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Inclusion of ecosystem services in the management of municipal natural open space systems.

Published online: 19 Mar 2024

Authors: Wessels, N. & Sitas, N. & O'Farrell, P. & Esler, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Unprecedented urbanisation in the Global South is transforming natural urban landscapes, impacting on the ability of nature to provide essential ecosy...

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A guide to modelling priorities for managing land-based impacts on coastal ecosystems.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Brown, C. J. & Jupiter, S. D. & Albert, S. & Anthony, K. R. N. & Hamilton, R. J. & Fredston-Hermann, A. & Halpern, B. S. & Lin HsienYung & Maina, J. & Mangubhai, S. & Mumby, P. J. & Possingham, H. P. & Saunders, M. I. & Tulloch, V. J. D. & Wenger, A. & Klein, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollution from land-based run-off threatens coastal ecosystems and the services they provide, detrimentally affecting the livelihoods of millions peop...

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Water-related ecosystem services of forests: learning from regional cases.

Published online: 18 Mar 2015

Authors: Nyssen, J. & Toit, B. du & Vidale, E.

Content type: Bulletin article

Forests are widely recognised as recommended land cover for protection of water resources. It is commonly understood that forests control erosion, imp...

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Identifying control intensities to overcome aquatic invader resilience across a range of ecosystem sizes.

Published online: 21 Dec 2024

Authors: Wallace, E. & Walsworth, T. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Populations of invasive species continue to expand globally, causing extensive ecological and economic damages and are thus frequently the focus of co...

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Spatial planning for restoration in Cerrado: balancing the trade-offs between conservation and agriculture.

Published online: 19 Nov 2022

Authors: Schüler, J. & Bustamante, M. M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Brazilian Cerrado, the most biodiverse savanna globally with great importance for water and carbon conservation, faces the impacts of rapid and ex...

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Phylogenetic diversity is maintained despite richness losses over time in restored tallgrass prairie plant communities.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Barber, N. A. & Jones, H. P. & Duvall, M. R. & Wysocki, W. P. & Hansen, M. J. & Gibson, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem restoration is an important tool for mitigating biodiversity loss and recovering critical ecosystem services to humanity, but restoration ra...

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Assessing resilience and state-transition models with historical records of cheatgrass Bromus tectorum invasion in North American sagebrush-steppe.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Bagchi, S. & Briske, D. D. & Bestelmeyer, B. T. & Wu, X. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resilience-based approaches are increasingly being called upon to inform ecosystem management, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. This requir...

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Decomposer communities in human-impacted streams: species dominance rather than richness affects leaf decomposition.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Tolkkinen, M. & Mykrä, H. & Markkola, A. M. & Aisala, H. & Vuori, K. M. & Lumme, J. & Pirttilä, A. M. & Muotka, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is compelling evidence that anthropogenic disturbance can decrease biodiversity and impair ecological functioning. A major challenge to biodiver...

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Restoration thinning accelerates structural development and carbon sequestration in an endangered Australian ecosystem.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Dwyer, J. M. & Fensham, R. & Buckley, Y. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration thinning involves the selective removal of stems in woody ecosystems to restore historical or ecologically desirable ecosystem structure a...

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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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