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The value of forests: Payments for Ecosystem Services in a green economy.

Published online: 23 Mar 2016

Content type: Bulletin

Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) describes the situation where the user of an environmental service, such as water purification, pays the landown...

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Assessing the ecological status of candidate reference lakes in Ireland using palaeolimnology.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Leira, M. & Jordan, P. & Taylor, D. & Dalton, C. & Bennion, H. & Rose, N. & Irvine, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that member states establish type-specific reference conditions for all waterbodies, ...

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Influence of livestock grazing on range condition in south-west Masailand, Northern Tanzania.

Published online: 16 Jan 1993

Authors: Mwalyosi, R. B. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Range condition was assessed in a semiarid 2265 km2 area of Tanzania grazed by cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys and a range of game wildlife. Primary pro...

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Microsite availability and establishment of native species on degraded and reclaimed sites.

Published online: 05 Nov 2003

Authors: Elmarsdottir, A. & Aradottir, A. L. & Trlica, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of native plant communities on previously disturbed land requires the identification and modification of environmental factors that impede...

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Responses of Leymus arenarius to nutrients: improvement of seed production and seedling establishment for land reclamation.

Published online: 09 Jan 1998

Authors: Greipsson, S. & Davy, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Iceland has vast areas of mobile sand resulting from volcanic glacier bursts and erosion. Seeds of the coastal, dune-building grass Leymus arenarius a...

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Effects of human shoreline development on littoral macroinvertebrates in lowland lakes.

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Brauns, M. & Garcia, X. F. & Walz, N. & Pusch, M. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The shores of many lakes have been substantially altered by human developments such as erosion control structures or recreational beaches. Such altera...

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A spatially explicit assessment of the vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate change in the Union of the Comoros.

Published online: 09 Aug 2017

Authors: Bourgoin, C. & Parker, L. & Martínez-Valle, A. & Mwongera, C. & Läderach, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Located between Mozambique and Madagascar, the Union of the Comoros is one of the most poor countries of the world. Its very high dependence on the ag...

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Destruction of wetland habitats by lesser snow geese: a keystone species on the west coast of Hudson Bay.

Published online: 29 Apr 1990

Authors: Kerbes, R. H. & Kotanen, P. M. & Jefferies, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The numbers and distribution of lesser snow-geese (Chen caerulescens) and their effects on plant communities were studied in a 40 × 200 km area roughl...

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Different roles of Core and noncore bacterial taxa in maintaining soil multinutrient cycling and microbial network stability in arid fertigation agroecosystems.

Published online: 09 Oct 2022

Authors: Ye ZhenCheng & Wang Jie & Li Jing & Liu GuoBin & Dong Qin'ge & Zou YuFeng & Chau HenryWai & Zhang Chao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Microbes play an essential role in soil biogeochemical processes and maintenance of soil nutrients, but not all microbial taxa contribute equally, and...

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Benchmarking eleven biodiversity indicators based on environmental DNA surveys: more diverse functional traits and evolutionary lineages inside marine reserves.

Published online: 13 Mar 2023

Authors: Dalongeville, A. & Boulanger, E. & Marques, V. & Charbonnel, E. & Hartmann, V. & Santoni, M. C. & Deter, J. & Valentini, A. & Lenfant, P. & Boissery, P. & Dejean, T. & Velez, L. & Pichot, F. & Sanchez, L. & Arnal, V. & Bockel, T. & Delaruelle, G. & Holon, F. & Milhau, T. & Romant, L. & Manel, S. & Mouillot, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To mitigate the ongoing threats to coastal ecosystems, and the biodiversity erosion they are causing, marine-protected areas (MPAs) have emerged as po...

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