the frank and useful discussions at the various meetings. Second, we thank those key informants who responded to the request for advice in the initial scoping. Third, Kathy Johnston and Ellie Mackay of the Scottish Government Rural and Environment Analytical Services are thanked for their assistance with the maps. Finally, we would like to thank all those who attended the stakeholder workshop and gave freely of their time and ideas or who gave comments by other means.