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Tropical agroforestry supports insect pollinators and improves bean yield.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Kingazi, N. & Temu, R. A. & Sirima, A. & Jonsson, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination services contribute to crop productivity worldwide, but insect pollinators are declining in most agricultural landscapes, mainly due to ag...

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Fish responses to manipulated microhabitat complexity in urbanised shorelines.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Taira, D. & Mark, R. Y. Y. & Hsiung, A. R. & Jaafar, Z. & Todd, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The diversity-habitat complexity relationship has been utilised widely in conservation and biodiversity enhancement interventions, but few studies hav...

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Land sparing outperforms land sharing for Amazonian bird communities regardless of surrounding landscape context.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Birch, B. D. J. & Mills, S. C. & Socolar, J. B. & Martínez-Revelo, D. E. & Haugaasen, T. & Edwards, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two strategies are central to the debate regarding agricultural development: one integrates farming and conservation (land sharing), and the other sep...

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Geese migrating over the Pacific Ocean select altitudes coinciding with offshore wind turbine blades.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Weiser, E. L. & Overton, C. T. & Douglas, D. C. & Casazza, M. L. & Flint, P. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Renewable energy facilities are a key part of mitigating climate change, but can pose threats to wild birds and bats, most often through collisions wi...

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Effect of green infrastructure on restoration of pollination networks and plant performance in semi-natural dry grasslands across Europe.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Traveset, A. & Lara-Romero, C. & Santamaría, S. & Escribano-Ávila, G. & Bullock, J. M. & Honnay, O. & Hooftman, D. A. P. & Kimberley, A. & Krickl, P. & Plue, J. & Poschlod, P. & Cousins, S. A. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification, afforestation and land abandonment are major drivers of biodiversity loss in semi-natural grasslands across Europe. Reve...

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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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Can local communities afford full control over wildlife conservation? The case of CAMPFIRE in Zimbabwe.

Published online: 17 Apr 2019

Authors: Ntuli, H. & Muchapondwa, E. & Okumu, B.

Content type: Bulletin

Wildlife is widely becoming an important vehicle for rural development in most third-world countries across the globe. Policymakers are usually not in...

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Gendered analysis of stakeholder perceptions of climate change, and the barriers to its adaptation in Mopti region in Mali.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Diiro, G. & Petri, M. & Zemadim, B. & Sinare, B. & Dicko, M. & Traore, D. & Tabo, R.

Content type: Bulletin

The current study presents the farmer and community perceptions of the causes and effects of climate change, the barriers to adoption of the resilient...

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Leaf litter from insect-resistant transgenic trees causes changes in aquatic insect community composition.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Axelsson, E. P. & Hjältén, J. & LeRoy, C. J. & Whitham, T. G. & Julkunen-Tiitto, R. & Wennström, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent research has addressed how transgenic residues from arable crops may influence adjacent waterways, aquatic consumers and important ecosystem pr...

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Large positive ecological changes of small urban greening actions.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: Mata, L. & Hahs, A. K. & Palma, E. & Backstrom, A. & Johnston, N. & King, T. & Olson, A. R. & Renowden, C. & Smith, T. R. & Vogel, B. & Ward, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The detrimental effects of environmental change on human and non-human diversity are acutely manifested in urban environments. While urban greenspaces...

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