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Desert locust outbreaks in the Sahel: resource competition, predation and ecological effects of pest control.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Sánchez-Zapata, J. A. & Donázar, J. A. & Delgado, A. & Forero, M. G. & Ceballos, O. & Hiraldo, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The desert locust Schistocerca gregaria has been considered a major pest since ancient times, as locust swarms holding millions of insects move throug...

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Past human-induced ecological legacies as a driver of modern Amazonian resilience.

Published online: 11 Dec 2023

Authors: McMichael, C. N. H. & Bush, M. B. & Jiménez, J. C. & Gosling, W. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

People have modified landscapes throughout the Holocene (the last c. 11,700 years) by modifying soils, burning forests, cultivating and domesticating ...

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Private and civic actions as distinct types of individual engagement for transforming the exotic pet trade.

Published online: 12 Oct 2023

Authors: Naito, R. & Zhao JiaYing & Naidoo, R. & Chan, K. M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

In the pathway toward environmental sustainability, it is important that we understand how individuals can make a difference through diverse types of ...

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Categorisation of cats: managing boundary felids in Aotearoa New Zealand and Britain.

Published online: 12 Oct 2023

Authors: Palmer, A. & Thomas, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Management of domestic and wild animals is an integral part of conservation and is often based on how an animal is categorised. For example, feral cat...

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Elucidating human-nature connectedness in three EU countries: a pro-environmental behaviour perspective.

Published online: 12 Oct 2023

Authors: Mikusiński, G. & Elbakidze, M. & Orlikowska, E. H. & Skaltsa, I. G. & Żmihorski, M. & Iwińska, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Strengthening positive human-nature relationships is seen as a way to more pro-environmental behaviour and leads to a greater environmental sustainabi...

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Adoption and potential of agri-environmental schemes in Europe: cross-regional evidence from interviews with farmers.

Published online: 13 Oct 2023

Authors: Bartkowski, B. & Beckmann, M. & Bednář, M. & Biffi, S. & Domingo-Marimon, C. & Mesaroš, M. & Schüßler, C. & Šarapatka, B. & Tarčak, S. & Václavík, T. & Ziv, G. & Wittstock, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

In Europe and elsewhere, agri-environmental schemes (AES) are designed to reduce agriculture's impacts on the environment. Designing effective schemes...

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The physiology of grass production under grazing. 2. Photosynthesis, crop growth and animal intake of continuously-grazed swards.

Published online: 02 Feb 1984

Authors: Parsons, A. J. & Leafe, E. L. & Collett, B. & Penning, P. D. & Lewis, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Measurements were made to determine the balance between photosynthesis, animal intake and the losses of matter in swards maintained by 'lenient' conti...

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Spreading agricultural good practices: multidimensional benefits observed in Kampong Thom, Cambodia.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Meunier, F. & Heylen, C. & Peeters, A. & Ek, S. & Neang, M. & Hean, S. & Peanh, S.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Agriculture is the traditional mainstay of the Cambodian economy, accounting for almost 90% of GDP and employing around 85% of the work force. Agricul...

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Collective management of cultivated biodiversity initiatives supporting an agro-ecological transition toward organic 3.0.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Rey, F. & Hazard, L.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Seed control is a food sovereignty issue. Following the almost complete transfer of seed management to the private sector in France, in the last fifty...

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Native palms and trees mediate drought impacts on dry neotropical pastures.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Hernández-Salmerón, I. R. & Delconte, V. & Hoeflaken, J. van & Solorio-Sánchez, F. J. & Holmgren, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dry forests are the most threatened biome across the global tropics. Despite their massive conversion into agricultural landscapes, local farmers ofte...

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