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Exploring spatial and temporal resilience in socio-ecological systems: evidence from sacred forests in Epirus, Greece.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Govigli, V. M. & Healey, J. R. & Wong, J. L. G. & Stara, K. & Tsiakiris, R. & Halley, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Socio-ecological resilience is the capacity of a system to adapt to changing ecological and social disturbances. Its assessment is extremely important...

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Exploring values, rules, and knowledge around traditional hunting in a rapidly developing society.

Published online: 21 Apr 2025

Authors: Plieninger, T. & Bogadóttir, R. & Fagerholm, N. & Magnussen, E. & Olafsson, A. S. & Raymond, C. M. & Verbrugge, L. N. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Consideration of traditional practices of natural resource management in decision-making is crucial to meet the challenges of the world's intersecting...

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The widespread trade in stingless beehives may introduce them into novel places and could threaten species.

Published online: 28 Apr 2022

Authors: Santos, C. F. dos & Acosta, A. L. & Halinski, R. & Souza-Santos, P. D. & Borges, R. C. & Gianinni, T. C. & Blochtein, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Animal trade, such as birds, mammals and reptiles, is a common human activity. Among insects, few are as charismatic as bees. Their hives are commonly...

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Land management practices for combating desertification cause species replacement of desert lizards.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Hawlena, D. & Bouskila, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patch structural complexity affects local species richness and population densities. Anthropogenic disturbance may alter complexity and heterogeneity,...

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Reindeer husbandry in peril?-how extractive industries exert multiple pressures on an arctic pastoral ecosystem.

Published online: 25 Oct 2021

Authors: Fohringer, C. & Rosqvist, G. & Inga, N. & Singh, N. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Environmental changes and their consequences on biodiversity are known to have far-reaching effects on the resilience of animal populations and associ...

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Effects of dominant trees and anthropogenic disturbances on species richness and floristic composition of secondary communities in southern Poland.

Published online: 04 Oct 1997

Authors: Dzwonko, Z. & Loster, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woodland vegetation can be restored via natural succession in sites that are adjacent to woods which can act as seed sources for trees, shrubs and woo...

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Local ecological knowledge provides novel evidence on threats and declines for the Caucasian grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi in Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve, Iran.

Published online: 05 Jan 2023

Authors: Ghanbari, S. & Turvey, S. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The Caucasian grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi, one of the most poorly known species of grouse, is experiencing population declines associated with multip...

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Escape responses of terrestrial and aquatic birds to drones: towards a code of practice to minimize disturbance.

Published online: 30 Nov 2020

Authors: Weston, M. A. & O'Brien, C. & Kostoglou, K. N. & Symonds, M. R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Advances in human technology can lead to widespread and rapid increases in interactions between wildlife and potentially disturbing stimuli. The recre...

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Incorporating disturbance into trophic ecology: fire history shapes mesopredator suppression by an apex predator.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Geary, W. L. & Ritchie, E. G. & Lawton, J. A. & Healey, T. R. & Nimmo, D. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Apex predators can suppress smaller bodied "mesopredators." In doing so, they can provide refuge to species preyed upon by mesopredators, which is par...

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Guidelines for restoring connectivity around water mills: a population genetic approach to the management of riverine fish.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Raeymaekers, J. A. M. & Raeymaekers, D. & Koizumi, I. & Geldof, S. & Volckaert, F. A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While freshwater systems provide important goods and services for society, they are threatened by human activity. Fragmentation is one of the most ser...

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