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Will agri-environment schemes deliver substantial biodiversity gain, and if not why not?

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Whittingham, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One of the main aims of agri-environment schemes (AES) is to increase biodiversity on farmland. Common conservation practice is to identify areas cont...

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Synchrony - an emergent property of recreational fisheries.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Kaemingk, M. A. & Chizinski, C. J. & Hurley, K. L. & Pope, K. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recreational fisheries are traditionally managed at local scales, but more effective management could be achieved using a cross-scale approach. To do ...

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Measuring the impact of conservation campaigns: the case of sea turtle consumption in São Tomé.

Published online: 13 Nov 2020

Authors: Thomas-Walters, L. & Vieira, S. & Jiménez, V. & Monteiro, D. & Ferreira, B. & Smith, R. J. & Verissomo, D.

Content type: Blog

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a campaign to persuade people in São Tomé and Principe in Central Africa to stop eating sea turtle meat and ...

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Treat or threat? The Tilapia issue in the Amazonia of Ecuador.

Published online: 30 Jul 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Santafe-Troncosoa, V. & Loring, P. A.

Content type: Blog

This article contributes to streams of knowledge related to biocultural diversity, food tourism and the cultural impacts of introduced species. Specif...

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Perception and appreciation of plant biodiversity among experts and laypeople.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Breitschopf, E. & Bråthen, K. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Plant biodiversity, which is fundamental for the delivery of ecosystem services, is in decline. Yet, knowledge about how plant biodiversity is perceiv...

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Quantifying variance components in ecological models based on expert opinion.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Czembor, C. A. & Morris, W. K. & Wintle, B. A. & Vesk, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Expert opinion is often relied on to build ecological models when empirical data are absent. Despite widespread use, expert models often ignore uncert...

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Beyond taxonomy: a review of macroinvertebrate trait-based community descriptors as tools for freshwater biomonitoring.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Menezes, S. & Baird, D. J. & Soares, A. M. V. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species traits have been frequently used in ecological studies in an attempt to develop a general ecological framework linking biological communities ...

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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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The effects on butterfly abundance of the management of uncropped edges of arable fields.

Published online: 12 Mar 1997

Authors: Feber, R. E. & Smith, H. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance and species richness of butterflies [Rhopalocera] on expanded-width uncropped arable field edges, which were subject to 10 contrasting, ...

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Density dependence only affects increase rates in baleen whale populations at high abundance levels.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Authors: Kanaji, Y. & Williams, R. & Zerbini, A. N. & Branch, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most baleen whale populations are increasing after the end of industrial whaling, but their recovery patterns challenge long-standing assumptions abou...

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