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Biocrust morphogroups provide an effective and rapid assessment tool for drylands.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Read, C. F. & Duncan, D. H. & Vesk, P. A. & Elith, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) occur across most of the world's drylands and are sensitive indicators of dryland degradation. Accounting for shift...

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Choosing prevention or cure when mitigating biodiversity loss: trade-offs under 'no net loss' policies.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Bull, J. W. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity cannot always be conserved. Economic development activities can result in biodiversity losses, but also increase human well-being, so tra...

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Associations between farmland birds and fallow area at large scales: consistently positive over three periods of the eu common agricultural policy but moderated by landscape complexity.

Published online: 01 Dec 2023

Authors: Hertzog, L. R. & Klimek, S. & Röder, N. & Frank, C. & Böhner, H. G. S. & Kamp, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fallow agricultural land provides habitat for threatened and declining farmland biodiversity. Policy change under the EU's Common Agricultural Policy ...

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Plant species inventory of the Natural Areas at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, IL, USA.

Published online: 18 Jan 2023

Published by: USA, Synthesis Center for Conservation and Restoration

Authors: Carter Haley & Zeldin, J.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This paper details the plant species present in the natural areas of the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois, USA. The document reflects speci...

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Plymouth sound & estuaries SAC subtidal sediment data analysis report 2017.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Johnson, G. & Burrows, F. & Crabtree, R. & Warner, I.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this project was to analyse sediment infauna data to measure any changes in community composition at the Plymouth Sound and Estuaries Speci...

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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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Context matters when rewilding for climate change.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Burak, M. K. & Ferraro, K. M. & Orrick, K. D. & Sommer, N. R. & Ellis-Soto, D. & Schmitz, O. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

There is a cross-sectoral push among conservationists to simultaneously mitigate biodiversity loss and climate change, especially as the latter increa...

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Response of non-grassland avian guilds to adjacent herbaceous field buffers: testing the configuration of targeted conservation practices in agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Riffell, S. K. & Monroe, A. P. & Martin, J. A. & Evans, K. O. & Burger, L. W., Jr. & Smith, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A substantial part of the world's land base is dominated by agriculture, and forest habitat often consists of discrete patches of forest and linear wo...

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Anticipating arrival: tackling the national challenges associated with the redistribution of biodiversity driven by climate change.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Pettorelli, N. & Smith, J. & Pecl, G. T. & Hill, J. K. & Norris, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The redistribution of species in response to climate change is expected to significantly challenge environmental management and conservation efforts a...

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Optimising monitoring for trend detection after 16 years of woodland-bird surveys.

Published online: 23 May 2021

Authors: Prowse, T. A. A. & O'Connor, P. J. & Collard, S. J. & Peters, K. J. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Long-term biodiversity monitoring programs provide important information about species' trajectories and broader environmental change. Often constrain...

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