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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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Food selection by skylarks and grazing damage to sugar beet seedlings.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Green, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Observations were made on sugar beet fields in Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk, UK, in April-May 1977 and 1978 from emergence of seedlings until they ...

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The role of nature conservation organizations in implementing Agenda 21.

Published online: 18 Aug 1995

Authors: Earl of Selborne

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This article describes how nature conservation should seek to safeguard the native biological diversity for the benefit of people and of wildlife. It ...

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The meso-level interplay of climate and disaster risk management in Viet Nam.

Published online: 05 Apr 2017

Authors: Le Duc Ngoan & Le Thi Hoa Sen & Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong & Christoplos, I.

Content type: Bulletin

Goals for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management are widely recognised as overlapping, but little is known about the dynamics of this ...

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Experimental harvest of waterfowl eggs informs management by indigenous peoples.

Published online: 26 Mar 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Herse, M. R. & Tylianakis, J. M. & Scott, N. J. & Brown, D. & Cranwell, I. & Henry, J. & Pauling, C. & McIntosh, A. R. & Gormley, A. M. & Lyver, P. O.

Content type: Blog

An experiment was conducted by the Māori tribe Ngāi Tahu and researchers (Māori and non-Māori) in Aotearoa/New Zealand, to assess how customary egg ha...

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Evaluation of the upland ecosystem service pilots: Annex 2. South West uplands.

Published online: 10 Apr 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Kirkup, B. & Maiden, T.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the findings from an evaluation of the South West Uplands (England, UK) pilot project. The pilots were innovative in nature and w...

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