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Play biotopes put into practice-creating synergies between children and nature.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Hedblom, M. & Mårtensson, F. & Sang, Å. O. & Wiström, B. & Litsmark, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Global urbanisation reduces greenery and species richness (biodiversity) and limits opportunities for most children to gain experiences of nature. Dis...

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Teaching, learning and play in the outdoors: a survey of provision in Scotland in 2022.

Published online: 25 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Mannion, G. & Ramjan, C. & McBicol, S. & Sowerby, M. & Lambert, P.

Content type: Reports

This report provides an in-depth picture on outdoor teaching, learning and play provisions in early years and in primary schools in Scotland in 2022, ...

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Fungi in ecosystems.

Published online: 03 Sep 1972

Authors: Harley, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In this presidential address to the British Ecological Society, 5 Jan. 1971, the roles played by fungi in terrestrial ecosystems are discussed with re...

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A response from the British Ecological Society to the Glover Review on Designated Landscapes - December 2018.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: White paper

This paper presents the response from the British Ecological Society to the Glover Review on Designated Landscapes, addressing questions on the follow...

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The educational value of virtual ecologies in Red Dead Redemption 2.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Crowley, E. J. & Silk, M. J. & Crowley, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Playing video games is often perceived as the antithesis of engaging with, and learning about, the natural world. Nevertheless, there is growing recog...

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Globalisation and pollinators: pollinator declines are an economic threat to global food systems.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Murphy, J. T. & Breeze, T. D. & Willcox, B. & Kavanagh, S. & Stout, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Trade in animal-pollinated crops plays an important role in global food systems: in many low-income countries, export of pollinated crops such as coff...

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Impacts of oil well drilling and operating noise on abundance and productivity of grassland songbirds.

Published online: 24 Feb 2022

Authors: Rosa, P. & Koper, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthropogenic noise from natural resource extraction may negatively impact many species, particularly those reliant on acoustic communication. To comp...

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Biodiversity and ecosystem services in forest ecosystems: a research agenda for applied forest ecology.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Mori, A. S. & Lertzman, K. P. & Gustafsson, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Given the substantial contributions of forest biodiversity and ecosystem services to society, forest sciences have a large potential to contribute to ...

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A review of existing and potential blue carbon contributions to climate change mitigation in the anthropocene.

Published online: 20 Sep 2022

Authors: Gao Guang & Beardall, J. & Jin Peng & Gao Lin & Xie ShuYu & Gao KunShan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The atmospheric concentration of CO2 is steadily increasing and causing climate change. To achieve the Paris 1.5 or 2°C target, negative emission tech...

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Age-dependent habitat relationships of a burned forest specialist emphasise the role of pyrodiversity in fire management.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Stillman, A. N. & Siegel, R. B. & Wilkerson, R. L. & Johnson, M. & Tingley, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variation in fire characteristics, termed pyrodiversity, plays an important role in structuring post-fire communities, but little is known about the i...

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