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Exploring autonomous and controlled motivations for nature contact to maximise health benefits.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Astell-Burt, T. & Navakatikyan, M. & White, M. P. & Feng XiaoQi

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Increasing evidence indicates contact with nature supports mental, physical and social health. However, beyond a widely reported number of barriers to...

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The behaviours of different carnivore and livestock species shape spatial patterns of human-carnivore conflict.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Kuiper, T. & Macdonald, D. & Sibanda, L. & Mathe, L. J. & Mahdlamoto, D. & Loveridge, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Understanding the ecological and human factors that shape the loss of livestock to wild carnivores can help target conservation efforts. We used 5 yea...

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The role of aphids in wood formation. I. The effect of the Sycamore aphid, Drepanosiphum platanoides (Schr.) (Aphididae), on the growth of Sycamore, Acer pseudoplatanus (L.).

Published online: 12 Nov 1970

Authors: Dixon, A. F. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field study in Scotland, two trees 10 m. high produced small leaves after heavy infestation with aphids during the spring, but the reduction in l...

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Do habitat characteristics influence predation on red grouse?

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Thirgood, S. J. & Redpath, S. M. & Campbell, S. & Smith, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Predation is not only an important ecological process in the population dynamics of red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus, but also has conservation imp...

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The effects of flooding and livestock on post-dispersal seed predation in river red gum habitats.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Meeson, N. & Robertson, A. I. & Jansen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rates of seed predation are influenced by conditions that alter seed supply and the activity of seed predators. In southern Australia the potential se...

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Soil seed banks and the effects of meadow management on vegetation change in a 10-year meadow field trial.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Smith, R. S. & Shiel, R. S. & Millward, D. & Corkhill, P. & Sanderson, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Enhancement of plant species diversity is often an objective in grassland management for wildlife conservation. Such management regimes may also chang...

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Restoration of species-rich grassland on arable land: assessing the limiting processes using a multi-site experiment.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Pywell, R. F. & Bullock, J. M. & Hopkins, A. & Walker, K. J. & Sparks, T. H. & Burke, M. J. W. & Peel, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification has resulted in the reduction and fragmentation of species-rich grasslands across much of western Europe. We examined the...

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People, predators and perceptions: patterns of livestock depredation by snow leopards and wolves.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Suryawanshi, K. R. & Bhatnagar, Y. V. & Redpath, S. & Charudutt Mishra

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Livestock depredation by large carnivores is an important conservation and economic concern and conservation management would benefit from a better un...

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Exploring the ecological constraints to multiple ecosystem service delivery and biodiversity.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Maskell, L. C. & Crowe, A. & Dunbar, M. J. & Emmett, B. & Henrys, P. & Keith, A. M. & Norton, L. R. & Scholefield, P. & Clark, D. B. & Simpson, I. C. & Smart, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding and quantifying constraints to multiple ecosystem service delivery and biodiversity is vital for developing management strategies for cu...

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Matrix modelling of prescribed burning in Calluna vulgaris-dominated moorland: short burning rotations minimize carbon loss at increased wildfire frequencies.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Allen, K. A. & Harris, M. P. K. & Marrs, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Moorlands store large amounts of carbon providing a valuable ecosystem service. In the UK, prescribed burning is often used to manage moorlands, which...

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