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When do citizen scientists record biodiversity? Non-random temporal patterns of recording effort and associated factors.

Published online: 22 Apr 2025

Authors: Rosário, I. T. & Tiago, P. & Chozas, S. & Capinha, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Citizen science data are increasingly used for ecological research, biodiversity conservation and monitoring. However, these data often present signif...

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Time budgets and foraging of breeding golden plover Pluvialis apricaria.

Published online: 22 Sep 2000

Authors: Whittingham, M. J. & Percival, S. M. & Brown, A. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The golden plover Pluvialis apricaria is of high conservation concern in Europe. Previous studies have concentrated on how birds utilize moorland. We ...

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The contribution of alternative habitats for conservation of plant species associated with threatened semi-natural grasslands.

Published online: 25 Oct 2022

Authors: Johansen, L. & Henriksen, M. V. & Wehn, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Conservation of species associated with semi-natural grasslands, a threatened habitat, is dependent on their ability to disperse between the few an...

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The Swiss agri-environment scheme enhances pollinator diversity and plant reproductive success in nearby intensively managed farmland.

Published online: 29 Aug 2007

Authors: Albrecht, M. & Duelli, P. & Müller, C. & Kleijn, D. & Schmid, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agri-environment schemes attempt to counteract the loss of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services such as pollination and natural pest control...

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The ecology of the Kafue lechwe: the food supply.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Rees, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in floristic composition were studied in 9 plant stands in the area utilized by lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) in Lochinvar National Park, Zam...

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Comparisons of understorey vegetation and soil fertility in plantations and adjacent natural forests in the Ethiopian highlands.

Published online: 21 Oct 1996

Authors: Michelsen, A. & Lisanework, N. & Friis, I. & Holst, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Herbaceous plant cover and biomass, species richness, and soil physical and chemical characteristics were analysed in 83 plantations and adjacent natu...

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Seeing beyond the frames we inherit: a challenge to tenacious conservation narratives.

Published online: 22 Mar 2024

Authors: Chignell, S. M. & Satterfield, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Natural and social scientists everywhere are struggling to understand how to proceed in the face of continued biodiversity loss and the injustices bro...

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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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Research on the benefits of nature to people: how much overlap is there in citations and terms for 'nature' across disciplines?

Published online: 19 Mar 2024

Authors: Howlett, K. & Turner, E. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Research on the diverse benefits of nature to people is characterised by a broad range of disciplines involved, encompassing a variety of approaches, ...

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A phylogenetic evaluation of non-random medicinal plants selection around an African biosphere reserve.

Published online: 16 Mar 2024

Authors: Moutouama, J. K. & Gaoue, O. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Theory in ethnobiology suggests that the selection of medicinal plants by local people in a given region is not random and evolutionary closely relate...

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