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Drainage of peat-dominated catchments across the world has caused widespread degradation of peat and freshwater ecosystem services. In the UK, an esti...

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that all natural European waterbodies should be assigned to one of five ecological categories de...

The shores of many lakes have been substantially altered by human developments such as erosion control structures or recreational beaches. Such altera...

Declines in area and quality of species-rich mesotrophic and calcareous grasslands have occurred all across Europe. While the European Union has promo...

Classical ecological theory predicts a succession towards plant communities that are determined by environmental conditions. However, in ecological re...

Habitat fragmentation and land degradation, directly and indirectly caused by urbanization, are drastically altering the world's ecosystems and are th...

Plant invasions driven by global environmental changes (e.g. nutrient enrichment) increasingly threaten natural ecosystems. It is unclear whether redu...

Coastal saltmarshes provide distinctive biodiversity and important ecosystem services, including coastal defence, supporting fisheries and nutrient cy...

In the salt marshes of Morecambe Bay P. maritima was largely restricted to immature soils at low elevations and more organic soils with high Na conten...

A prototype expert system, FIRETOOL, was developed to help decision makers and managers use prescribed burns for the ecological management of Brazilia...