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Improving private land conservation with outcome-based biodiversity payments.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: McDonald, J. A. & Helmstedt, K. J. & Bode, M. & Coutts, S. & McDonald-Madden, E. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Payments to private landholders for providing biodiversity land can improve conservation outside protected areas. Input-based payments are widely used...

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Improving the Reliability of Judgements.

Published online: 22 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Conservation Evidence

Authors: Wintle, B. C. & Mukherjee, N. & Hemming, V. & Canessa, S. & McBride, M.

Content type: Book chapter

Judgements underpin all aspects of decision making in conservation, whether assessing the nature of the problem, interpreting evidence, or deciding up...

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The dynamics of a grassland ecosystem: botanical equilibrium in the Park Grass Experiment.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Silvertown, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The published results of the Park Grass Experiment (PGE), at Rothamsted, UK begun in 1856, provide up to 30 yr of annual data which may be used to det...

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Nature relatedness: a protective factor for snake and spider fears and phobias.

Published online: 24 Aug 2022

Authors: Zsido, A. N. & Coelho, C. M. & Polák, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Worldwide, urbanization has created completely novel environments, which bring many conveniences but carry several drawbacks too. One of the most impo...

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'The ghost of environmental history': analysing the evolving governance of communal rangeland resources in Machubeni, South Africa.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Falayi, M. & Gambiza, J. & Schoon, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The need to effectively govern and manage communal rangeland resources has become more important over the past two decades, given the extent of biodiv...

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The relationship between bird distribution and the botanical and structural characteristics of hedges.

Published online: 02 Nov 1995

Authors: MacDonald, D. W. & Johnson, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relationship was examined between the botanical and structural characteristics of the hedgerows of five Oxfordshire farms, and the bird population...

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Estimation of soil bulk-density from loss-on-ignition values.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Harrison, A. F. & Bocock, K. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The precision of estimates of soil bulk density from organic matter content, expressed as % loss-on-ignition of dry weight, was examined for eight gro...

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Wildlife farming: balancing economic and conservation interests in the face of illegal wildlife trade.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Meeks, D. & Morton, O. & Edwards, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Demand for wildlife and their products continues to grow, often despite increasingly militarised regulation and consumer awareness campaigns. We revie...

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Leaf volume: a simple method for measurement and some notes on its use in studies of leaf growth.

Published online: 24 Oct 1971

Authors: Huxley, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A liquid displacement method is described for rapidly measuring the volumes of individual detached leaves or other small plant parts. It is accurate t...

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Agroecosystem services: from general assessment to policy implications.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Satama-Bermeo, M. & Rudolf, M. & Olschewski, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Agricultural ecosystems managed by farmers provide and receive multiple ecosystem services that are essential to sustain human well-being. Understandi...

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