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Spatial and temporal patterns of Best Management Practice implementation in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, 1985-2014.

Published online: 25 Sep 2019

Authors: Sekellick, A. J. & Devereux, O. H. & Keisman, J. L. D. & Sweeney, J. S. & Blomquist, J. D.

Content type: Bulletin

Efforts to restore water quality in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries often include extensive Best Management Practice (BMP) implementation on agricu...

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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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Spatial relationships between intensive land cover and residual plant species diversity in temperate farmed landscapes.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Smart, S. M. & Marrs, R. H. & Duc, M. G. le & Thompson, K. & Bunce, R. G. H. & Firbank, L. G. & Rossall, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In temperate farmed landscapes conservation policies increasingly emphasize large-scale reductions in land-use intensity. Yet despite a managed revers...

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Diet diversity and pesticide risk mediate the negative effects of land use change on solitary bee offspring production.

Published online: 13 Feb 2021

Authors: Centrella, M. & Russo, L. & Ramírez, N. M. & Eitzer, B. & Dyke, M. van & Danforth, B. & Poveda, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Threats to bee pollinators such as land use change, high pesticide risk and reduced floral diet diversity are usually assessed independently, even tho...

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Measuring disturbance in tropical forests: a critique of the use of species-abundance models and indicator measures in general.

Published online: 08 Oct 1998

Authors: Watt, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Methods of assessing tropical forest disturbance are discussed, and it is argued that the use of species-abundance models to assess whether a forest i...

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Combining species distribution models and value of information analysis for spatial allocation of conservation resources.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Raymond, C. V. & McCune, J. L. & Rosner-Katz, H. & Chadès, I. & Schuster, R. & Gilbert, B. & Bennett, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managers often have incomplete information to make decisions about threatened species management, and lack the time or funding needed to obtain comple...

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Areas of outstanding nineteenth century beauty: historic landscape characterisation analysis of protected areas in England.

Published online: 29 Mar 2023

Authors: Stratigos, M. J. & Ward, C. & Hatfield, J. H. & Finch, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Establishing and expanding protected areas (PAs) has become a key conservation tool in efforts to halt global declines in biodiversity. Given the ubiq...

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Transition zones across agricultural field boundaries for integrated landscape research and management of biodiversity and yields.

Published online: 02 Jul 2022

Authors: Kernecker, M. & Fienitz, M. & Nendel, C. & Pätzig, M. & Pirhoferwalzl, K. & Raatz, L. & Schmidt, M. & Wulf, M. & Zscheischler, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Biodiversity conservation and agricultural production have been largely framed as separate goals for landscapes in the discourse on land use. Although...

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Farmers' land-use decision-making: a dynamical modelling approach that integrates qualitative knowledge about social norms into a quantitative model.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Vortkamp, I. & Hilker, F. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The concept of the homo oeconomicus is often used to model human behaviour in economic contexts. However, other factors like tradition or the preferen...

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Land use type, forest cover and forest edges modulate avian cross-habitat spillover.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Boesing, A. L. & Nichols, E. & Metzger, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Natural habitats adjacent to agricultural areas are often considered sources of species that provide beneficial regulating ecosystem services through ...

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