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A meta-analysis of the effects of habitat aridity, evolutionary history of grazing and grazing intensity on bee and butterfly communities worldwide.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Thapa-Magar, K. B. & Davis, T. S. & Fernández-Giménez, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

A variety of habitat-associated factors moderate effects of grazing on insect biodiversity. Here, we examine how aridity, evolutionary history of graz...

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Can environmental cash transfers reduce deforestation and improve social outcomes?: a regression discontinuity analysis of Mexico's national program (2011-2014).

Published online: 17 Apr 2019

Published by: World Bank Group

Authors: Alix-Garcia, J. M. & Sims, K. R. E. & Orozco-Olvera, V. H. & Costica, L. & Fernandez Medina, J. D. & Romo-Monroy, S. & Pagiola, S.

Content type: Bulletin

Environmental conditional cash transfers, or "payments for ecosystem services" are a centerpiece of global efforts to protect biodiversity, safeguard ...

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Near-to-nature logging influences fungal community assembly processes in a temperate forest.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Bässler, C. & Ernst, R. & Cadotte, M. & Heibl, C. & Müller, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As the Earth's biota enters the sixth great mass extinction event recorded in the history of the planet, it is predicted that the erosion of biodivers...

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An ecological perspective for analysing rural depopulation and abandonment.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Lloret, F. & Escudero, A. & Lloret, J. & Valladares, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Population loss in rural areas is rapidly increasing in high-income countries, raising concerns and debate, given its socio-economic consequences. Des...

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On the ground or in the air? : A methodological experiment on crop residue cover measurement in Ethiopia.

Published online: 19 Oct 2016

Authors: Kosmowski, F. & Stevenson, J. & Campbell, J. & Ambel, A. & Tsegay, A. H.

Content type: Bulletin

Maintaining permanent coverage of the soil using crop residues is an important and commonly recommended practice in conservation agriculture. Measurin...

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Risk assessment of pesticide seed treatment for farmland birds using refined field data.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Lopez-Antia, A. & Feliu, J. & Camarero, P. R. & Ortiz-Santaliestra, M. E. & Mateo, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Due to reductions in winter food resources, newly sown cereal seeds have become a key component of many bird species' diets, but these seeds are often...

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Population structure of the rare, long-lived perennial Gentiana pneumonanthe in relation to vegetation and management in the Netherlands.

Published online: 14 Oct 1994

Authors: Oostermeijer, J. G. B. & Veer, R. van't & Nijs, J. C. M. den

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Analysis of population age-state spectra of Gentiana pneumonanthe in a variety of vegetation types (principally wet heathlands and unmanured hay meado...

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Sand dynamics in coastal dune landscapes constrain diversity and life-history characteristics of spiders.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Bonte, D. & Lens, L. & Maelfait, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In fragmented landscapes where natural disturbance acts at the local level, community composition can be altered either by 'species-by-species matchin...

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Grassland-breeding waders: identifying key habitat requirements for management.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Smart, J. & Gill, J. A. & Sutherland, W. J. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat loss and degradation of wetland ecosystems, principally through large-scale drainage and conversion to arable farmland, have been implicated i...

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Grasslands, grazing and biodiversity: editors' introduction.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Watkinson, A. R. & Ormerod, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper serves as an introduction to a special journal section on grazing and biodiversity in grasslands. Natural, semi-natural and artificial gras...

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