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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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Exploring restoration options for habitats, species and ecosystem services in the European Union.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Egoh, B. N. & Paracchini, M. L. & Zulian, G. & Schägner, J. P. & Bidoglio, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the European Union have set a target of restoring 15% of degraded ecosystems by 2020 with the aim of ...

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Forest fragments modulate the provision of multiple ecosystem services.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Mitchell, M. G. E. & Bennett, E. M. & Gonzalez, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural landscapes provide the essential ecosystem service of food to growing human populations; at the same time, agricultural expansion to incr...

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Towards the development of general rules describing landscape heterogeneity-multifunctionality relationships.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Plas, F. van der & Allan, E. & Fischer, M. & Alt, F. & Arndt, H. & Binkenstein, J. & Blaser, S. & Blüthgen, N. & Böhm, S. & Hölzel, N. & Klaus, V. H. & Kleinebecker, T. & Morris, K. & Oelmann, Y. & Prati, D. & Renner, S. C. & Rillig, M. C. & Schaefer, H. M. & Schloter, M. & Schmitt, B. & Schöning, I. & Schrumpf, M. & Solly, E. F. & Sorkau, E. & Steckel, J. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. (et al)

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rapid growth of the world's human population has increased pressure on landscapes to deliver high levels of multiple ecosystem services, including foo...

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Major uses of land in the United States, 2012.

Published online: 08 Nov 2017

Authors: Bigelow, D. P. & Borchers, A.

Content type: Bulletin

The United States has a total land area of about 2.3 billion acres. In 2012, the major land uses were grassland pasture and rangeland at 655 million a...

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Sámi knowledge and ecosystem-based adaptation strategies for managing pastures under threat from multiple land uses.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Hausner, V. H. & Engen, S. & Brattland, C. & Fauchald, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) relies upon the capacity of ecosystems to buffer communities against the adverse impacts of climate change. Maintaini...

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Exploring the ecological constraints to multiple ecosystem service delivery and biodiversity.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Maskell, L. C. & Crowe, A. & Dunbar, M. J. & Emmett, B. & Henrys, P. & Keith, A. M. & Norton, L. R. & Scholefield, P. & Clark, D. B. & Simpson, I. C. & Smart, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding and quantifying constraints to multiple ecosystem service delivery and biodiversity is vital for developing management strategies for cu...

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