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The role of wild palms in agroforestry systems in the Neotropics: a review.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Andrade, V. & Casas, A. & Balslev, H. & Mora, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Wild palms are among the most important plants in the Neotropics due to their wide distribution, species richness and cultural relevance for humans. I...

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Ecosystem services, well-being benefits and urbanization associations in a Small Island Developing State.

Published online: 30 Oct 2021

Authors: Lapointe, M. & Gurney, G. G. & Coulthard, S. & Cumming, G. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Urbanization is a key driver of social and environmental change world-wide. However, our understanding of its impacts on the multidimensional well-bei...

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Who knows, who cares? Untangling ecological knowledge and nature connection among Amazonian colonist farmers.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Mikołajczak, K. & Lees, A. C. & Barlow, J. & Sinclair, F. & Almeida, O. T. de & Souza, A. C. & Parry, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

1. Conservationists often assume that connection with and caring about nature's well-being is strongly linked to ecological knowledge. Existing eviden...

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Effects of customary egg harvest regimes on hatching success of a culturally important waterfowl species.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: Herse, M. R. & Tylianakis, J. M. & Scott, N. J. & Brown, D. & Cranwell, I. & Henry, J. & Pauling, C. & McIntosh, A. R. & Gormley, A. M. & Lyver, P. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

1. Customary harvests of wildlife underpin the livelihoods, cultural identities, well-being and ecological knowledge of many Indigenous peoples and lo...

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The spatial aggregation of organic farming in England and its underlying environmental correlates.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Gabriel, D. & Carver, S. J. & Durham, H. & Kunin, W. E. & Palmer, R. C. & Sait, S. M. & Stagl, S. & Benton, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Given the current debate on the global food crisis, conservation in Europe is expected to shift from maximizing biodiversity at the expense of yield t...

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Effects of tillage and irrigation in cereal fields on weed seed removal by seed predators.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Baraibar, B. & Westerman, P. R. & Carrión, E. & Recasens, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification can cause a huge increase in productivity. However, associated costs in terms of reduced, self-regulation and increased r...

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Pathways to subsistence management in Alaska national parks: perspectives of harvesters and agency staff.

Published online: 04 Jan 2023

Authors: Green, K. M. & Beaudreau, A. H. & Lukin, M. K. & Ardoin, N. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Alaska Native peoples rely on harvest of animals and plants for cultural, nutritional, social and spiritual benefits. Contemporary management of these...

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Ecosystem service multifunctionality of low-productivity forests and implications for conservation and management.

Published online: 25 Nov 2020

Authors: Jönsson, M. & Snäll, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Low-productivity forests are often the last remaining pristine forests in managed forest landscapes and typically overrepresented among protected fore...

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Human activities and biodiversity opportunities in pre-industrial cultural landscapes: relevance to conservation.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Fuller, R. J. & Williamson, T. & Barnes, G. & Dolman, P. M. & MacNally, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation practices in Europe frequently attempt to perpetuate or mimic the 'traditional' forms of management of semi-natural habitats, but with a ...

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Incorporating biodiversity conservation in Peruvian development - a history with different episodes.

Published online: 31 Aug 2016

Authors: Zinngrebe, Y.

Content type: Bulletin

Conservation movements in developing countries, such as Peru, arise in relation to predominant perceptions concerning development and progress. In the...

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