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Grasslands of the Rukwa valley.

Published online: 13 Jan 1968

Authors: Dean, G. J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in vegetational distribution in the Rukwa valley, Tanzania, are described and their relationship with fire and flooding assessed.-R.B.

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The influence of flooding regimes on forest distribution and composition in the Tana river floodplain, Kenya.

Published online: 20 Apr 1991

Authors: Hughes, F. M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Different forest types, related to frequency and duration of flooding on the Tana river floodplain, are described: active levee evergreen forest (Ficu...

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Long-term changes in agricultural practices and wildfowling in an internationally important wetland, and their effects on the guild of wintering ducks.

Published online: 28 May 1999

Authors: Duncan, P. & Hewison, A. J. M. & Houte, S. & Rosoux, R. & Tournebize, T. & Dubs, F. & Burel, F. & Bretagnolle, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in the Marais Poitevin wetland, France, are described. The area of grasslands decreased by 50% between 1970 and 1995, principally as a result ...

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Relational values help explain green infrastructure preferences: the case of managing crane habitat in Hokkaido, Japan.

Published online: 26 Oct 2021

Authors: Kim, H. & Shoji, Y. & Tsuge, T. & Kubo, T. & Nakamura, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The initial purpose of our study was to understand preferences of stakeholders on green infrastructure for flood control using a discrete choice exper...

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Restoration of wet features for breeding waders on lowland grassland.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Eglington, S. M. & Gill, J. A. & Bolton, M. & Smart, M. A. & Sutherland, W. J. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over the last century, the loss of around half of the world's wetlands, principally through drainage and conversion to agriculture, has been one of th...

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Input and output of nutrients in a diked flooded savanna.

Published online: 07 Jan 1995

Authors: López-Hernández, D. & García, M. & Niño, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is a lack of information concerning input and output of nutrients in savanna ecosystems (llanos). The south-western Venezuelan llanos are season...

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Using information and communication technologies to disseminate and exchange agriculture-related climate information in the Indo-Gangetic Plains.

Published online: 23 Dec 2014

Authors: Balaji, V. & Craufurd, P. Q.

Content type: Bulletin

This report documents and analyses emerging trends in the delivery and exchange of climate information in institutionalized agricultural extension sys...

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Multi-layer safety in the Wadden Sea: possible measures in spatial planning and disaster management in view of climate change.

Published online: 17 Dec 2014

Authors: Klostermann, J. & Spijkerman, A. & Vreugdenhil, H. & Massop, H. & Timmerman, J. & Jaspers, F. & Maaskant, B.

Content type: Bulletin

In the National Water Plan the concept of multi-layer safety was introduced for sustainable water security. Within the concept of multi-layer safety t...

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Governance of innovative dike concepts in the southwestern Delta. Guidelines for projects which combine safety, economy and ecology in a dike zone.

Published online: 23 Nov 2016

Authors: Groot, A. E. & Leeuwen, C. J. van & Tangelder, M. & Timmerman, J. G. & Werners, S. E. & Loon-Steensma, J. M. van

Content type: Bulletin

The Delta programme in southwest Netherlands is aimed at integrating flood defence with nature conservation, recreation, infrastructure and fisheries....

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The ecology of the Kafue lechwe: soils, water levels and vegetation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Rees, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The geology, topography, soils and climate of the area utilized by lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) at Lochinvar National Park, Zambia, are described. T...

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