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Prosopis juliflora management and grassland restoration in baringo county, Kenya: opportunities for soil carbon sequestration and local livelihoods.

Published online: 18 Jun 2021

Authors: Eschen, R. & Ketema Bekele & Mbaabu, P. R. & Kilawe, C. J. & Eckert, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change, land degradation and invasive alien species (IAS) threaten grassland ecosystems worldwide. IAS clearing and grassland restoration woul...

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Development of a risk assessment tool to evaluate the significance of septic tanks around freshwater SSSIs.

Published online: 21 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: May, L. & Dudley, B. J. & Woods, H. & Miles, S.

Content type: Reports

There is growing evidence suggesting that small sewage discharges (SSDs), in practice mainly septic tank systems but also including package treatment ...

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Carbon storage by habitat: review of the evidence of the impacts of management decisions and condition of carbon stores and sources.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Alonso, I. & Weston, K. & Gregg, R. & Morecroft, M.

Content type: Reports

The aims of this Natural England cross-cutting Evidence project were: (1) To collate information and identify knowledge gaps on carbon stocks (both in...

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Mapping ecosystem service and biodiversity changes over 70 years in a rural English county.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Jiang MingKai & Bullock, J. M. & Hooftman, D. A. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity and ecosystem services continue to be compromised by land-use change, which is often focussed on enhancing agricultural production. Asses...

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Widespread and major losses in multiple ecosystem services as a result of agricultural expansion in the Argentine chaco.

Published online: 04 Jan 2021

Authors: Barral, M. P. & Villarino, S. & Levers, C. & Baumann, M. & Kuemmerle, T. & Mastrangelo, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Where agriculture expands into tropical and subtropical forests, social-ecological impacts are typically strong. However, where and how frontier devel...

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Water-budget analysis of the Upper Big Sandy Designated Groundwater Basin alluvial aquifer, Elbert, El Paso, and Lincoln counties, Colorado, 2016.

Published online: 04 Sep 2019

Authors: Kohn, M. S. & Oden, J. H. & Arnold, L. R.

Content type: Bulletin

The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the Upper Big Sandy Groundwater Management District carried o...

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Drone-based structure-from-motion photogrammetry captures grassland sward height variability.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Forsmoo, J. & Anderson, K. & Macleod, C. J. A. & Wilkinson, M. E. & Brazier, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grasslands deliver a range of ecosystem services, including the provision of food and biodiversity, and regulation of soil carbon storage and hydrolog...

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The Baltic Health Index (BHI): assessing the social-ecological status of the Baltic Sea.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Blenckner, T. & Möllmann, C. & Lowndes, J. S. & Griffiths, J. R. & Campbell, E. & Cervo, A. de & Belgrano, A. & Boström, C. & Fleming, V. & Frazier, M. & Neuenfeldt, S. & Niiranen, S. & Nilsson, A. & Ojaveer, H. & Olsson, J. & Palmlöv, C. S. & Quaas, M. & Rickels, W. & Sobek, A. & Viitasalo, M. & Wikström, S. A. & Halpern, B. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

1. Improving the health of coastal and open sea marine ecosystems represents a substantial challenge for sustainable marine resource management, since...

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Crop damage increases with pest species diversity: evidence from potato tuber moths in the tropical Andes.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Dangles, O. & Mesías, V. & Crespo-Perez, V. & Silvain, J. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Insect pests in agricultural systems are one of the major causes of damage to crop production and storage worldwide. However, the study of the effect ...

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Cost-benefit analysis of ecological networks assessed through spatial analysis of ecosystem services.

Published online: 20 Jun 2012

Authors: Newton, A. C. & Hodder, K. & Cantarello, E. & Perrella, L. & Birch, J. C. & Robins, J. & Douglas, S. & Moody, C. & Cordingley, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The development of ecological networks could enhance the ability of species to disperse across fragmented landscapes and could mitigate against the ne...

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