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The potential of citizen science to transform science: lessons for a sustainable future.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Austen, K. & Janssen, A. & Wittmayer, J. M. & Hölker, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Globally, environmental crises are at a critical point. Findings from scientific research are crucial to understand these issues and to inform new pol...

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Connection to nature.

Published online: 09 Aug 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Seers, H. & Mughal, R. & Chatterjee, H.

Content type: Reports

This summary focuses on people's connection to nature (CTN), distinct from mere contact with nature. CTN involves an emotional bond with the natural w...

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Comparative foraging behaviour and associated energetics of impala and blesbok.

Published online: 16 Dec 1986

Authors: Klein, D. R. & Fairall, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field studies were caried out at 3 locations in South Africa to compare the lifestyles of impala (Aepyceros melampus melampus) and blesbok (Damaliscus...

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'I want you to want me': how owners value cats' choices has implications for cat containment.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Ovenden, K. & Bassett, I. & Sumner, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Globally, cats are a common companion animal. Allowing companion cats to roam away from home can have negative impacts on native wildlife and cat welf...

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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on human-nature interactions: pathways, evidence and implications.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Soga, M. & Evans, M. J. & Cox, D. T. C. & Gaston, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the global response have dramatically changed people's lifestyles in much of the world. These major changes, a...

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The nature gaze: eye-tracking experiment reveals well-being benefits derived from directing visual attention towards elements of nature.

Published online: 07 Nov 2024

Authors: Fleming, W. & Rizowy, B. & Shwartz, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The urban lifestyle has a profound effect on mental health, contributing significantly to the challenges faced by people who reside in urban areas. Gr...

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Do you have a tree Friend? -Human-tree relationships in Finland.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Vainio, K. & Korrensalo, A. & Takala, T. & Räsänen, A. & Lummaa, K. & Tuittila, E. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Trees are natural objects that carry practical, cultural and spiritual meanings to humans. Trees are an elemental part of human daily life, both in ur...

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Sand dynamics in coastal dune landscapes constrain diversity and life-history characteristics of spiders.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Bonte, D. & Lens, L. & Maelfait, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In fragmented landscapes where natural disturbance acts at the local level, community composition can be altered either by 'species-by-species matchin...

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Urban versus rural? The effects of residential status on species identification skills and connection to nature.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Bashan, D. & Colléony, A. & Shwartz, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Urbanization and urban lifestyles increasingly disconnect people from nature in a process that was termed the 'extinction of experience'. This loss of...

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Factors influencing nature interactions vary between cities and types of nature interactions.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: Oh RuiYing [Oh, R. Y. R.] & Fielding, K. S. & Nghiem, T. P. le & Chang ChiaChen & Shanahan, D. F. & Gaston, K. J. & Carrasco, R. L. & Fuller, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

1. There is mounting concern that people living more urbanised, modern lifestyles have fewer and lower quality interactions with nature, and therefore...

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