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Biodiversity loss, development crisis?

Published online: 26 Jun 2019

Authors: Roe, D. & Seddon, N. & Elliott, J.

Content type: Bulletin

Biodiversity - the variety of life on Earth - is being lost at increasing and alarming rates. To date, this has been treated as an environmental probl...

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How common road salts and organic additives alter freshwater food webs: in search of safer alternatives.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Schuler, M. S. & Hintz, W. D. & Jones, D. K. & Lind, L. A. & Mattes, B. M. & Stoler, A. B. & Sudol, K. A. & Relyea, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The application of deicing road salts began in the 1940s and has increased drastically in regions where snow and ice removal is critical for transport...

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Reciprocal relations in the Karen highlands of northern Thailand.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Phatthanaphraiwan, S. & Greene, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Karen communities in northern Thailand work to maintain reciprocal relations with the plants, animals and spirits with whom they coexist. They conceiv...

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Can heavy metal pollution induce soil bacterial community resistance to antibiotics in boreal forests?

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Rabow, S. & Soares, M. & Rousk, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The emergence of microbial antibiotic resistance is a central threat to global health, food security, and development. It has been shown that heavy me...

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Caretaking, accomplishment and connection to nature: the 'gardening triad' and its role in new community gardeners' engagement, and social and emotional well-being.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Authors: Alaimo, K. & Coringrato, E. & Lacy, K. & Hébert, J. R. & Beavers, A. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Understanding how activities in natural settings, such as gardening, improve health and well-being is important for designing nature-based health inte...

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Links between natural environments and physical health.

Published online: 19 Aug 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Seers, H. & Mughal, R. & Chatterjee, H.

Content type: Reports

This briefing summarises the evidence of the links between the natural environment and physical health in the UK. It is based on a rapid review of the...

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Does lake habitat alteration and land-use pressure homogenize European littoral macroinvertebrate communities?

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: McGoff, E. & Solimini, A. G. & Pusch, M. T. & Jurca, T. & Sandin, L. & Cadotte, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Beta diversity is the compositional heterogeneity of biotic assemblages among sites, and biotic homogenization is the decrease in beta diversity, faci...

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Testing rangeland health theory in the Northern Great Plains.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Reinhart, K. O. & Rinella, M. J. & Waterman, R. C. & Petersen, M. K. & Vermeire, L. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Correctly assessing whether rangeland ecosystem services are stable, improving, or degrading is of global importance. Soil aggregate stability (SAS) i...

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Pilot study to validate an environmental DNA sampler for monitoring inshore fish communities.

Published online: 24 Mar 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Mynott, S.

Content type: Reports

The utility of environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques for monitoring species diversity are gaining acceptance amongst industry and government decision-ma...

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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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