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Biome-scale signatures of land-use change on raptor abundance: insights from single-visit detection-based models.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Dénes, F. V. & Sólymos, P. & Subhash Lele & Silveira, L. F. & Beissinger, S. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Declines in raptor populations often result from the transformation of natural habitats to anthropogenic land uses, but the rate of population change ...

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Long-term outcome of nitrogen immobilization to restore endemic sand grassland in Hungary.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Török, K. & Szitár, K. & Halassy, M. & Szabó, R. & Szili-Kovács, T. & Baráth, N. & Paschke, M. W. & Kardol, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil nitrogen immobilization by carbon amendment is a management technique used for conservation purposes to increase the competitive ability of late-...

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Influence of land use on plant community composition and diversity in Highland Sourveld grassland in the southern Drakensberg, South Africa.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: O'Connor, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity conservation of grasslands in the face of transformation and global climate change will depend mainly on rangelands because of insufficie...

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Transforming Conservation: A Practical Guide to Evidence and Decision Making.

Published online: 22 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Conservation Evidence

Content type: Book

This book seeks to convince conservation policy makers and practitioners that there are considerable problems with how decisions are usually made and ...

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Characteristics of immersive citizen science experiences that drive conservation engagement.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Day, G. & Fuller, R. A. & Nichols, C. & Dean, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The biodiversity crisis poses a real and present global threat to humanity. The acceleration of species and ecosystem decline coupled with climate cha...

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Microbial release of sulphur ions from atmospheric pollution deposits.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Killham, K. & Wainwright, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The surface of leaves of Acer pseudoplatanus growing in areas exposed to heavy atmospheric pollution are covered with atmospheric pollution deposits (...

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Disentangling the complexity of human-nature interactions.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Bennett, E. M. & Reyers, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Human-nature interactions have been identified as an important leverage point for achieving sustainability. Processes to recognize, protect, improve a...

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Industrial ecology and its application in agroenergy.

Published online: 13 Jun 2018

Authors: Santos, G. S. & Melo, S. W. C.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper analyses industrial ecology (EI) as an alternative for the correct allocation of resources from industrial activities, capable of contribut...

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Nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in amended colliery spoils.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Williams, P. J. & Cooper, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mineral nitrogen concentrations were greater in acid spoils (pH<5) than in limed or neutral spoils. In acid spoils, the predominant form was NH4-N....

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On the structural transformation of rural Africa.

Published online: 15 Mar 2017

Authors: Barrett, C. B. & Christiaensen, L. & Sheahan, M. & Shimeles, A.

Content type: Bulletin

From 2000 to 2014, per capita gross domestic product in Sub-Saharan Africa increased by almost 35 percent in real terms, doubling in some countries. S...

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