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Bridging the conservation and development trade-off? A working landscape critique of a conservancy in the Maasai Mara.

Published online: 23 Aug 2024

Authors: Tyrrell, P. & Evans, L. & Brehony, P. & Wood, P. & Karimi, R. & Kaelo, D. O. & Hunter, F. & Muiyuro, R. & Kang'ethe, E. & Perry, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The recent call to halt biodiversity loss by protecting half the planet has been hotly contested because of the extent to which people might be exclud...

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Ecology meets archaeology: past, present and future vegetation-derived ecosystems services from the Nuragic Sardinia (1700-580 BCE).

Published online: 11 Sep 2023

Authors: Malavasi, M. & Bazzichetto, M. & Bagella, S. & Barták, V. & Depalmas, A. & Gregorini, A. & Sperandii, M. G. & Acosta, A. T. R. & Bagella, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Incorporating archaeology within the ecosystem services (ES) framework can offer decision-makers lessons from the past and a broader sustainability pe...

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'Sense of place' and conservation: toponym diversity helps to maintain vegetation naturalness.

Published online: 15 Sep 2023

Authors: Valkó, O. & Bede, Á. & Rádai, Z. & Deák, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Place names are an important but vanishing part of cultural diversity, and their relevance for environmental sciences is increasingly acknowledged. St...

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What drives livelihoods' strategies in rural areas? Evidence from the Tridom Conservation Landscape using Spatial Probit Analysis.

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Authors: Poufoun, J. N. & Delacote, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Very few scientific studies have focused on the determinants of households' livelihoods' strategies in the Congo Basin. The aim of this paper is to un...

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Weed communities are more diverse, but not more abundant, in dense and complex bocage landscapes.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Authors: Boinot, S. & Mony, C. & Fried, G. & Ernoult, A. & Aviron, S. & Ricono, C. & Couthouis, E. & Alignier, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bocage landscapes are characterized by a network of hedgerows that delimits arable fields. Such landscapes provide many ecosystem services, including ...

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Ecological performance underlying ecosystem multifunctionality is promoted by organic farming and hedgerows at the local scale but not at the landscape scale.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Couthouis, E. & Aviron, S. & Pétillon, J. & Alignier, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relative contributions of agricultural intensity and semi-natural habitats to the multifunctionality and sustainability of ecosystems at different...

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Towards effectively restoring agricultural landscapes in East African drylands: linking plant functional traits with soil hydrology.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Mens, L. P. & Bargués-Tobella, A. & Sterck, F. & Vågen, T. G. & Winowiecki, L. A. & Lohbeck, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land degradation is a major threat to food security in Sub Saharan Africa. Low infiltration rates in degraded soils increase the risk of surface runof...

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Nesting of ground-nesting bees in arable fields is not associated with tillage system per se, but with distance to field edge, crop cover, soil and landscape context.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Tschanz, P. & Vogel, S. & Walter, A. & Keller, T. & Albrecht, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ground-nesting wild bees are crucial for the pollination of wild plants and crops and thus human wellbeing. Arable land currently covers 14 million km...

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Direct and indirect effects of management and landscape on biological pest control and crop pest infestation in apple orchards.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Authors: Daelemans, R. & Hulsmans, E. & Laenen, E. & Remy, S. & Beliën, T. & Honnay, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological pest control, relying on naturally occurring predator-prey dynamics, is considered a key element to achieve more sustainable farming system...

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Resource availability and the persistence of seed-eating bird populations in agricultural landscapes: a mechanistic modelling approach.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Butler, S. J. & Mattison, E. H. A. & Glithero, N. J. & Robinson, L. J. & Atkinson, P. W. & Gillings, S. & Vickery, J. A. & Norris, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reductions in resource availability, associated with land-use change and agricultural intensification in the UK and Europe, have been linked with the ...

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