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A novel, integrated approach to assessing social, economic and environmental implications of changing rural land-use: a case study of perennial biomass crops.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Haughton, A. J. & Bond, A. J. & Lovett, A. A. & Dockerty, T. & Sünnenberg, G. & Clark, S. J. & Bohan, D. A. & Sage, R. B. & Mallott, M. D. & Mallott, V. E. & Cunningham, M. D. & Riche, A. B. & Shield, I. F. & Finch, J. W. & Turner, M. M. & Karp, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Concern about climate change and energy security is stimulating land-use change, which in turn precipitates social, economic and environmental respons...

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Evaluating spatially explicit sharing-sparing scenarios for multiple environmental outcomes.

Published online: 06 Mar 2021

Authors: Finch, T. & Day, B. H. & Massimino, D. & Redhead, J. W. & Field, R. H. & Balmford, A. & Green, R. E. & Peach, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding how to allocate land for the sustainable delivery of multiple, competing objectives is a major societal challenge. The land sharing-spar...

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Ecological traits affect the sensitivity of bees to land-use pressures in European agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Palma, A. de & Kuhlmann, M. & Roberts, S. P. M. & Potts, S. G. & Börger, L. & Hudson, L. N. & Lysenko, I. & Newbold, T. & Purvis, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bees are a functionally important and economically valuable group, but are threatened by land-use conversion and intensification. Such pressures are n...

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Extreme climate events counteract the effects of climate and land-use changes in Alpine tree lines.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Barros, C. & Guéguen, M. & Douzet, R. & Carboni, M. & Boulangeat, I. & Zimmermann, N. E. & Münkemüller, T. & Thuiller, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change and extreme events, such as drought, threaten ecosystems world-wide and in particular mountain ecosystems, where species often live at ...

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Urban Greening Factor for England - Summary Report: Green Infrastructure Framework - Principles and Standards for England.

Published online: 14 Mar 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Neal, P.

Content type: Reports

This Summary Report provides an overview of the research commissioned by Natural England and Defra to inform the development of the Model Urban Greeni...

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Combining species distribution models and value of information analysis for spatial allocation of conservation resources.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Raymond, C. V. & McCune, J. L. & Rosner-Katz, H. & Chadès, I. & Schuster, R. & Gilbert, B. & Bennett, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managers often have incomplete information to make decisions about threatened species management, and lack the time or funding needed to obtain comple...

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Future of America's forests and rangelands: update to the forest service 2010 Resources Planning Act Assessment.

Published online: 01 Aug 2018

Content type: Bulletin

The Update to the 2010 Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment summarizes findings about the status, trends, and projected future of forests, rangelan...

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Agricultural development and the conservation of avian biodiversity on the Eurasian steppes: a comparison of land-sparing and land-sharing approaches.

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Kamp, J. & Urazaliev, R. & Balmford, A. & Donald, P. F. & Green, R. E. & Lamb, A. J. & Phalan, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to the abandonment of >40 million ha of cropland, a collapse in livestock numbers and the recovery of ...

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Land sparing outperforms land sharing for Amazonian bird communities regardless of surrounding landscape context.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Birch, B. D. J. & Mills, S. C. & Socolar, J. B. & Martínez-Revelo, D. E. & Haugaasen, T. & Edwards, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two strategies are central to the debate regarding agricultural development: one integrates farming and conservation (land sharing), and the other sep...

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Land-use trends and environmental governance policies in Brazil: paths forward for sustainability.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Miccolis, A. & Andrade, R. M. T. de & Pacheco, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Historically, the policy framework in Brazil has played a decisive role in shaping land use and changes in the rural landscape. Over the last three de...

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