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Many degraded ecosystems need active restoration to conserve biodiversity and re-establish ecosystem function, both highlighted targets of the UN Deca...

This monitoring report contains data acquired during a dedicated survey carried out at the Lundy Special Area of Conservation (SAC), a marine protecte...

Dominance of native or alien competitive plants causes competitive exclusion of subordinate species and represents a major mechanism reducing biodiver...

Despite concern about the effects of fragmentation on biodiversity, quantitative studies are still scarce with respect to many major groups and import...

Perennial bioenergy systems, such as switchgrass and restored prairies, are alternatives to commonly used annual monocultures such as maize. Perennial...

This report is one of a series of Marine Protected Area (MPA) monitoring reports delivered to Defra by the Marine Protected Areas Group (MPAG). The pu...

Conservation practices in Europe frequently attempt to perpetuate or mimic the 'traditional' forms of management of semi-natural habitats, but with a ...

Pesticides can have unintentional effects on non-target organisms and change biotic communities. Such changes might be particularly important in soil ...

In the temperate mixed oak forests of Central Europe, outbreaks of insects such as the spongy moth, Lymantria dispar, can cause severe defoliation and...

Progressive loss of productivity and plant diversity is a concern in global rangelands. In African rangelands, this process is partly attributed to he...