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Embracing the wisdom in everyday practice can help ecologists produce usable knowledge.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: West, S. & Beilin, R. & Wagenaar, H.

Content type: Blog

To do a good job of resolving some dilemmas, ecologists have to draw on a range of additional skills. These include building tangible experience of th...

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What are the forthcoming legislative issues of interest to ecologists and conservationists in 2019?

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Sutherland, W. J. & Burke, E. & Clements, A. & Costelloe, B. & Martin, J. & Mitchell, C. & Monk, K. A. & Bieberstein, K. R. von & Thompson, des B. A.

Content type: Bulletin article

This paper covers the ninth assessment of the forthcoming legislation that are considered likely to have consequences for ecologists or the environmen...

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Contrasting approaches to statistical regression in ecology and economics.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Armsworth, P. R. & Gaston, K. J. & Hanley, N. D. & Ruffell, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation and natural resource management challenges are as much social problems as biological ones. In recognition of this fact, ecologists and ec...

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How can ecologists help realise the potential of payments for carbon in tropical forest countries?

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Baker, T. R. & Jones, J. P. G. & Thompson, O. R. R. & Román Cuesta, R. M. & Castillo, D. del & Chan Aguilar, I. & Torres, J. & Healey, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is great interest among policy makers in the potential of carbon-based payments for ecosystem services (PES) to reduce carbon emissions from def...

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What are the forthcoming legislative issues of interest to ecologists and conservationists in 2017?

Published online: 20 Jul 2020

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Sutherland, W. J. & Burke, E. & Clements, A. & Connor, B. & Martin, J. & Mitchell, C. & Monk, K. A. & Bieberstein, K. R. von & Thompson, D. B. A.

Content type: Bulletin article

This paper covers our seventh assessment of the forthcoming legislation that we consider to have likely consequences for the environment or for ecolog...

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Phylogenetic ecology and the greening of cities.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: MacIvor, J. S. & Cadotte, M. W. & Livingstone, S. W. & Lundholm, J. T. & Yasui, S. L. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecologists are increasingly involved in city-making, especially in the development of green infrastructure and other designed plant communities. Plant...

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Links between community ecology theory and ecological restoration are on the rise.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Wainwright, C. E. & Staples, T. L. & Charles, L. S. & Flanagan, T. C. & Lai HaoRan & Loy XingWen & Reynolds, V. A. & Mayfield, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Community ecology is frequently invoked as complementary to and useful for guiding ecological restoration. While the conceptual literature is devoted ...

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Barriers to building wildlife-inclusive cities: insights from the deliberations of urban ecologists, urban planners and landscape designers.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Kay, C. A. M. & Rohnke, A. T. & Sander, H. A. & Stankowich, T. & Fidino, M. & Murray, M. H. & Lewis, J. S. & Taves, I. & Lehrer, E. W. & Zellmer, A. J. & Schell, C. J. & Magle, S. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Cities are seen as quintessentially human; however, because they can offer viable habitat to many plants, animals and other forms of life, cities are ...

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Guides to better science: interdisciplinary research.

Published online: 06 Jul 2022

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Cole, L. & Davies, A.

Content type: Educational material

This guide distils the main challenges that an ecologist might face when embarking on an interdisciplinary research project for the first time. While ...

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Simplified procedures for routine soil analyses.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Tomlinson, P. R. & Beckett, P. H. T. & Bannister, P. & Marsden, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A schedule of simplified procedures for soil analysis is presented which enables over 100 prepared soil samples to be analysed for soluble salts, carb...

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