Search

All content is free for everyone to browse, read and share. You’ll find journal articles and non-peer reviewed grey literature. Type keywords into the search box or Use the filtering options below to browse the content.

Filter by...

Showing 168 results

The bright green hotspot: outcomes of the Emerald Triangle Protected Forests Complex project, 2000-2016.

Published online: 23 May 2018

Content type: Bulletin

This report presents the encouraging results of a long-running project to improve transboundary management in the Emerald Triangle Protected Forests C...

Read more

Poetic inquiry to explore the relational values of a transforming peat landscape.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Heindorf, C. & Schüler, S. & Plieninger, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Restoring degraded peatlands is a promising strategy for mitigating carbon emissions. Large-scale landscape transformations, such as rewetting of land...

Read more

Chronic anthropogenic disturbance drives the biological impoverishment of the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Ribeiro, E. M. S. & Arroyo-Rodríguez, V. & Santos, B. A. & Tabarelli, M. & Leal, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In addition to acute transformations of ecosystems caused by deforestation, old-growth forests world-wide are being increasingly altered by low-intens...

Read more

Organic matter intake, diet digestibility and feeding behaviour of goats, red deer and South American camelids feeding on three contrasting Scottish vegetation communities.

Published online: 23 Jul 1997

Authors: Fraser, M. D. & Gordon, I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With changes in the agricultural policy for rural areas in the UK, there is increased pressure to develop management protocols for indigenous and sown...

Read more

Ecological, biophysical and production effects of incorporating rest into grazing regimes: a global meta-analysis.

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Authors: McDonald, S. E. & Lawrence, R. & Kendall, L. & Rader, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grazing can have considerable ecological impacts when managed inappropriately, however livestock production is a significant contributor to global foo...

Read more

Adaptive strategy biases in engineered ecosystems: implications for plant community dynamics and the provisioning of ecosystem services to people.

Published online: 04 Jan 2023

Authors: Krauss, L. & Rippy, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Plant communities in green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) such as biofilters play an integral role in ecosystem services provisioning, such that many...

Read more

Pathways to subsistence management in Alaska national parks: perspectives of harvesters and agency staff.

Published online: 04 Jan 2023

Authors: Green, K. M. & Beaudreau, A. H. & Lukin, M. K. & Ardoin, N. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Alaska Native peoples rely on harvest of animals and plants for cultural, nutritional, social and spiritual benefits. Contemporary management of these...

Read more

A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland.

Published online: 21 Dec 2020

Authors: Cole, L. J. & Kleijn, D. & Dicks, L. V. & Stout, J. C. & Potts, S. G. & Albrecht, M. & Balzan, M. V. & Bartomeus, I. & Bebeli, P. J. & Bevk, D. & Biesmeijer, J. C. & Chlebo, R. & Dautartė, A. & Emmanouil, N. & Hartfield, C. & Holland, J. M. & Holzschuh, A. & Knoben, N. T. J. & Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. & Mandelik, Y. & Panou, H. & Paxton, R. J. & Petanidou, T. & Carvalho, M. A. A. P. de & Rundlöf, M. & Sarthou, J. P. & Stavrinides, M. C. & Suso, M. J. & Szentgyörgyi, H. & Vaissière, B. E. & Varnava, A. & Vilà, M. & Zemeckis, R. & Scheper, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification and associated loss of high-quality habitats are key drivers of insect pollinator declines. With the aim of decreasing th...

Read more

Incorporating biodiversity conservation in Peruvian development - a history with different episodes.

Published online: 31 Aug 2016

Authors: Zinngrebe, Y.

Content type: Bulletin

Conservation movements in developing countries, such as Peru, arise in relation to predominant perceptions concerning development and progress. In the...

Read more

Beekeeping in, of or for the city? A socioecological perspective on urban apiculture.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Sponsler, D. B. & Bratman, E. Z.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The term 'urban beekeeping' connotes a host of meanings-sociopolitical, commercial, ecological and personal-beyond the mere description of where bees ...

Read more