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Assessment of compensatory measures for impacts of offshore windfarms on seabirds.

Published online: 23 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: McGregor, R. & Trinder, M. & Goodship, N.

Content type: Reports

This study reviewed the available literature for potential compensation measures for nine qualifying features of eight Special Protection Areas (SPAs)...

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Effect of summer moisture stress on the capacity of tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) to compensate for defoliation by cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Cox, C. S. & McEvoy, P. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

S. jacobaea plants were grown under different irrigation regimes to assess the effect of summer moisture stress on their capacity to compensate for de...

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Resource limitation of compensatory responses in ecosystem processes after biodiversity loss.

Published online: 08 Dec 2024

Authors: Hiddink, J. G. & Davies, T. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity loss may result in the decline in important ecosystem processes. The effect of biodiversity loss on ecosystem functioning is determined b...

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Payoff of the grain for green policy.

Published online: 28 Dec 2020

Authors: Cao ShiXiong & Xia ChengQi & Xian JunLi & Guo Hao & Zheng HeRan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To protect the global ecological environment and prevent threats to human safety and property, nations around the world have invested heavily in ecolo...

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The solutions to the brent goose problem: an economic analysis.

Published online: 14 Jan 1995

Authors: Vickery, J. A. & Watkinson, A. R. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Five possible solutions to the problem of over-wintering brent geese (Branta bernicla) grazing on farmers' crops in the UK are described: maintaining ...

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Creating patches of native flowers facilitates crop pollination in large agricultural fields: mango as a case study.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Carvalheiro, L. G. & Seymour, C. L. & Nicolson, S. W. & Veldtman, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As cropland increases, fields become progressively isolated from pollinators, leading to declines in pollinator-dependent crop productivity. With the ...

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Farmers' perspectives on payments for watershed services in Uganda.

Published online: 24 Jan 2019

Authors: Geussens, K. & Broeck, G. van den & Vanderhaegen, K. & Verbist, B. & Maertens, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Payments for watershed services (PWS) is a market based policy tool that is increasingly being recommended for effective and sustainable management of...

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Compensatory response of maturing corn kernels following simulated damage by birds.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Woronecki, P. P. & Stehn, R. A. & Dolbeer, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study was made to measure compensatory growth responses and to estimate losses associated with bird damage to maturing maize. Maize grains contained...

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Environmental reserve quotas in Brazil's new forest legislation: an ex ante appraisal.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: May, P. H. & Bernasconi, P. & Wunder, S. & Lubowski, R.

Content type: Bulletin

The Brazilian Forest Code (FC) requires all private rural properties to maintain a fixed proportion of their area in natural vegetation as a legal res...

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Fishing for aphids: the exploitation of a natural population.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Charnov, E. & Frazer, B. D. & Gilbert, N. & Raworth, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A field experiment on lucerne in British Columbia in which populations of Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) were harvested at various rates is described an...

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