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NatureScot Research Report 1363 - Exploring engagement with Dundee Wee Forests and green spaces.

Published online: 24 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Ward, K. & Beresford-Dey, M. & Frediani, K. & Lakin, E.

Content type: Reports

This report explores how Dundee schools and medical practices engage with Wee Forests-small, biodiverse woodlands planted under the national Wee Fores...

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Primary rainforest amount at the landscape scale mitigates bird biodiversity loss and biotic homogenization.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Kormann, U. G. & Hadley, A. S. & Tscharntke, T. & Betts, M. G. & Robinson, W. D. & Scherber, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical conservation strategies traditionally focus on large tracts of pristine forests but, given rapid primary forest decline, understanding the ro...

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Morecambe Bay SAC subtidal cobble and Boulder skear communities drop-down video survey: final report.

Published online: 16 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Hawes, W. J. & O'Dell, J. & Axelsson, M. & Dewey, S.

Content type: Reports

This report aims to present the results of a drop-down video survey in order to inform condition monitoring of the subtidal cobble and boulder skear c...

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'Bunkering down': how one community is tightening social-ecological network structures in the face of global change.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Barnes, M. L. & Jasny, L. & Bauman, A. & Ben, J. & Berardo, R. & Bodin, Ö. & Cinner, J. & Feary, D. A. & Guerrero, A. M. & Januchowski-Hartley, F. A. & Kuange, J. T. & Lau, J. D. & Wang Peng & Zamborain-Mason, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Complex networks of relationships among and between people and nature (social-ecological networks) play an important role in sustainability; yet, we h...

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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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Quantifying seed rain patterns in a remnant and a chronosequence of restored tallgrass prairies in north central Missouri.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: Wynne, K. C. & Parker-Smith, M. J. & Murdock, E. M. & Sullivan, L. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed rain is an influential process related to plant community diversity, composition and regeneration. However, knowledge of seed rain patterns is li...

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Islands and introduced herbivores: conservation action as ecosystem experimentation.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Donlan, C. J. & Tershy, B. R. & Croll, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Overgrazing by exotic herbivores has a widespread impact on plant communities. We used the removal of exotic European rabbits, goats and donkeys from ...

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Restoration of species-rich grassland on arable land: assessing the limiting processes using a multi-site experiment.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Pywell, R. F. & Bullock, J. M. & Hopkins, A. & Walker, K. J. & Sparks, T. H. & Burke, M. J. W. & Peel, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification has resulted in the reduction and fragmentation of species-rich grasslands across much of western Europe. We examined the...

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Sensitivity to agricultural inputs and dispersal limitation determine the response of arable plants to time since transition to organic farming.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Carrié, R. & Smith, H. G. & Ekroos, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Transitioning to low-input agricultural systems such as organic farming has been acknowledged as a way to mitigate negative effects of agriculture on ...

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Heathland management affects soil response to drought.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Gliesch, M. & Sanchez, L. H. & Jongepier, E. & Martin, C. & Hu YaHan & Tietema, A. & Vries, F. T. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Drought can affect ecosystem functioning by altering plant-soil interactions, posing a significant threat to vulnerable ecosystems like heathlands. In...

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