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Restoring an ecosystem unique in Europe: private-sector leverage for a land-use plan based on the restoration of biodiversity: lessons from "Opération Cossure", the first trial of an offset supply scheme in France.

Published online: 25 Jan 2017

Authors: Rouvière, L. & Thiévent, P.

Content type: Bulletin article

Located between the Rhone and the Alpilles mountains in the south of France, the Crau Plain comprises the only semi-arid steppe in western Europe. Tho...

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How persistent are the impacts of logging roads on Central African forest vegetation?

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Kleinschroth, F. & Healey, J. R. & Sist, P. & Mortier, F. & Gourlet-Fleury, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Logging roads can trigger tropical forest degradation by reducing the integrity of the ecosystem and providing access for encroachment. Therefore, roa...

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Evaluating staging habitat quality to advance the conservation of a declining migratory shorebird, red knot Calidris canutus.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Mu Tong & Cai ShangXiao & Peng HeBo & Hassell, C. J. & Boyle, A. & Zhang ZhengWang & Piersma, T. & Wilcove, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Identifying where and when population 'bottlenecks' occur is critical to the conservation of migratory species, many of which are declining precipitou...

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Effects of forest certification on the ecological condition of Mediterranean streams.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Dias, F. S. & Bugalho, M. N. & Rodríguez-González, P. M. & Albuquerque, A. & Cerdeira, J. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest certification, a proxy for sustainable forest management, covers more than 10% of the world's forests. Under forest certification, forest manag...

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Effects of vegetation management intensity on biodiversity and ecosystem services in vineyards: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Winter, S. & Bauer, T. & Strauss, P. & Kratschmer, S. & Paredes, D. & Popescu, D. & Landa, B. & Guzmán, G. & Gómez, J. A. & Guernion, M. & Zaller, J. G. & Batáry, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

At the global scale, vineyards are usually managed intensively to optimize wine production without considering possible negative impacts on biodiversi...

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Explore before you restore: incorporating complex systems thinking in ecosystem restoration.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Maes, S. L. & Perring, M. P. & Cohen, R. & Akinnifesi, F. K. & Bargués-Tobella, A. & Bastin, J. F. & Bauters, M. & Bernardino, P. N. & Brancalion, P. H. S. & Bullock, J. M. & Ellison, D. & Fayolle, A. & Fremout, T. & Gann, G. D. & Hishe, H. & Holmgren, M. & Ilstedt, U. & Mahy, G. & Messier, C. & Parr, C. L. & Ryan, C. M. & Sacande, M. & Sankaran, M. & Scheffer, M. S. & Suding, K. N. & Meerbeek, K. van & Verbeeck, H. & Verbist, B. J. P. & Verheyen, K. & Winowiecki, L. A. & Muys, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The global movement for ecosystem restoration has gained momentum in response to the Bonn Challenge (2010) and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration ...

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Response of taxonomic groups in streams to gradients in resource and habitat characteristics.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Johnson, R. K. & Hering, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Compared to other ecosystem types, a wide variety of biomonitoring methods are available for rivers. Few studies have, however, compared the response ...

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Decrease in soil pH has greater effects than increase in above-ground carbon inputs on soil organic carbon in terrestrial ecosystems of China under nitrogen enrichment.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Lu XiaoFei & Gilliam, F. S. & Guo JieYun & Hou EnQing & Kuang YuanWen

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Impacts of nitrogen (N) enrichment on soil carbon (C) budgets in terrestrial ecosystems have been well documented by numerous field experiments and sy...

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Impact of China's Grain for Green Project on the landscape of vulnerable arid and semi-arid agricultural regions: a case study in northern Shaanxi Province.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Cao ShiXiong & Chen Li & Yu XinXiao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

China's Grain for Green Project is a rapid landscape-scale shift in ground cover and land use with significant implications for biodiversity. From 199...

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Towards water smart cities: climate adaptation is a huge opportunity to improve the quality of life in cities.

Published online: 15 Mar 2017

Authors: Hattum, T. van & Blauw, M. & Jensen, M. B. & Bruin, K. de

Content type: Bulletin

This paper discusses the Water Smart City (WSC) approach. It integrates urban planning and the urban water cycle, and makes a good business out of it ...

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