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Impacts of tsetse control and land-use on vegetative structure and tree species composition in south-western Ethiopia.

Published online: 08 Aug 1997

Authors: Reid, R. S. & Wilson, C. J. & Kruska, R. L. & Mulatu, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

More effective control of the tsetse fly in Africa will reduce constraints imposed by the livestock disease, trypanosomiasis. Trypanosomiasis lowers l...

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Interactions between land use, taxonomic group and aspects and levels of diversity in a Brazilian savanna: implications for the use of bioindicators.

Published online: 19 Nov 2022

Authors: Carvalho, R. L. & Vieira, J. & Melo, C. & Silva, A. M. & Tolentino, V. C. M. & Neves, K. & Mello, F. V. de & Andersen, A. N. & Vasconcelos, H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The conversion of natural habitats into anthropogenic uses is a key driver of global biodiversity loss, but effects can vary among taxa and diversity ...

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Biodiversity in landscape mosaics: the roles of local land use and the surrounding landscape on dung beetle assemblages.

Published online: 03 Jan 2024

Authors: Carvalho, R. L. & Andresen, E. & Arroyo-Rodríguez, V. & Anjos, D. V. & Resende, A. F. & Mello, F. V. de & Vasconcelos, H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biotic communities in heterogeneous agricultural landscapes can be shaped by both the land use of local patches and the structure of surrounding lands...

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The costs of delivering environmental outcomes with land sharing and land sparing.

Published online: 09 Mar 2023

Authors: Collas, L. & Sourd, R. C. D. & Finch, T. & Green, R. & Hanley, N. & Balmford, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The biodiversity and climate crises demand ambitious policies lowering the environmental impacts of farming. Most current interventions incentivise so...

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Land-use trends and environmental governance policies in Brazil: paths forward for sustainability.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Miccolis, A. & Andrade, R. M. T. de & Pacheco, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Historically, the policy framework in Brazil has played a decisive role in shaping land use and changes in the rural landscape. Over the last three de...

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The nexus of irrigation-water salinity, agricultural policy and long-run water management: lessons from the case of Israel.

Published online: 03 Oct 2019

Authors: Kan, I. & Slater, Y. & Reznik, A. & Finkelshtain, I.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper incorporates the detrimental agronomic effects of irrigation-water salinity into an empirical economy-wide dynamic hydro-economic model to ...

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Understanding stakeholders' perspectives behind wildfires in Sicily: a Q-methodology approach.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Piroli, E. & Veca, D. S. la M. & Mistry, J. & Kountouris, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Mediterranean wildfires persistently challenge regions due to climatic factors, changing land use, and abandonment of rural areas, posing threats to b...

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The differences between rewilding and restoring an ecologically degraded landscape.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Toit, J. T. du & Pettorelli, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rewilding is a developing concept in ecosystem stewardship that involves reorganizing and regenerating wildness in an ecologically degraded landscape,...

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Low-intensity farming systems in the conservation of the countryside.

Published online: 18 Sep 1996

Authors: Bignal, E. M. & McCracken, D. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The role of low-intensity farming in sustainable management of European landscapes and biotypes of high nature conservation value is discussed. More t...

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Biodiversity conservation in dynamic landscapes: trade-offs between number, connectivity and turnover of habitat patches.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Johst, K. & Drechsler, M. & Teeffelen, A. J. A. van & Hartig, F. & Vos, C. C. & Wissel, S. & Wätzold, F. & Opdam, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many species are adapted to landscapes with characteristic dynamics generated by ongoing habitat destruction and creation. Climate change and human la...

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