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Will agri-environment schemes deliver substantial biodiversity gain, and if not why not?

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Whittingham, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One of the main aims of agri-environment schemes (AES) is to increase biodiversity on farmland. Common conservation practice is to identify areas cont...

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Identifying land management approaches which deliver for both people and nature.

Published online: 26 Feb 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Balfour, N. J. & Durrant, R. & Ely, A. & Sandom, C. J.

Content type: Blog

This paper presents the results of studies conducted to identify management strategies to help inform how ecosystems should be restored in areas of hi...

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Albania's agriculture sector: concise assessment (2017).

Published online: 17 Jan 2018

Authors: Lerman, Z.

Content type: Bulletin

The purpose of this note is to provide a concise assessment of the developments in Albania's agriculture since the end of the communist era and to hig...

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Dispersion statistics and sample size estimates for monitoring mite populations in commercial apple orchards.

Published online: 24 Dec 1992

Authors: Pringle, K. L. & Giliomee, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sample size estimates for monitoring population densities of Tetranychus urticae and Panonychus ulmi in apple orchards in South Africa were derived fr...

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Target the pathways to scale out climate-smart agricultural technologies to farming communities.

Published online: 16 Jan 2019

Authors: Mwongera, C. & Mwungu, C. & Läderach, P. & Acosta, M. & Ampaire, E. & Eitzinger, A. & Lamanna, C. & Shikuku, K. & Twyman, J. & Winowiecki, L.

Content type: Miscellaneous

The process of getting climate-smart agricultural (CSA) interventions and practices to farmers is just as important as the interventions and practices...

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The need for management of nature conservation sites designated under Natura 2000.

Published online: 08 Jul 1999

Authors: Ostermann, O. P.

Content type: Conference paper; Journal article

The Natura 2000 Network will consist of sites designated by the Member States of the European Union, under the Habitats and Birds Directives. Many of ...

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Facts and figures CAP greening.

Published online: 20 Sep 2017

Authors: Doorn, A. van & Smidt, R.

Content type: Bulletin

The adapted Common Agricultural Policy started in 2015 with changes to direct income support for farmers. Only if sufficient 'greening' activities are...

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Flower strips, organic management or small-scale farming: which benefits pollinator abundance, richness and reproduction most?

Published online: 05 Nov 2020

Authors: Geppert, C.

Content type: Blog

This paper presents the results of studies conducted to evaluate the effects of landscape-scale mean arable field size and local management (flower st...

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Effects of agricultural intensification on plant diversity in Mediterranean dryland cereal fields.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: José-María, L. & Armengot, L. & Blanco-Moreno, J. M. & Bassa, M. & Xavier Sans, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification, at field and landscape scales, has caused a decrease in weed richness and changes in species composition. In order to pr...

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A place based development of organic farming to tackle water pollution problems.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Vincent, A. & Fleury, P.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Organic farming (OF) appears as a potential solution to water pollutions problems because its regulations forbids the use of chemical fertilisers and ...

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