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New opportunities for small-scale farmers of the Amazon to strengthen hazards resilience while preserving forests - Field experiments combined with agent-based modelling.

Published online: 18 Mar 2015

Authors: Piketty, M. G. & Sist, P.

Content type: Bulletin article

This paper introduces a simulation model focused on smallholder practices and labour management that is used to assess the long-term impacts of altern...

Non-domestic sources of the Canadian boreal forest policy: integrating theories of internationalisation and pathways of forest policy change.

Published online: 18 Mar 2015

Authors: Cashore, B.

Content type: Bulletin article

Environmental groups' interest in, and attention to, Canadian boreal forest protection and management is a relatively new phenomenon vis-à-vis the lon...

Balanced spatial distribution of green areas creates healthier urban landscapes.

Published online: 20 Sep 2022

Authors: Cirino, D. W. & Tambosi, L. R. & Mauad, T. & Freitas, S. R. de & Metzger, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The benefits of green infrastructure on human well-being in urban areas are already well-established, with strong evidence of the positive effects of ...

A small, heated roost facilitates nursery establishment and increases the size of a lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) colony in the northern Swiss Alps.

Published online: 01 Aug 2023

Authors: Zingg, P. E. & Weissenfluh, U. von & Schaub, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Small thermal roofs in building attics might be a promising option to maintain and support nursery colonies of bats, but little empirical evidence is ...

Chinese Loess Plateau vegetation since the Last Glacial Maximum and its implications for vegetation restoration.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Jiang WenYing & Cheng YuFen & Yang XiaoXiao & Yang ShiLing

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

China has been investing heavily in afforestation programmes to control soil erosion on the vast Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP). This massive afforestati...

Science to support climate-smart agricultural development: concepts and results from the MICCA pilot projects in East Africa.

Published online: 10 Dec 2014

Authors: Rosenstock, T. S. & Mpanda, M. & Kimaro, A. & Luedeling, E. & Kuyah, S. & Anyekulu, E. & Freeman, O. E. & Thiong'o, M. & Abwanda, S. & Mutuo, P. & Mativo, J. & Shaba, S. & Kirui, J. & Franzel, S. & Neufeldt, H. & Shepherd, K. & Neely, C.

Content type: Bulletin

This document reports on the concepts driving the scientific activities of FAO's Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture Programme's (MICCA) pilot...

Science to support climate-smart agricultural development: concepts and results from the MICCA pilot projects in East Africa.

Published online: 04 May 2016

Content type: Miscellaneous

This document reports on the concepts driving the scientific activities of FAO's Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture Programme's pilot project...

Habitat models of bird species' distribution: an aid to the management of coastal grazing marshes.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Milsom, T. P. & Langton, S. D. & Parkin, W. K. & Peel, S. & Bishop, J. D. & Hart, J. D. & Moore, N. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Coastal grazing marshes comprise an important habitat for wetland biota but are threatened by agricultural intensification and conversion to arable fa...

Ecosystem recovery in restored headwater streams: the role of enhanced leaf retention.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Muotka, T. & Laasonen, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is controversy over how the success of ecological restoration should be measured. Traditionally, emphasis has been placed on species diversity a...

Above-ground arthropod fauna of four Swedish cropping systems and its role in carbon and nitrogen cycling.

Published online: 08 Jul 1987

Authors: Curry, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Above-ground arthropod populations in field plots of barley receiving no nitrogen (barley 0), barley receiving 120 kg nitrogen per hectare per year (b...

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