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Organic farming and semi-natural habitats for multifunctional agriculture: a case study in hedgerow landscapes of Brittany.

Published online: 09 Apr 2025

Authors: Boinot, S. & Alignier, A. & Aviron, S. & Bertrand, C. & Cheviron, N. & Comment, G. & Jeavons, E. & Lann, C. le & Mondy, S. & Mougin, C. & Précigout, P. A. & Ricono, C. & Robert, C. & Saias, G. & Vandenkoornhuyse, P. & Mony, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Finding more sustainable ways to produce food is a major challenge for humanity in the face of biodiversity extinction and climate change. Consequentl...

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Inferring recent changes in the ecological state of 21 Danish candidate reference lakes (EU Water Framework Directive) using palaeolimnology.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Bjerring, R. & Bradshaw, E. G. & Amsinck, S. L. & Johansson, L. S. & Odgaard, B. V. & Nielsen, A. B. & Jeppesen, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that all natural European waterbodies should be assigned to one of five ecological categories de...

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Agricultural intensification with seasonal fallow land promotes high bee diversity in Afrotropical drylands.

Published online: 17 Apr 2023

Authors: Lasway, J. V. & Peters, M. K. & Njovu, H. K. & Eardley, C. & Pauly, A. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The exponential increase in the human population in tandem with increased food demand has caused agriculture to be the global-dominant form of land us...

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A spatially explicit assessment of the vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate change in the Union of the Comoros.

Published online: 09 Aug 2017

Authors: Bourgoin, C. & Parker, L. & Martínez-Valle, A. & Mwongera, C. & Läderach, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Located between Mozambique and Madagascar, the Union of the Comoros is one of the most poor countries of the world. Its very high dependence on the ag...

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Habitat specificity, restricted range and metapopulation persistence of the slender scotch burnet moth Zygaena loti in western Scotland.

Published online: 01 Mar 1997

Authors: Ravenscroft, N. O. M. & Young, M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many species have highly localized distributions in the British Isles and have persisted for considerable periods of time in isolation from their main...

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Social networks and transformative behaviours in a grassland social-ecological system.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Nesbitt, H. K. & Metcalf, A. L. & Floyd, T. M. & Uden, D. R. & Chaffin, B. C. & Gulab, S. & Banerjee, S. & Vallury, S. & Hamlin, S. L. & Metcalf, E. C. & Fogarty, D. T. & Twidwell, D. & Allen, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Social connections among individuals are essential components of social-ecological systems (SESs), enabling people to take actions to more effectively...

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Disrupting the effects of synergies between stressors: improved water quality dampens the effects of future CO2 on a marine habitat.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Falkenberg, L. J. & Connell, S. D. & Russell, B. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Synergies among stressors drive unanticipated changes to alternative states, yet little has been done to assess whether alleviating one or more contri...

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Effects of submerged aquatic vegetation and water quality on waterfowl abundance by foraging guild.

Published online: 02 Jul 2022

Authors: Sibilia, C. D. & Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J. & Mowbray, L. & Malhi, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Back Bay, Virginia, has been documented as an important foraging area for waterfowl since at least the mid-1800s. Expansive submerged plant beds histo...

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How extractive industries trigger multiple pressures on reindeer husbandry.

Published online: 27 Jul 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Fohringer, C. & Rosqvist, G. & Inga, N. & Singh, N. J.

Content type: Blog

This study was conducted to examine the trends of land use on the traditional grazing grounds of the Laevas reindeer herding community in northern Swe...

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Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science-policy agendas.

Published online: 20 Dec 2021

Authors: Pettorelli, N. & Graham, N. A. J. & Seddon, N. & Cunha Bustamante, M. M. da & Lowton, M. J. & Sutherland, W. J. & Koldewey, H. J. & Prentice, H. C. & Barlow, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is an increasing recognition that, although the climate change and biodiversity crises are fundamentally connected, they have been primarily add...

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