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Plant diversity and generation of ecosystem services at the landscape scale: expert knowledge assessment.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Quijas, S. & Jackson, L. E. & Maass, M. & Schmid, B. & Raffaelli, D. & Balvanera, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In spite of the increasing amount of experimental evidence on the importance of plant species richness for ecosystem functioning at local scales, its ...

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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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Using soundscapes to investigate homogenization of tropical forest diversity in selectively logged forests.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Burivalova, Z. & Purnomo & Wahyudi, B. & Boucher, T. M. & Ellis, P. & Truskinger, A. & Towsey, M. & Roe, P. & Marthinus, D. & Griscom, B. & Game, E. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Selective logging in tropical forests changes the local number of animal species (alpha diversity), but it also likely affects species turnover (beta ...

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NatureScot Research Report 1292 - Towards understanding the effectiveness of measures to manage fishing activity of relevance to MPAs in Scotland.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Cunningham, S. & Donnan, D. & Gillham, K. & James, B. & Kamphausen, L. & Henderson, S.

Content type: Reports

This paper presents current evidence from within the UK and other temperate regions regarding the efficacy of fisheries management measures in safegua...

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Biodiversity in west African parklands promotes pollination of shea.

Published online: 16 Sep 2020

Authors: Delaney, A.

Content type: Blog

This paper explores the ecological and economic importance of the pollination services of shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) trees in West African parklands. ...

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Wildlife conservation can be compatible with human development, but increasing interactions with humans may pose problems.

Published online: 16 Sep 2020

Authors: Ament, J. M. & Collen, B. & Carbone, C. & Mace, G. M. & Freeman, R.

Content type: Blog

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include economic, social and environmental dimensions of human development and make explicit commitments t...

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Diverse marsh plant communities are more consistently productive across a range of different environmental conditions through functional complementarity.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Steudel, B. & Hautier, Y. & Hector, A. & Kessler, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the influence of biodiversity on ecosystem functionality is crucial in modern ecosystem management, especially with regard to the resist...

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Common Agricultural Policy in 2014: perspectives for biodiversity and environmental services of agriculture.

Published online: 13 May 2015

Published by: Germany, Institut für Agrarökologie und Biodiversität & Germany, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung & Germany, Hochschule für Forstwissenschaft Rottenburg & Bundesamft für Naturschutz

Content type: Miscellaneous

This paper summarizes the main results of a research and development project for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes in Germany implemented in 201...

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Exploratory and confirmatory research in the open science era.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Nilsen, E. B. & Bowler, D. E. & Linnell, J. D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Applied ecological research is increasingly inspired by the open science movement. However, new challenges about how we define our science when biodiv...

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Functional diversity in cover crop polycultures increases multifunctionality of an agricultural system.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Finney, D. M. & Kaye, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological studies identifying a positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services motivate projections that higher plant diversity wi...

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