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How can ecologists help realise the potential of payments for carbon in tropical forest countries?

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Baker, T. R. & Jones, J. P. G. & Thompson, O. R. R. & Román Cuesta, R. M. & Castillo, D. del & Chan Aguilar, I. & Torres, J. & Healey, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is great interest among policy makers in the potential of carbon-based payments for ecosystem services (PES) to reduce carbon emissions from def...

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Linking agricultural policies to population trends of Swedish farmland birds in different agricultural regions.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Wretenberg, J. & Lindström, Å. & Svensson, S. & Pärt, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The widespread declines of farmland birds have generally been linked to agricultural intensification. We tested the hypotheses that (i) changes in agr...

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Habitat manipulation in lucerne Medicago sativa: arthropod population dynamics in harvested and 'refuge' crop strips.

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: Hossain, Z. & Gurr, G. M. & Wratten, S. D. & Raman, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. In order to realize the full potential of natural enemies in integrated pest management, it is necessary to understand their population dynamics, p...

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Isotopic investigation of denitrification in a riparian ecosystem in western France.

Published online: 04 Feb 2004

Authors: Clément, J. C. & Holmes, R. M. & Peterson, B. J. & Pinay, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Nitrogen (N) loss from agricultural fields and urban areas to stream and groundwaters is a world-wide environmental problem. Excessive nitrogen loadin...

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Short-term trends in great ape density in a community-based conservation area in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Published online: 30 Oct 2024

Authors: Hoek, Y. van der & Perre, F. van de & Fastré, C. & Kirkpatrick, L. & Ngobobo, U. & Tokunda, R. & Binyinyi, E. & Stoinski, T. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) constitute a biodiversity hotspot and provide habitat to two globally threatened great a...

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More grazing, more damage? Assessed yield loss on agricultural grassland relates nonlinearly to goose grazing pressure.

Published online: 08 May 2023

Authors: Buitendijk, N. H. & Jager, M. de & Hornman, M. & Kruckenberg, H. & Kölzsch, A. & Moonen, S. & Nolet, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In recent decades, conflict between geese and agriculture has increased. Management practices to limit this conflict include concentrating geese in pr...

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Controls over the strength and timing of fire-grazer interactions in a semi-arid rangeland.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Augustine, D. J. & Derner, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The degree to which large herbivores select and forage within recently burned areas is a key driver of vegetation heterogeneity in rangeland ecosystem...

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Carnivore conservation in practice: replicated management actions on a large spatial scale.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Angerbjörn, A. & Eide, N. E. & Dalén, L. & Elmhagen, B. & Hellström, P. & Ims, R. A. & Killengreen, S. & Landa, A. & Meijer, T. & Mela, M. & Niemimaa, J. & Norén, K. & Tannerfeldt, M. & Yoccoz, N. G. & Henttonen, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

More than a quarter of the world's carnivores are threatened, often due to multiple and complex causes. Considerable research efforts are devoted to r...

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Spatio-temporal overlap between Yellowstone bison and elk - implications of wolf restoration and other factors for brucellosis transmission risk.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Proffitt, K. M. & White, P. J. & Garrott, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, bison Bison bison and elk Cervus canadensis nelsoni act as hosts for Brucella abortus. The presence of B. abortu...

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The effects of forestry on golden eagles on the island of Mull, western Scotland.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Whitfield, D. P. & McLeod, D. R. A. & Fielding, A. H. & Broad, R. A. & Evans, R. J. & Haworth, P. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The afforestation of previously open habitats continues to involve conservation organizations in assessing effects on important species. We investigat...

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