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Embracing the wisdom in everyday practice can help ecologists produce usable knowledge.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: West, S. & Beilin, R. & Wagenaar, H.

Content type: Blog

To do a good job of resolving some dilemmas, ecologists have to draw on a range of additional skills. These include building tangible experience of th...

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Does capacity building make resource-dependent communities more adaptive?

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Thiault, L. & Gelcich, S. & Cinner, J. E. & Tapia-Lewin, S. & Chlous, F. & Claudet, J.

Content type: Blog

In Chile, artisanal fishing communities are currently undermined by two key stressors: poaching and market forces. Forty-two of them were surveyed to ...

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From international to provincial nature policy. The implementation of international agreements on conservation and restauration of biodiversity at provincial level. A project of the province of Noord-Holland.

Published online: 26 Aug 2015

Authors: Schmidt, A. M. & Knegt, B. de

Content type: Bulletin

The implementation of international policies at national and provincial levels is described, based on the experience of the province of Noord-Holland,...

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Multi-layer safety in the Wadden Sea: possible measures in spatial planning and disaster management in view of climate change.

Published online: 17 Dec 2014

Authors: Klostermann, J. & Spijkerman, A. & Vreugdenhil, H. & Massop, H. & Timmerman, J. & Jaspers, F. & Maaskant, B.

Content type: Bulletin

In the National Water Plan the concept of multi-layer safety was introduced for sustainable water security. Within the concept of multi-layer safety t...

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The independent assessment of frost hardiness of excised laminae, excised roots and trimmed tillers of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea).

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Pearce, R. S. & McDonald, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Trimmed tillers, excised roots and excised laminae of tall fescue were subjected to various temp. down to -12 deg C for various exposure times and at ...

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Mycorrhizal infection in Pennine grassland. 1. Levels of infection in the field.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Sparling, G. P. & Tinker, P. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Roots collected from 3 contrasting types of permanent grassland in the Pennines were consistently infected by vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizal fu...

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The introduction of Neodusmetia sangwani (Rao) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) into Israel for the control of the rhodesgrass scale, Antonina graminis (Maskell) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Gerson, U. & Mescheloff, E. & Dubitzki, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Since indigenous natural enemies of Antonina graminis (Mask.) do not appear to control the pest in Israel. The hymenopterous parasite Neodusmetia sang...

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Diversity, complexity, stability and pest control.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Murdoch, W. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It should be possible to design agroecosystems to reduce the severity of insect pest problems. Ecological theory about stability should be relevant wh...

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Bush-control studies in the drier areas of Kenya. 2. An evaluation of the Holt IXa "bush breaker" in Tarchonanthus/ Acacia thicket.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Pratt, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effects were studied of machine-clearing of mature Tarchonanthus/Acacia thicket factorially combined with sowing 2.5 lb/ac of a seeds mixture mainly c...

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Ecotoxicology of copper and cadmium in a contaminated grassland ecosystem. I. Soil and vegetation contamination.

Published online: 01 Oct 1987

Authors: Hunter, B. A. & Johnson, M. S. & Thompsom, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Emissions of cadmium and copper from a metal refinery caused widespread contamination of soil and vegetation. Dispersal followed an exponential decay ...

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