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Resolving a heated debate: the utility of prescribed burning as a management tool for biodiversity on lowland heath.

Published online: 15 Jan 2024

Authors: Smith, B. M. & Carpenter, D. & Holland, J. & Andruszko, F. & Gathorne-Hardy, A. & Eggleton, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lowland heath is a priority habitat for conservation, nowadays largely managed for biodiversity. Historically, prescribed burning has been the princip...

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Modelling the coupled dynamics of moorland management and upland vegetation.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Chapman, D. S. & Termansen, M. & Quinn, C. H. & Jin NanLin & Bonn, A. & Cornell, S. J. & Fraser, E. D. G. & Hubacek, K. & Kunin, W. E. & Reed, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It is widely appreciated that management shapes the dynamics of many ecological systems, but ecologists rarely consider the reverse interaction, that ...

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Assessing Collated and Synthesised Evidence.

Published online: 22 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Conservation Evidence

Authors: Sutherland, W. J. & Cheng, S. H. & Christie, A. P. & Cooke, S. J. & Koricheva, J. & Randall, N. & Smith, R. K. & Stewart, R.

Content type: Book chapter

Multiple pieces of evidence in conservation can be brought together in a variety of ways including systematic maps, subject-wide evidence synthesis, s...

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Identifying Stakeholders and Collaborating with Communities.

Published online: 22 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Conservation Evidence

Authors: Best, M. & Irvine, R. & Bako, L. & Citegetse, G. & Field, A. & Roe, D. & Rose, D. & Spencer, J.

Content type: Book chapter

Working with communities, including local and indigenous communities, is fundamental to most successful conservation practice. Key elements of this pr...

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Well grounded: indigenous peoples' knowledge, ethnobiology and sustainability.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Turner, N. J. & Cuerrier, A. & Joseph, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The biological knowledge and associated values and beliefs of Indigenous and other long-resident Peoples are often overlooked and underrepresented in ...

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Sustainable protected areas: synergies between biodiversity conservation and socioeconomic development.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Gatiso, T. T. & Kulik, L. & Bachmann, M. & Bonn, A. & Bösch, L. & Freytag, A. & Heurich, M. & Wesche, K. & Winter, M. & Ordaz-Németh, I. & Sop, T. & Kühl, H. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Reconciling conservation and socioeconomic development goals is key to sustainability but remains a source of fierce debate. Protected areas (PAs) are...

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Applying ecological knowledge to the innovative design of sustainable agroecosystems.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Berthet, E. T. & Bretagnolle, V. & Lavorel, S. & Sabatier, R. & Tichit, M. & Segrestin, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The design of sustainable agroecosystems is crucial to meet contemporary environmental challenges such as biodiversity loss and global change. Ecologi...

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Context matters when rewilding for climate change.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Burak, M. K. & Ferraro, K. M. & Orrick, K. D. & Sommer, N. R. & Ellis-Soto, D. & Schmitz, O. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

There is a cross-sectoral push among conservationists to simultaneously mitigate biodiversity loss and climate change, especially as the latter increa...

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Artificial reefs increase fish abundance in habitat-limited estuaries.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Folpp, H. R. & Schilling, H. T. & Clark, G. F. & Lowry, M. B. & Maslen, B. & Gregson, M. & Suthers, I. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human activities have reduced the carrying capacity of many estuarine systems by degrading and removing habitat. Artificial reefs may increase estuari...

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Past, present and future distributions of bumblebees in South America: identifying priority species and areas for conservation.

Published online: 16 Dec 2020

Authors: Silva Krechemer, F. da & Marchioro, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change has been commonly associated with a decline of bumblebee populations around the world. However, most information regarding the impacts ...

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