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Moisture controls on Sphagnum growth and CO2 exchange on a cutover bog.

Published online: 21 May 2003

Authors: McNeil, P. & Waddington, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Abandoned cutover peatlands are persistent sources of atmospheric CO2. Net ecosystem CO2 exchange and Sphagnum net primary production of an abandoned ...

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The 'dirty dozen': socio-economic factors amplify the invasion potential of 12 high-risk aquatic invasive species in Great Britain and Ireland.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Gallardo, B. & Aldridge, D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aquatic invasive species are a growing concern to environmental managers because of their diverse impacts on aquatic biodiversity and high eradication...

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Natural colonisation rates in a UK upland landscape under different conservation management approaches following sheep removal.

Published online: 19 Aug 2024

Authors: Porton, G. & Wrigley, R. & Scott, C. E. & Spracklen, D. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Natural colonisation could provide a cost-effective means to increase woodland coverage across the UK uplands. However, there is a shortage of evidenc...

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Colonial management drives ecological change following the exclusion of indigenous stewardship in a Stoney Iyethka montane grassland, Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Schepens, G. & Seider, J. H. & Wesley, B. L. & Mathews, D. L. & Starzomski, B. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

For millennia, Indigenous Peoples and their ecological stewardship have kept culturally important landscapes open, diverse and productive. Under colon...

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Merging connectivity rules and large-scale condition assessment improves conservation adequacy in river systems.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Linke, S. & Kennard, M. J. & Hermoso, V. & Olden, J. D. & Stein, J. & Pusey, B. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation adequacy is defined as the ability of conservation measures to sustain biodiversity. Although river network connectivity is important for...

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Decomposer communities in human-impacted streams: species dominance rather than richness affects leaf decomposition.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Tolkkinen, M. & Mykrä, H. & Markkola, A. M. & Aisala, H. & Vuori, K. M. & Lumme, J. & Pirttilä, A. M. & Muotka, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is compelling evidence that anthropogenic disturbance can decrease biodiversity and impair ecological functioning. A major challenge to biodiver...

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Resolving large-scale pressures on species and ecosystems: propensity modelling identifies agricultural effects on streams.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Pearson, C. E. & Ormerod, S. J. & Symondson, W. O. C. & Vaughan, I. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although agriculture is amongst the world's most widespread land uses, studies of its effects on stream ecosystems are often limited in spatial extent...

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Building a macrosystems ecology framework to identify links between environmental and human health: a random forest modelling approach.

Published online: 29 Mar 2023

Authors: Walls, F. N. & McGarvey, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Anthropogenic activities that degrade natural ecosystems may also impact human health. However, research on the links between human and environmental ...

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Assessing the potential consequences of climate change for England's landscapes: South East Northumberland.

Published online: 19 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Speakman, L. & Macgregor, N. & Dijk, N. van & Darch, G. & Neale, A.

Content type: Reports

This study considered the vulnerability of the natural environment to climate change in the South East Northumberland Coastal Plain NCA. This area enc...

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Nature networks evidence handbook.

Published online: 19 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Crick, H. & Crosher, I. & Mainstone, C. & Taylor, S. & Wharton, A. & Langford, P. & Larwood, J. & Lusardi, J. & Appleton, D. & Brotherton, P. & Duffield, S. & Macgregor, N.

Content type: Reports

The overarching ambition of the Defra 25 Year Environmental Plan is to 'leave our environment in a better state than we found it and to pass on to the...

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