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Biocrust morphogroups provide an effective and rapid assessment tool for drylands.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Read, C. F. & Duncan, D. H. & Vesk, P. A. & Elith, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) occur across most of the world's drylands and are sensitive indicators of dryland degradation. Accounting for shift...

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A review of the current methods used to estimate the macroalgal standing stock in England and Wales.

Published online: 12 Oct 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Tillin, H. M. & Mason, E. & Jones, M. & Burrows, M. & Smale, D.

Content type: Reports

This report provides Natural England and Natural Resources Wales with a useful review and assessment of the tools and methods used to calculate macroa...

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Insurance for aquaculture and fishery adaptation to climate change: experiences from China and Viet Nam.

Published online: 07 Aug 2019

Authors: Pongthanapanich, T. & Kim Anh Nguyen & Yuan XinHua

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

The broad concept of insurance as a risk management tool and a climate change adaptation strategy in aquaculture and fishery has been widely accepted ...

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Creating desirable futures for nature: the Nature Futures Framework.

Published online: 27 Nov 2020

Authors: Pereira, L. M. & Davies, K. K. & Belder, E. den & Ferrier, S. & Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. & Kim, H. & Kuiper JanJ. & Okayasu, S. & Palomo, M. G. & Pereira, H. M. & Peterson, G. & Jyothis Sathyapalan & Schoolenberg, M. & Alkemade, R. & Ribeiro, S. C. & Greenaway, A. & Hauck, J. & King, N. & Lazarova, T. & Ravera, F. & Chettri, N. & Cheung, W. W. L. & Hendriks, R. J. J. & Kolomytsev, G. & Leadley, P. & Metzger, J. P. & Ninan, K. N. & Pichs, R. & Popp, A. & Rondinini, C. & Rosa, I. & Vuuren, D. van & Lundquist, C. J.

Content type: Blog

This paper addresses the question of how a new set of scenarios that respond to these needs can be developed. It outlines the systematic steps to deve...

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An introduction to evidence-based conservation (content tailored for research scientists).

Published online: 24 Feb 2021

Published by: Evidence in Conservation Teaching Initiative

Authors: Downey, H. & Amano, T. & Walsh, J.

Content type: Educational material

This paper focuses on the importance of scientific evidence (systematic reviews, systematic maps, summaries and decision support tools, among others) ...

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Comparing the accuracy and precision of smartphone and specialist handheld GNSS receivers for use in ecological fieldwork.

Published online: 20 Apr 2025

Authors: Osborne, A. & Mossman, H. & Caporn, S. & Coulthard, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Smartphones are handheld computers and multichannel communication devices that carry an array of sensors and can link with specialist external devices...

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Conservation translocations from the 'global reintroduction perspectives' series: disease and other biological problems.

Published online: 25 Oct 2022

Authors: Beckmann, K. M. & Soorae, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Conservation translocations, defined as population reinforcement, reintroduction, assisted colonization or ecological replacement, have become a po...

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Enabling regulatory frameworks for contract farming.

Published online: 31 Oct 2018

Authors: Viinikainen, T. & Caro, C. B.

Content type: Bulletin

FAO's previous contribution to the development of contract farming saw the publication in 2015 of the UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Contract Farmin...

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Restoration of plant diversity in permanent grassland by seeding: assessing the limiting factors along land-use gradients.

Published online: 02 Oct 2021

Authors: Freitag, M. & Klaus, V. H. & Bolliger, R. & Hamer, U. & Kleinebecker, T. & Prati, D. & Schäfer, D. & Hölzel, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land-use intensification has caused dramatic declines in grassland biodiversity, and in Europe this decline has not yet been halted. Therefore, a majo...

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A re-appraisal of Hartley's agrostological index.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Williams, W. T. & Burt, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Agrostological Index of Hartley, based on the native grasses of an area, was intended as a climatic index, but in the absence of the computational...

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