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Co-production of agroecological innovations to improve sustainability in South American fruit farms.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Silva, F. O. da & Arellano, E. C. & Viana, B. F. & Silva-Ferreira, V. & Oliveira-Rebouças, P. & Rojas-Arévalo, N. & Muñoz-Sáez, A. & Jimenez, V. P. & Zielonka, N. B. & Crowther, L. P. & Dicks, L. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Agricultural intensification and expansion are the main drivers of biodiversity loss that continue to increase this century, especially in South Ameri...

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Urban cultivation in allotments maintains soil qualities adversely affected by conventional agriculture.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Edmondson, J. L. & Davies, Z. G. & Gaston, K. J. & Leake, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern agriculture, in seeking to maximize yields to meet growing global food demand, has caused loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) and compaction, imp...

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A feeding guild indicator to assess environmental change impacts on marine ecosystem structure and functioning.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Thompson, M. S. A. & Pontalier, H. & Spence, M. A. & Pinnegar, J. K. & Greenstreet, S. P. R. & Moriarty, M. & Hélaouët, P. & Lynam, C. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Integrating food web indicators into ecological status assessments is central to developing effective management measures that can improve degraded ec...

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Agricultural practices for food safety threaten pest control services for fresh produce.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Karp, D. S. & Moses, R. & Gennet, S. & Jones, M. S. & Joseph, S. & M'Gonigle, L. K. & Ponisio, L. C. & Snyder, W. E. & Kremen, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over the past decade, several foodborne disease outbreaks provoked widespread reforms to the fresh produce industry. Subsequent concerns about wildlif...

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Managing climate risks and adapting to climate change in the agriculture sector in Nepal.

Published online: 27 Apr 2016

Authors: Selvaraju, R.

Content type: Miscellaneous

The agriculture sector plays a critical role in the Nepalese economy, contributing more than 33 percent to Nepal's gross domestic product and engaging...

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Gender differences in climate change risk, food security and adaptation: a study of rural households' reliance on agriculture and natural resources to sustain livelihoods.

Published online: 02 Nov 2016

Authors: Tibesigwa, B. & Visser, M. & Hunter, L. & Collinson, M. & Twine, W.

Content type: Bulletin

Climate and weather variability in sub-Saharan Africa disproportionately leave female-headed households food insecure. However, the extent and reasons...

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The long term agroecosystem research network - shared research strategy.

Published online: 10 Feb 2016

Authors: Steiner, J. L. & Strickland, T. & Kleinman, P. J. A. & Havstad, K. & Moorman, T. B. & Moran, M. S. & Heilman, P. & Bryant, R. B. & Huggins, D. & McCarty, G.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

While current weather patterns and rapidly accelerated changes in technology often focus attention on short-term trends in agriculture, the fundamenta...

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Agricultural impacts on the rural environment.

Published online: 01 Sep 1990

Authors: Green, B. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Post-war agriculture in Britain and the EEC, facilitated by new technology and state support, has been very successful in increasing food supplies to ...

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Creating desirable futures for nature: The Nature Futures Framework.

Published online: 10 Nov 2020

Authors: Pereira, L. & Davies, K. K. & Belder, E. den & Ferrier, S. & Karlsson-Vinkhuysen, S. & Kim, H. & Kuiper, J. J. & Okayasu, S. & Palomo, M. G. & Pereira, H. M. & Peterson, G. & Sathyapalan, J. & Schoolenberg, M. & Alkemade, R. & Ribeiro, S. C. & Greenaway, A. & Hauck, J. & King, N. & Lazarova, T. & Ravera, F. & Chettri, N. & Cheung, W. W. L. & Hendriks, R. J. J. & Kolomytsev, G. & Leadley, P. & Metzger, J. P. & Ninan, K. N. & Pichs, R. & Popp, A. & Rondinini, C. & Rosa, I. & Vuuren, D. van & Lundquist, C. J.

Content type: Blog

This paper describes the research process of developing the Nature Futures Framework (NFF) and how it is the starting point for a longer-term process ...

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Combatting plant diseases with ant chemicals: a review and meta-analysis.

Published online: 09 Feb 2022

Authors: Offenberg, J. & Jensen, I. C. & Hansen, R. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant diseases are a growing threat to plant production and food security. An accumulating number of studies show that ants and their bacterial symbio...

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