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Citizen science promotes knowledge, skills and collective action to monitor and protect freshwater streams.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Gönner, J. von & Masson, T. & Köhler, S. & Fritsche, I. & Bonn, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Citizen science has great potential to foster ecological knowledge, skills and collective action for biodiversity conservation. To date, however, ther...

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Spring-fed wetland and riparian plant communities respond differently to altered grazing intensity.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Jackson, R. D. & Allen-Diaz, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spring-fed wetlands are nested within California's oak savanna-annual grassland, which is considered a non-equilibrium-type system because it shows li...

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Meadow pipits, red grouse and the habitat characteristics of managed grouse moors.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Smith, A. A. & Redpath, S. M. & Campbell, S. T. & Thirgood, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance of meadow pipits (Anthus pratensis) appears to be a good indicator of the breeding density of hen harriers (Circus cyaneus) on moorland ...

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Valuing the cultural services from urban blue-space ecosystems in Japanese megacities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Jo, T. & Sato, M. & Minamoto, T. & Ushimaru, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The COVID-19 pandemic is an outstanding global threat for both human health and well-being. Under the pandemic, green spaces are known to mitigate the...

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Keep your distance: using Instagram posts to evaluate the risk of anthroponotic disease transmission in gorilla ecotourism.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: Hamme, G. van & Svensson, M. S. & Morcatty, T. Q. & Nekaris, K. A. I. & Nijman, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei trekking is a substantial source of revenue for the conservation of this threatened primate and its habitat...

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England's statutory biodiversity metric enhances plant, but not bird nor butterfly, biodiversity.

Published online: 07 Nov 2024

Authors: Marshall, C. A. M. & Wade, K. & Kendall, I. S. & Porcher, H. & Poffley, J. & Bladon, A. J. & Dicks, L. V. & Treweek, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity net gain is a policy focus worldwide, acknowledging ongoing losses of biodiversity to development, and a commitment to offsetting any res...

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Disease, predation and demography: assessing the impacts of bovine tuberculosis on African buffalo by monitoring at individual and population levels.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Cross, P. C. & Heisey, D. M. & Bowers, J. A. & Hay, C. T. & Wolhuter, J. & Buss, P. & Hofmeyr, M. & Michel, A. L. & Bengis, R. G. & Bird, T. L. F. & Toit, J. T. du & Getz, W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the effects of disease is critical to determining appropriate management responses, but estimating those effects in wildlife species is ...

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Direct and indirect effects of the most widely implemented Dutch agri-environment schemes on breeding waders.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Verhulst, J. & Kleijn, D. & Berendse, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the Netherlands, agri-environment schemes are an important tool for halting the ongoing decline of meadow birds and, in particular, waders breeding...

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Accounting for food web dynamics when assessing the impact of mesopredator control on declining prey populations.

Published online: 08 Mar 2021

Authors: Henden, J. A. & Ehrich, D. & Soininen, E. M. & Ims, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing populations of mesopredators are suspected to cause declines in vulnerable wildlife to the extent that mesopredator decimation actions (cul...

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What informs human-nature connection? An exploration of factors in the context of urban park visitors and wildlife.

Published online: 25 Mar 2024

Authors: Hursh, S. H. & Perry, E. & Drake, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Human-nature connection (HNC) is a concept derived from investigating the formulation and extent of an individual's identification with the natural wo...

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