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Managing Neotropical oil palm expansion to retain phylogenetic diversity.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Prescott, G. W. & Gilroy, J. J. & Haugaasen, T. & Uribe, C. A. M. & Foster, W. A. & Edwards, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expansion of tropical agriculture is a major driver of the extinction crisis. A key question is whether biodiversity losses can be minimized by re...

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Opportunities for support to system of rice intensification in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Aune, J. B. & Sekhar, N. U. & Esser, K. & Tesfai, M.

Content type: Bulletin

There is a great potential for increasing the production of rice in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi. Many of the constraints on rice production are simila...

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Participatory development of scaling plan as a part of low emission roadmap in rice production of Mekong River Delta.

Published online: 03 Jun 2020

Authors: Bui Tan Yen & Sander, B. O. & Nelson, K. & Vu Duong Quynh

Content type: Bulletin

Rice production in Vietnam emits approximately 13% of total GHGs of the country. It is a significant source of methane, but also fine-particulate matt...

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Flowering fields, organic farming and edge habitats promote diversity of plants and arthropods on arable land.

Published online: 19 Jun 2021

Authors: Gayer, C. & Berger, J. & Dieterich, M. & Gallé, R. & Reidl, K. & Witty, R. & Woodcock, B. A. & Batáry, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increased farming intensity led to massive declines across multiple farmland taxa. In Europe, measures introduced to counteract these losses include t...

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Identifying plant mixes for multiple ecosystem service provision in agricultural systems using ecological networks.

Published online: 24 Dec 2021

Authors: Windsor, F. M. & Tavella, J. & Rother, D. C. & Raimundo, R. L. G. & Devoto, M. & Guimarães, P. R., Jr. & Evans, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managing agricultural environments in a way that maximises the provision of multiple ecosystem services is a significant challenge in the development ...

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Central hypotheses for the third agroforestry paradigm within a common definition.

Published online: 18 Jan 2017

Authors: Noordwijk, M. van & Coe, R. & Sinclair, F.

Content type: Bulletin

In the four decades of its existence, agroforestry as a concept has been understood and defined in multiple ways, often referring to a specific system...

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Pollination by bats enhances both quality and yield of a major cash crop in Mexico.

Published online: 27 Aug 2020

Authors: Tremlett, C. J. & Moore, M. & Chapman, M. A. & Zamora-Gutierrez, V. & Peh, K. S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bats pollinate many plants of high socio-economic value, including the majority of columnar cacti (Cactaceae) in Mexico, which have been used by human...

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Impacts of polycultural cropping on crop yields and biodiversity: a systematic map protocol.

Published online: 26 Jul 2024

Authors: Martinez, D. A. & Gathorne-Hardy, A. & Smith, B. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Agriculture is currently the largest driver of biodiversity-loss worldwide. There is a critical need to develop agricultural systems that protect and ...

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Drivers and consequences of archetypical shifting cultivation transitions.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Martin, D. A. & Llopis, J. C. & Raveloaritiana, E. & Coomes, O. T. & Andriamihaja, O. R. & Bruun, T. B. & Heinimann, A. & Mertz, O. & Rakotonarivo, O. S. & Zaehringer, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Shifting cultivation remains an important land system in many tropical landscapes, but transitions away from shifting cultivation are increasingly com...

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Pollination services in a macadamia cultivar depend on across-orchard transport of cross pollen.

Published online: 14 Dec 2021

Authors: Kämper, W. & Trueman, S. J. & Ogbourne, S. M. & Wallace, H. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination services are critical in entomophilous crops. Relationships between pollinator visits and fruit set and mass are complex and optimal strat...

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