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Intensified agricultural use of grasslands reduces growth and survival of precocial shorebird chicks.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Kentie, R. & Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W. & Trimbos, K. B. & Groen, N. M. & Piersma, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensification of agricultural use of grassland habitats has been linked to the declines of many farmland bird species, several of whom have been in ...

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Grassland extensification enhances nest densities of ground-nesting wild bees.

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Albrecht, M. & Bossart, S. & Tschanz, P. & Keller, T. & Sutter, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ground-nesting wild bees provide essential pollination services in agroecosystems, but they are jeopardized by intensive agricultural management. To m...

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National Vegetation Classification of Quarry Hangers SSSI and Quarry Dean Meadows.

Published online: 22 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Groome, G.

Content type: Reports

This report details the findings of National Vegetation Classification (NVC) surveys conducted by Giles Groome, a Consultant Ecologist commissioned by...

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Inundated parcels for meadow birds.

Published online: 21 Feb 2018

Authors: Visser, T. & Melman, D. & Buij, R. & Schotman, A.

Content type: Bulletin

Parcel inundation has become a common management practice within agricultural nature conservation areas within the Netherlands. Research has been cond...

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Can species-poor grassland be diversified? A case study of lowland hay meadow restoration at Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion, Wales.

Published online: 09 May 2020

Authors: Shellswell, C. H. & Squire, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

As part of the 'Save Our Magnificent Meadows' project, a two hectare field was converted to hay meadow on the National Trust's Llanerchaeron Estate in...

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Upland hay meadows: what management regimes maintain the diversity of meadow flora and populations of breeding birds?

Published online: 14 May 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Pinches, C. & Gowing, D. & Stevens, C. & Fagan, K. & Brotherton, P.

Content type: Reports

Management of the English uplands is complex and achieving good environmental outcomes, while taking into account the needs of owners, stakeholders an...

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The rapid response of foraging bumblebees Bombus spp. to hay meadow restoration in the Yorkshire Dales and Forest of Bowland, UK.

Published online: 12 Sep 2018

Authors: Edmonson, C. & St. Pierre, T. & Robinson, S. & Powell, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Widespread pollinator and bumblebee decline has been documented across Europe and North America and much of this can be attributed to pressures from a...

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Definition of Favourable Conservation Status for lowland meadows.

Published online: 10 Aug 2023

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This document sets out Natural England's view on favourable conservation status for lowland meadows in England. Favourable conservation status is the ...

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The phenology of mesotrophic grassland in the Pennine dales, northern England: historic hay cutting dates, vegetation variation and plant species phenologies.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Smith, R. S. & Jones, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relevance to conservation of a restriction on the start of haymaking in species-rich meadows is included in the management prescription for the Pe...

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Demographic variation and population viability in a threatened Himalayan medicinal and aromatic herb Nardostachys grandiflora: matrix modelling of harvesting effects in two contrasting habitats.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Ghimire, S. K. & Gimenez, O. & Pradel, R. & McKey, D. & Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite significant interest in the sustainable use of medicinal plants, the population ecology of many medicinal plant species remains unstudied. Als...

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