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Lake-related ecosystem services facing social-ecological risks.

Published online: 29 May 2025

Authors: Xia Pei & Peng Jian & Gu TianWei & Yu ShuYing & Xu ZiHan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Lakes are closely linked to human communities and offer a variety array of ecosystem services. In the context of climate change, increased human activ...

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Solar parks as livestock enclosures can become key to linking energy, biodiversity and society.

Published online: 12 Oct 2023

Authors: Zaplata, M. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The expansion of renewable energy generation sites in the landscape is controversial, as is repopulation by large predators, particularly wolves. Both...

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The effects of seasonal grazing on the Heteroptera and Auchenorhyncha (Hemiptera) of chalk grassland.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Morris, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Samples of Heteroptera and Auchenorrhyncha were taken from replicated plots grazed by sheep in spring, summer, autumn and winter and from ungrazed are...

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The EU Habitats Directive in Spain: can it contribute effectively to the conservation of extensive agroecosystems?

Published online: 06 Apr 1999

Authors: Beaufoy, G.

Content type: Conference paper; Journal article

By adopting the Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43 of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) in 1992, the g...

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Ambient nitrogen deposition drives plant-diversity decline by nitrogen accumulation in a closed grassland ecosystem.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Lu Peng & Hao TianXiang & Li Xin & Wang Hong & Zhai XiuFeng & Tian QiuYing & Bai WenMing & Stevens, C. & Zhang WenHao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition, climatic variables and anthropogenic management affect grassland-ecosystem stability by driving changes in plant ...

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Plant diversity and generation of ecosystem services at the landscape scale: expert knowledge assessment.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Quijas, S. & Jackson, L. E. & Maass, M. & Schmid, B. & Raffaelli, D. & Balvanera, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In spite of the increasing amount of experimental evidence on the importance of plant species richness for ecosystem functioning at local scales, its ...

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Ecosystem development on reclaimed china clay wastes. III. Leaching of nutrients.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Marrs, R. H. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Losses of nutrients from young grass/clover swards in an establishing phase and older swards in a maintenance phase on china clay wastes were examined...

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Contractile growth of the hypocotyl of Lotononis bainesii seedlings in relation to some environmental factors.

Published online: 07 Nov 1992

Authors: Fujita, M. & Humphreys, L. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a greenhouse experiment L. bainesii seeds were sown at 0, 10, 20 or 30 mm depth, covered with Digitaria decumbens straw (20 mm length) at 0, 70, 14...

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Conservation planning across realms: enhancing connectivity for multi-realm species.

Published online: 08 Mar 2021

Authors: Hermoso, V. & Vasconcelos, R. P. & Henriques, S. & Filipe, A. F. & Carvalho, S. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Connectivity plays a key role in biodiversity conservation as it sustains ecological processes, such as migrations, important for the maintenance of p...

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Ant-hill heterogeneity and grassland management.

Published online: 14 May 2021

Authors: King, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

In many grasslands, some ants act as ecological engineers to produce long-lasting soil structures which have a considerable influence on the patterns ...

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