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Topic guide: water security and economic development.

Published online: 17 Jun 2015

Authors: Quick, T. & Winpenny, J.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Too little water (scarcity), too much water (flooding) and poor quality water (pollution) represent a risk to sustained economic growth. Evidence sugg...

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Effects of land use on plant diversity - a global meta-analysis.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Gerstner, K. & Dormann, C. F. & Stein, A. & Manceur, A. M. & Seppelt, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant diversity is globally threatened by anthropogenic land use including management and modification of the natural environment. At regional and loc...

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Cost-efficiency of biodiversity indicators for Mediterranean ecosystems and the effects of socio-economic factors.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Mandelik, Y. & Roll, U. & Fleischer, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity assessments usually rely on indicators as surrogates for direct measures. Although the ecological validity of indicators has been extensi...

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What explains property-level variation in avian diversity? An inter-disciplinary approach.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Dallimer, M. & Acs, S. & Hanley, N. & Wilson, P. & Gaston, K. J. & Armsworth, P. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern farmed landscapes have witnessed substantial losses in biodiversity principally driven by the ecological changes associated with agricultural i...

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Modelling environmental and socio-economic trade-offs associated with land-sparing and land-sharing approaches to oil palm expansion.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Lee SerHuay [Lee, S. H. J. ] & Garcia-Ulloa, J. & Ghazoul, J. & Obidzinski, K. & Koh LianPin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effectiveness of land-sharing and land-sparing approaches has been widely debated. Yet, few studies quantify the environmental and socio-economic ...

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Implementation resistance and the human dimensions of connectivity planning.

Published online: 16 Mar 2024

Authors: Williamson, M. A. & Parrott, L. & Carter, N. H. & Ford, A. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

1. Conserving species' ability to traverse the landscape is vital for maintaining biodiversity in the face of global change. Connectivity conservation...

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The perceived ecological and human well-being benefits of ecosystem restoration.

Published online: 17 Apr 2024

Authors: Jurjonas, M. & May, C. A. & Cardinale, B. & Kyriakakis, S. & Pearsall, D. R. & Doran, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Traditionally, ecosystem restoration has focussed on standard ecological indicators like water or habitat quality, species population abundance or veg...

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Recreational anglers in Norway report widespread dislike of invasive pink salmon.

Published online: 22 Mar 2024

Authors: Guay, J. D. & Lennox, R. J. & Thorstad, E. B. & Vollset, K. W. & Stensland, S. & Erkinaro, J. & Nguyen, V. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Pink salmon have returned to Norwegian rivers at high abundance in recent odd-numbered years (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023), presenting potential threats to...

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Plural valuation in southwestern Ethiopia: disaggregating values associated with ecosystems in a smallholder landscape.

Published online: 17 Apr 2024

Authors: Brück, M. & Schultner, J. & Birhanu Bekele Negash & Dadi Feyisa Damu & Abson, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Recognizing the diversity of preferences for, and values ascribed to, ecosystems in decision-making can help to realize more sustainable and equitable...

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A guide to modelling priorities for managing land-based impacts on coastal ecosystems.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Brown, C. J. & Jupiter, S. D. & Albert, S. & Anthony, K. R. N. & Hamilton, R. J. & Fredston-Hermann, A. & Halpern, B. S. & Lin HsienYung & Maina, J. & Mangubhai, S. & Mumby, P. J. & Possingham, H. P. & Saunders, M. I. & Tulloch, V. J. D. & Wenger, A. & Klein, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollution from land-based run-off threatens coastal ecosystems and the services they provide, detrimentally affecting the livelihoods of millions peop...

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