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Soil restoration increases soil health across global drylands: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 18 Jan 2024

Authors: Kimmell, L. B. & Fagan, J. M. & Havrilla, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil degradation is one of the greatest environmental issues our planet faces today, with over 33% of Earth's soils currently degraded. Drylands are e...

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The carabid and staphylinid fauna of winter wheat and fallow on a clay with flints soil.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Jones, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies were carried out in Hertfordshire, England, during 1971-75 on the carabid and staphylinid fauna in areas of a Stackyard field (clay with flint...

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Adoption and potential of agri-environmental schemes in Europe: cross-regional evidence from interviews with farmers.

Published online: 13 Oct 2023

Authors: Bartkowski, B. & Beckmann, M. & Bednář, M. & Biffi, S. & Domingo-Marimon, C. & Mesaroš, M. & Schüßler, C. & Šarapatka, B. & Tarčak, S. & Václavík, T. & Ziv, G. & Wittstock, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

In Europe and elsewhere, agri-environmental schemes (AES) are designed to reduce agriculture's impacts on the environment. Designing effective schemes...

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How common road salts and organic additives alter freshwater food webs: in search of safer alternatives.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Schuler, M. S. & Hintz, W. D. & Jones, D. K. & Lind, L. A. & Mattes, B. M. & Stoler, A. B. & Sudol, K. A. & Relyea, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The application of deicing road salts began in the 1940s and has increased drastically in regions where snow and ice removal is critical for transport...

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The importance of trees for woody pasture bird diversity and effects of the European Union's tree density policy.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Jakobsson, S. & Lindborg, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent reforms in the Common Agricultural Policy aim for a greening of the subsidy system with potential improvements for biodiversity conservation. A...

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Spontaneous succession on opencast mining sites: implications for bird biodiversity.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Šálek, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Remediation of lands devastated by industry includes various forms of restoration, such as technical reclamation and spontaneous succession. These man...

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Evidence-based restoration of freshwater biodiversity after mining: experience from Central European spoil heaps.

Published online: 23 Oct 2021

Authors: Kolar, V. & Tichanek, F. & Tropek, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Post-mining freshwater habitats can serve as secondary habitats for threatened species. Being globally plentiful, their efficient restoration should b...

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Detecting flowers on imagery with computer vision to improve continental scale grassland biodiversity surveying.

Published online: 02 Jul 2024

Authors: Elvekjaer, N. & Martinez-Sanchez, L. & Bonnet, P. & Joly, A. & Paracchini, M. L. & Velde, M. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Large-scale biodiversity monitoring is essential for assessing biodiversity trends, yet traditional surveying methods are limited in the spatial/tempo...

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How much would it cost to monitor farmland biodiversity in Europe?

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Geijzendorffer, I. R. & Targetti, S. & Schneider, M. K. & Brus, D. J. & Jeanneret, P. & Jongman, R. H. G. & Knotters, M. & Viaggi, D. & Angelova, S. & Arndorfer, M. & Bailey, D. & Balázs, K. & Báldi, A. & Bogers, M. M. B. & Bunce, R. G. H. & Choisis, J. P. & Dennis, P. & Eiter, S. & Fjellstad, W. & Friedel, J. K. & Gomiero, T. & Griffioen, A. & Kainz, M. & Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. & Lüscher, G. & Moreno, G. (et al)

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To evaluate progress on political biodiversity objectives, biodiversity monitoring provides information on whether intended results are being achieved...

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From top-down to grassroots: chronicling the search for common ground in conservation in the West.

Published online: 25 May 2016

Authors: Charnley, S.

Content type: Bulletin

Sustainable working landscapes are critical to the conservation of biodiversity in the American West and its cultures of rural ranching and forestry. ...

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