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What are the impacts of agroforestry on nature recovery in the UK?

Published online: 03 Nov 2022

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Hewitt, D. K. L.

Content type: Reports

This paper describes the agroforestry practices in the UK and its impacts in the temperate zone. A priority is given to impacts that have relevance to...

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NatureScot Research Report 1272- Facilitating Local Natural Capital Investment - project report.

Published online: 07 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Hume, A. & Gibson, A. & Fitton, R. & Mansfield, J.

Content type: Reports

NatureScot and its partners are exploring approaches to secure more varied and sustained investment in nature through the Facilitating Local Natural C...

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Changes attributed to pesticides in the nesting success of the sparrowhawk in Britain.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Newton, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The nesting success of the sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) in and near arable areas in Britain has declined since 1947, owing to increased egg-breakage ...

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Modelling the choice between and the costs of multiple-use vs. specialized forest management.

Published online: 10 May 2017

Authors: Garcia, S. & Petucco, C. & Thorsen, B. J. & Vedel, S. E.

Content type: Bulletin

Forests provide ecosystem services jointly with timber production. In some cases, private forest owners implement management actions in order to enhan...

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Temperature, rainfall and butterfly numbers.

Published online: 11 Jul 1989

Authors: Pollard, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data on changes in numbers of 31 species of butterfly in the UK in 1976-86 were used to investigate associations between relative abundance and weathe...

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Saving the earth: a sustainable future for soils and water.

Published online: 19 Dec 2018

Content type: Miscellaneous

This report sets out a framework for a new integrated land management policy for England that addresses this alarming issue and protects soils and wat...

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The effect of hooded crows on hill sheep farming in Argyll, Scotland. The food supply of hooded crows.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Houston, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hooded crows (Corvus cornix) in Argyll, Scotland could be divided into 2 groups, one of which held territories in which they bred in summer and the re...

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A response from the British Ecological Society to the Glover Review on Designated Landscapes - December 2018.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: White paper

This paper presents the response from the British Ecological Society to the Glover Review on Designated Landscapes, addressing questions on the follow...

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The political economy of private forestry in Tanzania: a review.

Published online: 08 Aug 2018

Authors: Pedersen, R. H.

Content type: Bulletin

Tanzania faces an acute shortage of timber that can only be met by private tree growers, at least in the short to medium term. The Tanzanian governmen...

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The phenology of mesotrophic grassland in the Pennine dales, northern England: historic hay cutting dates, vegetation variation and plant species phenologies.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Smith, R. S. & Jones, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relevance to conservation of a restriction on the start of haymaking in species-rich meadows is included in the management prescription for the Pe...

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