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Assessing the production impacts of a large-scale conversion to organic farming in England and Wales.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Smith, L. & Jones, P. & Williams, A. & Kirk, G.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

This paper explores the implications for food production and land use of a 100% conversion to organic farming in England and Wales. The analysis uses ...

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Successional changes in the arthropod fauna of a new ley pasture established on previously cultivated arable land.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Purvis, G. & Curry, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in the arthropod fauna of a newly established ley pasture in the Irish Republic were monitored in soil and vegetation. Soil and foliage commun...

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Foraging habitat preferences of vespertilionid bats in Britain.

Published online: 21 Oct 1996

Authors: Walsh, A. L. & Harris, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The selection of foraging habitats by vespertilionid bats in Britain was quantified using a stratified sample of 1030 1-km squares. Quantitative analy...

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A review of the use of organic manures on lowland grassland pastures in the UK.

Published online: 20 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Chalmers, A. & Kirkham, F. & McLaren, R. & Smith, K. & Downie, L. & Goodlass, G.

Content type: Reports

This review discusses the use of organic manures on lowland grassland pastures in the UK. This review covers a range of topics, including: (1) current...

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Homogenization of lepidopteran communities in intensively cultivated agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Ekroos, J. & Heliölä, J. & Kuussaari, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landscape simplification and habitat fragmentation may cause severe declines of less mobile and habitat specialist species and lead to biotic homogeni...

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Response to agriculture by a woodland species depends on cover type and behavioural state: insights from resident and dispersing Iberian lynx.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Gastón, A. & Blázquez-Cabrera, S. & Garrote, G. & Mateo-Sánchez, M. C. & Beier, P. & Simón, M. A. & Saura, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation biology faces the challenge of ensuring species persistence in increasingly modified landscapes. Agriculture covers a large proportion of...

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Changing the fallow paradigm: a win-win strategy for the post-2020 common agricultural policy to halt farmland bird declines.

Published online: 28 Jul 2020

Authors: Tarjuelo, R. & Margalida, A. & Mougeot, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmland bird populations have declined sharply due to agricultural intensification. In Europe, these negative population trends have been linked to t...

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Differential responses to weather and land-cover conditions explain spatial variation in winter abundance trends in a migratory bird of conservation concern.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: Schindler, A. R. & Fox, A. D. & Wikle, C. K. & Ballard, B. M. & Walsh, A. J. & Kelly, S. B. A. & Weegman, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effective conservation strategies for animal populations require knowledge of relationships between population dynamics and their environmental driver...

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Managing ecosystems in the context of climate change mitigation: a review of current knowledge and recommendations to support ecosystem-based mitigation actions that look beyond terrestrial forests.

Published online: 25 Jan 2017

Authors: Epple, C. & García Rangel, S. & Jenkins, M. & Guth, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Ecosystem management can play an important role in climate change mitigation and adaptation if current practices are evaluated and improved to move to...

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How to design multifunctional landscapes?

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Garibaldi, L. A. & Zermoglio, P. F. & Jobbágy, E. G. & Andreoni, L. & Urbina, A. O. de & Grass, I. & Oddi, F. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expansion of homogeneous landscapes has been a major driver of biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation. There is an urgent need for...

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