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Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee Stage 1 call for evidence. Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill. A response from the British Ecological Society Scottish Policy Group.

Published online: 22 May 2020

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: White paper

This paper presents the response of the British Ecological Society Scottish Policy Group Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee on the ...

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From taxonomic to functional dark diversity: exploring the causes of potential biodiversity and its implications for conservation.

Published online: 20 Apr 2022

Authors: Morel, L. & Jung, V. & Chollet, S. & Ysnel, F. & Barbe, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The conservation of natural habitats requires an accurate assessment of both their degradation and their potential for restoration. Among the tools av...

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Stakeholder priorities determine the impact of an alien tree invasion on ecosystem multifunctionality.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Linders, T. E. W. & Schaffner, U. & Alamirew, T. & Allan, E. & Choge, S. K. & Eschen, R. & Shiferaw, H. & Manning, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

While the ecological impact of environmental change drivers, such as alien plant invasions, is relatively well described, quantitative social-ecologic...

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Utilitarian redundancy, plant evolutionary history, and medicinal plant use patterns among the Shipibo-Konibo in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest.

Published online: 24 Aug 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: And, M. A. & Gaoue, O. G.

Content type: Blog

The research focuses on how the evolutionary relationship between medicinal plants may affect the therapeutic use, local preference and harvesting pra...

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Spatial isolation slows down directional plant functional group assembly in restored semi-natural grasslands.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Helsen, K. & Hermy, M. & Honnay, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration schemes often assume that after reinstating appropriate abiotic conditions, plant communities will assemble following a single ...

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Controlling invasive plant species in ecological restoration: a global review.

Published online: 13 Dec 2020

Authors: Weidlich, E. W. A. & Flórido, F. G. & Sorrini, T. B. & Brancalion, P. H. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive plant species can hinder the establishment and growth of native plants and impact several ecosystem properties, such as soil cover, nutrient ...

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Differing priorities explain why some people profit from an alien invader, while others lose out.

Published online: 27 Apr 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Linders, T. E. W. & Schaffner, U. & Alamirew, T. & Allan, E. & Choge, S. K. & Eschen, R. & Shiferaw, H. & Manning, P.

Content type: Blog

This paper describes the impact of the invasive tree, Prosopis juliflora, on the supply of ecosystem services. Prosopis significantly increased the su...

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An objective-based prioritization approach to support trophic complexity through ecological restoration species mixes.

Published online: 28 Feb 2022

Authors: Ladouceur, E. & McGowan, J. & Huber, P. & Possingham, H. & Scridel, D. & Klink, R. van & Poschlod, P. & Cornelissen, J. H. C. & Bonomi, C. & Jiménez-Alfaro, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reassembling ecological communities and rebuilding habitats through active restoration treatments require curating the selection of plant species to u...

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Contrasting spatial pattern and pattern-forming processes in natural vs. restored shrublands.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Miller, B. P. & Perry, G. L. W. & Enright, N. J. & Lamont, B. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variation in the spatial arrangement of plants can lead to differences in the rates and trajectories of change in the composition, structure and funct...

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Habitat preferences and survival in wildlife reintroductions: an ecological trap in reintroduced grey partridges.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Rantanen, E. M. & Buner, F. & Riordan, P. & Sotherton, N. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildlife reintroductions can help to restore populations and save species from extinction. However, success rates of reintroductions are low due to in...

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