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Deforestation changes the effectiveness of bed nets for malaria control.

Published online: 27 Jan 2025

Authors: Estifanos, T. K. & Fisher, B. & Ricketts, T. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Land use changes such as deforestation and the degradation of tropical forests can be key drivers of infectious disease, including malaria. However, p...

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Research and information needs assessment to support sustainable watershed management in Northeast British Columbia.

Published online: 26 Aug 2015

Authors: Lapp, S. & Redding, T. & Ronneseth, K. & Wilford, D.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This assessment, combined with a compilation of relevant research and data/information sources for northeast British Columbia, Canada, will form the b...

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Indigenous brigades change the spatial patterns of wildfires, and the influence of climate on fire regimes.

Published online: 04 Aug 2022

Authors: Oliveira, M. R. & Ferreira, B. H. S. & Souza, E. B. & Lopes, A. A. & Bolzan, F. P. & Roque, F. O. & Pott, A. & Pereira, A. M. M. & Garcia, L. C. & Damasceno Júnior, G. A. & Costa, A. & Rocha, M. & Xavier, S. & Ferraz, R. A. & Ribeiro, D. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Indigenous people have been managing fire-prone landscapes for millennia, especially in tropical savannas, thereby maintaining carbon stocks and pyrod...

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Understanding the transition of community land use from shifting cultivation to cash cropping in Southern Tanintharyi, Myanmar.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Pyone, K. H. H. & Crego, R. D. & Ngwe, S. S. & Win, S. di & Connette, K. L. & Songer, M. & Connette, G. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Many tropical landscapes have experienced the loss of traditional cultivation practices as they have transitioned to other land use systems. The Tanin...

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Systematic review of field research reveals critical shortfalls for restoration of tropical grassy biomes.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Medeiros, N. F. & Ordóñez-Parra, C. A. & Buisson, E. & Silveira, F. A. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Scientists and policymakers are becoming aware of the pressing need to restore tropical grassy biomes (TGB), which are home to unique biodiversity and...

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Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats.

Published online: 18 Apr 2024

Authors: Razgour, O. & Montauban, C. & Festa, F. & Whitby, D. & Juste, J. & Ibáñez, C. & Rebelo, H. & Afonso, S. & Bekaert, M. & Jones, G. & Williams, C. & Boughey, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthropogenically driven environmental changes over recent centuries have led to severe declines of wildlife populations. Better tools are needed to a...

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Is the methodology used in reviews of restoration outcomes reliable? A systematic map protocol.

Published online: 01 Dec 2020

Authors: Romanelli, J. P. & Boschi, R. S. & Almeida, D. R. A. de & Rodrigues, R. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Over the past decades, evidence-based research has become increasingly important in restoration ecology. Evidence synthesis can be a powerful tool ...

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Specificity within bird-parasite-parasitoid food webs: a novel approach for evaluating potential biological control agents of the avian vampire fly.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Ramirez, I. E. & Causton, C. E. & Gutierrez, G. A. & Mosquera, D. A. & Piedrahita, P. & Heimpel, G. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Quantitative food web analyses can provide insights into the specificity of consumers such as herbivores, parasites and parasitoids. Understanding suc...

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Native seed collector networks in Brazil: sowing social innovations for transformative change.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Authors: Padovezi, A. & Adams, C. & Chazdon, R. L. & Mendonça, M. A. & Secco, L. & Campos-Filho, E. M. & Sampaio, A. & Damasceno, E. & Albuquerque, N. & Santarem, F. & Camargo, M. E. & Pinã-Rodrigues, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

To investigate whether and how Social Innovation (SI) can contribute to transformative change, we explored nine Native Seed Collectors Networks (NSCNs...

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Historical maps confirm the accuracy of zero-inflated model predictions of ancient tree abundance in English wood-pastures.

Published online: 23 Dec 2021

Authors: Nolan, V. & Reader, T. & Gilbert, F. & Atkinson, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ancient trees have important ecological, historical and social connections, and are a key source of dead and decaying wood, a globally declining resou...

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