Search

All content is free for everyone to browse, read and share. You’ll find journal articles and non-peer reviewed grey literature. Type keywords into the search box or Use the filtering options below to browse the content.

Filter by...

Showing 127 results

Field Studies Guidance Note: Introduction to Taxonomy [version 1].

Published online: 23 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Asaw, D. & Brown, K. D. & Watts, O.

Content type: Educational material

This guidance note defines taxonomy, presents its history, and explains taxonomic ranks, groups of relatedness and the naming of organisms.

Read more

Integrating socio-economics and ecology: a taxonomy of quantitative methods and a review of their use in agro-ecology.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Cooke, I. R. & Queenborough, S. A. & Mattison, E. H. A. & Bailey, A. P. & Sandars, D. L. & Graves, A. R. & Morris, J. & Atkinson, P. W. & Trawick, P. & Freckleton, R. P. & Watkinson, A. R. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Answering many of the critical questions in conservation, development and environmental management requires integrating the social and natural science...

Read more

FSC tomorrow's Biodiversity the Shifting Paradigm of Biological Identification. Report for the FSC Tomorrow's Biodiversity project.

Published online: 07 Jul 2020

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Burkmar, R.

Content type: Reports

This report briefly reviews the impact of the computer revolution on taxonomy and systematics in general and, in particular, on biological recording i...

Read more

Special Profile: Integrating ecology and the social sciences.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Philipson, J. & Lowe, P. & Bullock, J. M.

Content type: Journal issue

This special issue contains 10 papers providing information on the integration between ecology and social sciences. Topics covered include: contrastin...

Read more

Beyond taxonomy: a review of macroinvertebrate trait-based community descriptors as tools for freshwater biomonitoring.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Menezes, S. & Baird, D. J. & Soares, A. M. V. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species traits have been frequently used in ecological studies in an attempt to develop a general ecological framework linking biological communities ...

Read more

6th International Conference of Rodent Biology and Management and 16th Rodens et Spatium, Potsdam, Germany, 3-7 September, 2018. Book of Abstracts.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Jacob, J. & Eccard, J.

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

The joint meeting of the 6th International Conference of Rodent Biology and Management (ICRBM) and the 16th Rodens et Spatium (R&S) conference was...

Read more

Contemporary authorship guidelines fail to recognize diverse contributions in conservation science research.

Published online: 07 Jul 2021

Authors: Cooke, S. J. & Nguyen, V. M. & Young, N. & Reid, A. J. & Roche, D. G. & Bennett, N. J. & Rytwinski, T. & Bennett, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Authorship should acknowledge and reward those deserving of such credit. Moreover, being an author on a paper also means that one assumes ownership...

Read more

Using, and generating, evidence to improve conservation translocations.

Published online: 28 Apr 2021

Published by: Evidence in Conservation Teaching Initiative

Authors: Dalrymple, S. E. & McNeill, M. & Branwood, H. & Bellis, J.

Content type: Educational material

This paper describes the evidences in conservation teaching initiative. The paper presents an introduction to translocation for conservation, its defi...

Read more

Benthic assemblages in Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds MCZ: Comparisons among different types of terrain.

Published online: 06 Jan 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Jackson, A. & Watson, D. & Spray, R.

Content type: Reports

This is a report to Natural England (NE) about the distribution of seabed habitats in the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds Marine Conservation Zone (CSCB MCZ) ...

Read more

Conservation and biological monitoring of tropical forests: the role of parataxonomists.

Published online: 24 Mar 2004

Authors: Basset, Y. & Novotny, V. & Miller, S. E. & Weiblen, G. D. & Missa, O. & Stewart, A. J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The demise of tropical rain forests will lead to a large-scale extinction of genetic diversity, particularly of arthropods. Curtailing these trends mi...

Read more