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Applying modern and ancient management principles to improve sustainability and profitability of organic sector at field level.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Sakthi Sivakumar

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Agricultural sector throughout the world is faced with more challenges at field level with rapid depletion of available resources. But the current dev...

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Scientific aspects of nature conservation in the United Kingdom.

Published online: 01 Sep 1990

Authors: Usher, M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation in the United Kingdom is divided between government organizations, and non-government organizations. Four areas of achievement are descri...

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The dark side of nature experience: typology, dynamics and implications of negative sensory interactions with nature.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Soga, M. & Gaston, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The human health benefits of direct sensory interactions with nature (hereafter direct human-nature interactions) are increasingly recognised. However...

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Management of natural tropical forests in the past and present and projections for the future.

Published online: 18 Mar 2015

Authors: Sist, P. & Pacheco, P. & Nasi, R. & Blaser, J.

Content type: Bulletin article

Considering the increasing areas covered by tropical disturbed forests, it is clear that future conservation of biodiversity and tropical forest ecosy...

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The fate of land in expiring Conservation Reserve Program contracts, 2013-16.

Published online: 02 Apr 2020

Authors: Bigelow, D. & Claassen, R. & Hellerstein, D. & Breneman, V. & Williams, R. & You ChengXia

Content type: Bulletin

Voluntary retirement of cropland under the USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) provides numerous benefits related to soil erosion, water quality...

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The economic impact of climate change on cash crop farms in Québec and Ontario.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: An, N. & Thomassin, P. J.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper examines the economic impact of alternative climate change scenarios on representative cash crop farms in Quebec and Ontario. Mixed Integer...

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The effect of weed distribution on predictions of yield loss.

Published online: 08 Dec 1990

Authors: Brain, P. & Cousens, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A statistical model is presented which explores the effects of weed patchiness on crop yield. Input data are a non-linear regression of yield versus w...

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Co-production of nature's contributions to people: what evidence is out there?

Published online: 22 Sep 2023

Authors: Kachler, J. & Isaac, R. & Martín-López, B. & Bonn, A. & Felipe-Lucia, M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Nature's contributions to people (NCP) rarely originate from nature alone. Often, only by joining natural capital with forms of anthropogenic capital,...

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Soil hydrological research of the Geelbroek area.

Published online: 23 Nov 2016

Authors: Vroon, H. R. J. & Kiestra, E.

Content type: Bulletin

Soil and groundwater data were collected between October 2013 and September 2014 in the Geelbroek area (396 ha) in the Drentse Aa watershed in the pro...

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NatureScot Research Report 1226 - Trapping feral pigs in corral traps and drop nets as possible population management tools - practical lessons and assessment of animal welfare in a pilot study.

Published online: 13 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Green, P.

Content type: Reports

This report updates on the management of wild boar/Eurasian wild pigs/feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in the UK, highlighting their increasing numbers and pot...

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