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Gender differences in climate change perceptions and adaptation strategies: an intra-household analysis from rural Kenya.

Published online: 13 Apr 2016

Authors: Ngigi, M. W. & Mueller, U. & Birner, R.

Content type: Bulletin

It has been widely acknowledged that the effects of climate change are not gender neutral. However, existing studies on adaptation to climate change m...

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Effects of water regime and competition on the establishment of a native sedge in restored wetlands.

Published online: 26 Feb 2001

Authors: Budelsky, R. A. & Galatowitsch, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of depressional wetlands in mid-continental North America typically involves reflooding formerly drained basins. There have been several t...

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Long-term interventions by conservation and development projects support successful recovery of tropical peatlands in Amazonia.

Published online: 22 Apr 2025

Authors: Coronado, E. N. H. & Rios, J. G. & Águila Pasquel, J. del & Llampazo, G. F. & Oroche, C. J. C. & Huaymacari, J. R. & Pizango, C. G. H. & Alvarado, L. F. & Murayari, U. P. & Reátegui, G. I. & Álvarez, C. L. & Aleman, E. L. & Isasi-Catalá, E. & Gutierrez-Sotelo, J. & Draper, F. C. & Aguila Villacorta, M. del & Baker, T. R. & Castillo Torres, D. del & Cruz Gamarra, K. de la & Guerra, D. E. & Lawson, I. T. & Brañas, M. M. & Gonzales, E. P. M. & Chávez, J. R. & Roucoux, K. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Rural communities in Amazonia rely on harvesting Mauritia flexuosa fruit, a dominant peatland palm, for their subsistence and income. However, these p...

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Who must adapt to whom? Contested discourses on human-wolf coexistence and their impact on policy in Spain.

Published online: 17 Mar 2024

Authors: Pettersson, H. L. & Holmes, G. & Quinn, C. H. & Sait, S. M. & Blanco, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Emerging nature restoration agendas are increasing the pressure on rural communities to coexist with expanding wildlife, including large carnivores. T...

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The impact of logging on vertical canopy structure across a gradient of tropical forest degradation intensity in Borneo.

Published online: 05 Oct 2021

Authors: Milodowski, D. T. & Coomes, D. A. & Swinfield, T. & Jucker, T. & Riutta, T. & Malhi, Y. & Svátek, M. & Kvasnica, J. & Burslem, D. F. R. P. & Ewers, R. M. & Yit Arn Teh & Williams, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest degradation through logging is pervasive throughout the world's tropical forests, leading to changes in the three-dimensional canopy structure ...

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Episodic occurrence of favourable weather constrains recovery of a cold desert shrubland after fire.

Published online: 04 Oct 2021

Authors: Urza, A. K. & Weisberg, P. J. & Board, D. & Chambers, J. C. & Kitchen, S. G. & Roundy, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Key to the long-term resilience of dryland ecosystems is the recovery of foundation plant species following disturbance. In ecosystems with high inter...

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Brush-control studies in the drier areas of Kenya. 4. Effects of controlled burning on secondary thicket in upland Acacia Woodland.

Published online: 05 Mar 1968

Authors: Thomas, D. B. & Pratt, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two burning regimes (burning each year during 1958-60 and burning in 1958 and 1960 only) were compared for the clearance of thicket in Acacia woodland...

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Invasive ecotypes tolerate herbivory more effectively than native ecotypes of the Chinese tallow tree Sapium sebiferum.

Published online: 14 Jul 2004

Authors: Rogers, W. E. & Siemann, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The evolution of increased competitive ability (EICA) hypothesis proposes that exotic plants often become invasive because they have evolved reduced a...

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Mixture of cultivars: pilot field trial of an ecological alternative to improve production or quality of wheat (Triticum aestivum).

Published online: 25 Jun 1995

Authors: Sarandon, S. J. & Sarandon, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field study in La Plata, Argentina, mixtures of wheat cultivars were tested as an ecological alternative to pure culture, for producing either a ...

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The effects of low concentrations of sulphur dioxide on the growth of four broadleaved tree species.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Garsed, S. G. & Farrar, J. F. & Rutter, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seedlings of Betula pendula, B. pubescens, Quercus robur and Acer pseudoplatanus were exposed to 150-170 mu g/m3 SO2 in fumigation chambers for period...

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