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The fate of land in expiring Conservation Reserve Program contracts, 2013-16.

Published online: 02 Apr 2020

Authors: Bigelow, D. & Claassen, R. & Hellerstein, D. & Breneman, V. & Williams, R. & You ChengXia

Content type: Bulletin

Voluntary retirement of cropland under the USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) provides numerous benefits related to soil erosion, water quality...

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Evaluation of the upland ecosystem service pilots: synthesis report.

Published online: 25 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Kirkup, B. & Lusardi, J.

Content type: Reports

This paper provides information on the early attempt to demonstrate how the ecosystem approach might be applied to practical land management scenarios...

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Supporting U.S. agricultural landscapes under changing conditions with agroforestry: an annotated bibliography.

Published online: 04 Oct 2018

Authors: Bentrup, G. & Cernusca, I. & Gold, M.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Agroforestry can reduce risks and promote sustainable agricultural production under shifting climate and weather extremes by (1) reducing threats and ...

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Prioritizing sites for ecological restoration based on ecosystem services.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Comín, F. A. & Miranda, B. & Sorando, R. & Felipe-Lucia, M. R. & Jiménez, J. J. & Navarro, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration ecology that maximizes ecosystem services (ES) requires planning at large spatial scales, which are often the most meaningful for ecosyste...

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A review of riverine ecosystem service quantification: research gaps and recommendations.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Hanna, D. E. L. & Tomscha, S. A. & Dallaire, C. O. & Bennett, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing demand for benefits provided by riverine ecosystems threatens their sustainable provision. The ecosystem service concept is a promising ave...

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Perceived services and disservices of natural treatment systems for urban stormwater: insight from the next generation of designers.

Published online: 01 Sep 2022

Authors: Rippy, M. A. & Pierce, G. & Feldman, D. & Winfrey, B. & Mehring, A. S. & Holden, P. A. & Ambrose, R. & Levin, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Natural treatment systems (NTS) for stormwater have the potential to provide a myriad of ecosystem services to society. Realizing this potential requi...

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A network approach for managing ecosystem services and improving food and nutrition security on smallholder farms.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Timberlake, T. P. & Cirtwill, A. R. & Baral, S. C. & Bhusal, D. R. & Kedar Devkota & Harris-Fry, H. A. & Kortsch, S. & Myers, S. S. & Roslin, T. & Saville, N. M. & Smith, M. R. & Strona, G. & Memmott, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Smallholder farmers are some of the poorest and most food insecure people on Earth. Their high nutritional and economic reliance on home-grown produce...

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Nature-reliant, low-income households face the highest rates of woody-plant encroachment in South Africa.

Published online: 09 Aug 2022

Authors: White, J. D. M. & Stevens, N. & Fisher, J. T. & Archibald, S. & Reynolds, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Woody-plant encroachment is an under-recognized consequence of land degradation. This phenomenon is common in rangeland ecosystems, where woody plants...

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Silviculture to restore oak woodlands.

Published online: 24 Feb 2016

Authors: Dey, D. C. & Schweitzer, C. J. & Kabrick, J. M.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Variability in historic fire regimes in eastern North America resulted in an array of oak savannas, woodlands and forests that were dominant vegetatio...

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Oak regeneration ecology and dynamics.

Published online: 04 Feb 2015

Authors: Dey, D. C.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

The regeneration potential of oak following a disturbance or harvest that initiates stand regeneration is determined largely by the size structure of ...

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