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Popular press portrayal of issues surrounding free-roaming domestic cats Felis catus.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Gow, E. A. & Burant, J. B. & Sutton, A. O. & Freeman, N. E. & Grahame, E. R. M. & Fuirst, M. & Sorensen, M. C. & Knight, S. M. & Clyde, H. E. & Quarrell, N. J. & Wilcox, A. A. E. & Chicalo, R. & Drunen, S. G. van & Shiffman, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Domestic cats Felis catus have a complex and contentious history. They fill multiple societal roles (e.g. as pest controllers and companion animals), ...

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Modelling ecological niches with support vector machines.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Drake, J. M. & Randin, C. & Guisan, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ecological niche is a fundamental biological concept. Modelling species' niches is central to numerous ecological applications, including predicti...

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Can heavy metal pollution induce soil bacterial community resistance to antibiotics in boreal forests?

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Rabow, S. & Soares, M. & Rousk, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The emergence of microbial antibiotic resistance is a central threat to global health, food security, and development. It has been shown that heavy me...

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Transforming freshwater politics through metaphors: struggles over ecosystem health, legal personhood, and invasive species in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Tadaki, M. & Clapcott, J. & Holmes, R. & MacNeil, C. & Young, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Metaphor, defined as the linguistic substitution of one phenomenon for another, is ubiquitous in environmental science and policy. In science, when us...

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Wildlife as sentinels of compliance with law: an example with GPS-tagged scavengers and sanitary regulations.

Published online: 19 Feb 2024

Authors: Mateo-Tomás, P. & Rodríguez-Pérez, J. & Fernández-García, M. & García, E. J. & Valente e Santos, J. P. & Gutiérrez, I. & Olea, P. P. & Rodríguez-Moreno, B. & López-Bao, J. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

en Monitoring compliance with environmental laws is essential to overcoming possible implementation shortfalls jeopardizing their effectiveness. Besid...

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Pluralizing environmental values for urban planning: how to uncover the diversity of imaginaries about socio-natures from Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country, Spain).

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Neidig, J. & Anguelovski, I. & Lliso, B. & Pascual, U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Cities have pushed forward re-naturing initiatives in local planning agendas. Discourses and rationales for such interventions tend to follow instrume...

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Communities in ecosystem restoration: the role of inclusive values and local elites' narrative innovations.

Published online: 06 Nov 2024

Authors: Dai HuXuan & Zhu ZiYun & Trachung, B. & Golog, D. & Riley, M. & Lü Zhi & Li Li

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Ecosystem restoration practices are gaining prominence in coping with the crisis of ecosystem degradation. To improve the long-term effectiveness of r...

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Forecasting tillage and soil warming effects on earthworm populations.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Johnston, A. S. A. & Sibly, R. M. & Thorbek, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Healthy soils are crucial for sustainable food production, but tillage limits the biological regulation of essential ecosystem services. Better unders...

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Diverse forest management strategies support functionally and temporally distinct bee communities.

Published online: 05 Mar 2024

Authors: Chase, M. H. & Charles, B. & Harmon-Threatt, A. & Fraterrigo, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forests worldwide support insect biodiversity and the ecosystem services provided by insects such as pollination. As forest health declines, managemen...

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Bat Earned Recognition Monitoring and Evaluation Report: Assessment and Accreditation and Licensing.

Published online: 10 Jan 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Sherwood, M. & Bellini, L. & Murray, S.

Content type: Reports

The Bat Earned Recognition (BER) pilot programme was developed in March 2021 in partnership between Natural England, the Chartered Institute of Ecolog...

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