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Scottish Outdoor Access Code awareness monitoring, 2021-23.

Published online: 25 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Mitchell, D. & Strachan, V.

Content type: Reports

The Scottish Outdoor Access Code (SOAC), introduced by the 2003 Land Reform (Scotland) Act and drawn up by NatureScot, provides guidance on what 'resp...

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NatureScot Research Report 1343 - Source to Sea - enabling coherent, efficient and synergistic outcomes.

Published online: 24 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Kellock, C. & Leakey, C. & Schröder, C. & Melville, N. & Khan, J. & Mathieson, S.

Content type: Reports

This report explores opportunities for more cohesive source-to-sea management in Scotland, focusing on the connections between land, freshwater, and m...

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Differential responses to weather and land-cover conditions explain spatial variation in winter abundance trends in a migratory bird of conservation concern.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: Schindler, A. R. & Fox, A. D. & Wikle, C. K. & Ballard, B. M. & Walsh, A. J. & Kelly, S. B. A. & Weegman, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effective conservation strategies for animal populations require knowledge of relationships between population dynamics and their environmental driver...

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Sámi knowledge and ecosystem-based adaptation strategies for managing pastures under threat from multiple land uses.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Hausner, V. H. & Engen, S. & Brattland, C. & Fauchald, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) relies upon the capacity of ecosystems to buffer communities against the adverse impacts of climate change. Maintaini...

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Private land conservation towards large landscape goals: role of relational values, property rights orientations and perceived efficacy in ranchers' actions.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Wardropper, C. B. & Graves, R. A. & Brandt, J. & Burnham, M. & Carter, N. & Hale, R. L. & Hillis, V. & Williamson, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Many of the world's iconic, endangered and endemic species rely on large, contiguous landscapes for their survival. In the US West, working ranches ar...

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Missing carcasses, lost nutrients: quantifying nutrient losses from deer culling practices in Scotland.

Published online: 24 Aug 2024

Authors: Ferraro, K. M. & Hirst, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Deer management has become an integral part of ecosystem recovery efforts across the globe. Within Scotland, annual deer culls have been implemented t...

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Community reorganization stabilizes freshwater ecosystems in intensively managed agricultural fields.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Schiesari, L. & Saito, V. & Ferreira, J. & Freitas, L. S. & Goebbels, A. J. & Leite, J. P. C. B. & Oliveira, J. C. & Pelinson, R. M. & Querido, B. B. & Carmo, J. & Espíndola, E. L. G. & Guedes-Munin, N. C. & Montagner, C. & Rossetto, R. & Taniwaki, R. & Martinelli, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sustainable intensification may depend on associating precision farming with the harnessing of ecological principles in crop fields, and integrating f...

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Which prey sustains cold-adapted invertebrate generalist predators in arable land? Examining prey choices by molecular gut-content analysis.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Eitzinger, B. & Traugott, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Generalist predators such as carabid and cantharid beetles form an important component within natural enemy communities in arable land. Usually, preda...

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Functional diversity enhances tree growth and reduces herbivory damage in secondary broadleaf forests, but does not influence resilience to drought.

Published online: 06 Jan 2021

Authors: Espelta, J. M. & Cruz-Alonso, V. & Alfaro-Sánchez, R. & Hampe, A. & Messier, C. & Pino, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Since the mid-20th Century, Europe has experienced an unprecedented forest expansion associated with the abandonment of rural landscapes. Secondary fo...

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Best-practice forestry management delivers diminishing returns for coral reefs with increased land-clearing.

Published online: 05 Jan 2021

Authors: Wenger, A. S. & Harris, D. & Weber, S. & Vaghi, F. & Nand, Y. & Naisilisili, W. & Hughes, A. & Delevaux, J. & Klein, C. J. & Watson, J. & Mumby, P. J. & Jupiter, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Protection of coastal ecosystems from deforestation may be the best way to protect coral reefs from sediment runoff. However, given the importance of ...

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