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Forum theatre as a mechanism to explore representation of local people's values in environmental governance: a case of study from Chiapas, Mexico.

Published online: 09 Mar 2023

Authors: Olvera-Hernández, S. & Mesa-Jurado, M. A. & Novo, P. & Martin-Ortega, J. & Walsh, A. & Holmes, G. & Borchi, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Nature degradation, poverty and social discrimination are some of the consequences of unfair decision-making over environmental resources within rural...

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Towards a Science-Policy Dialogue for adapting agriculture to climate change in Senegal: Inventory of institutional and political actors.

Published online: 22 Apr 2015

Authors: Diouf, B. & Lo, H. M. & Dieye, B. & Sane, O. & Sarr, O. F.

Content type: Bulletin

Senegal benefited from the support of CCAFS West Africa program to implement National Dialogue Science Policy Platform on Adaptation of Agriculture an...

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Optimal planning of multi-day invasive species surveillance campaigns.

Published online: 02 Dec 2020

Authors: Yemshanov, D. & Haight, R. G. & MacQuarrie, C. J. K. & Koch, F. H. & Liu, N. & Venette, R. & Ryall, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Multi-day survey campaigns are critical for timely detection of biological invasions. We propose a new modelling approach that helps allocate survey i...

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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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Long-term impacts of variable retention harvesting on ground-layer plant communities in Pinus resinosa forests.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Roberts, M. W. & D'Amato, A. W. & Kern, C. C. & Palik, B. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Concerns about loss of biodiversity and structural complexity in managed forests have recently increased and led to the development of new management ...

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Rewetting prolongs root growing season in minerotrophic peatlands and mitigates negative drought effects.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Schwieger, S. & Kreyling, J. & Peters, B. & Gillert, A. & Lukas, U. F. von & Jurasinski, G. & Köhn, D. & Blume-Werry, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Root phenology influences the timing of plant resource acquisition and carbon fluxes into the soil. This is particularly important in fen peatlands...

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Proximity to natural habitat and flower plantings increases insect populations and pollination services in South African apple orchards.

Published online: 15 Dec 2021

Authors: Ratto, F. & Steward, P. & Sait, S. M. & Pryke, J. S. & Gaigher, R. & Samways, M. J. & Kunin, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Introducing areas of wildflower vegetation within crop fields has been shown to enhance pollinator activity and pollination services to crops, and fin...

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Shifts from complementarity to selection effects maintain high productivity in maize/legume intercropping systems.

Published online: 14 Dec 2021

Authors: Zhang WeiPing & Gao SaiNan & Li ZhaoXin & Xu HuaSen & Yang Hao & Yang Xin & Fan HongXia & Su Ye & Fornara, D. & Li Long

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Complementarity (CE) and selection effects (SE) have been either invoked to explain the positive diversity-productivity relationship in natural and se...

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Indirect effects mediate direct effects of climate warming on insect disturbance regimes of temperate broadleaf forests in the central U.S.

Published online: 24 Dec 2021

Authors: Duan ShengWu & He, H. S. & Spetich, M. A. & Wang, W. J. & Fraser, J. S. & Thompson, F. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate warming directly affects insect disturbance regimes by altering temperature-dependent population development. Indirect effects of climate chan...

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The effect of tapping for frankincense on sexual reproduction in Boswellia papyrifera.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Rijkers, T. & Ogbazghi, W. & Wessel, M. & Bongers, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the Horn of Africa, frankincense (an aromatic hardened wood resin) is obtained by tapping Boswellia papyrifera. World-wide, frankincense is of grea...

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