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Standards for ecologically successful river restoration.

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Palmer, M. A. & Bernhardt, E. S. & Allan, J. D. & Lake, P. S. & Alexander, G. & Brooks, S. & Carr, J. & Clayton, S. & Dahm, C. N. & Shah, J. F. & Galat, D. L. & Loss, S. G. & Goodwin, P. & Hart, D. D. & Hassett, B. & Jenkinson, R. & Kondolf, G. M. & Lave, R. & Meyer, J. L. & O'Donnell, T. K. & Pagano, L. & Sudduth, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasingly, river managers are turning from hard engineering solutions to ecologically based restoration activities in order to improve degraded wat...

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Peatland carbon finance scoping study.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Tribe, N. & Drake, D. & Isaac, D. & Scholz, E. M. & Worfolk, C.

Content type: Reports

Peat soils in England store a vast quantity of organic material that has the potential to emit greenhouse gases (GHG) (HMG. 2021c). Emissions from deg...

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Changes in breeding success and abundance of ground-nesting moorland birds in relation to the experimental deployment of legal predator control.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Fletcher, K. & Aebischer, N. J. & Baines, D. & Foster, R. & Hoodless, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An 8-year-field experiment on moorland in northern England manipulated the abundance of legally controllable predators whilst maintaining consistent h...

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Farmstead modernization adversely affects farmland birds.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Šálek, M. & Mayer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmland biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate and various conservation measures have been implemented to reverse this negative trend. Farmste...

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Species wood density and the location of planted seedlings drive early-stage seedling survival during tropical forest restoration.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Charles, L. S. & Dwyer, J. M. & Smith, T. J. & Connors, S. & Marschner, P. & Mayfield, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The success of restoration projects is known to vary widely, with outcomes relating to numerous biotic and abiotic factors. Though many studies have e...

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Targeted policy proposals for managing spontaneous forest expansion in the Mediterranean.

Published online: 05 Jan 2021

Authors: Varela, E. & Pulido, F. & Moreno, G. & Zavala, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent forest expansion in Euro-Mediterranean countries predominantly results from secondary succession in abandoned farmland, rather than from artifi...

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Cost-efficiency of biodiversity indicators for Mediterranean ecosystems and the effects of socio-economic factors.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Mandelik, Y. & Roll, U. & Fleischer, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity assessments usually rely on indicators as surrogates for direct measures. Although the ecological validity of indicators has been extensi...

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Review of climate screening approaches and tools for agricultural investment: areas for action and opportunities to add value.

Published online: 06 Dec 2017

Authors: Brown, D. R.

Content type: Bulletin

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Climate Risk Management Flagship aims to enable the transition tow...

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Allocating community-level payments for ecosystem services: initial experiences from a REDD pilot in Tanzania.

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Robinson, E. J. Z. & Albers, H. J. & Lokina, R. B. & Meshack, C.

Content type: Bulletin

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) typically reward landowners for managing their land to provide ecosystem services that would not otherwise be pr...

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The costs of delivering environmental outcomes with land sharing and land sparing.

Published online: 09 Mar 2023

Authors: Collas, L. & Sourd, R. C. D. & Finch, T. & Green, R. & Hanley, N. & Balmford, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The biodiversity and climate crises demand ambitious policies lowering the environmental impacts of farming. Most current interventions incentivise so...

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