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What are the barriers to adopting carbon farming practices?

Published online: 04 Mar 2015

Authors: Kragt, M. E. & Blackmore, L. & Capon, T. & Robinson, C. J. & Torabi, N. & Wilson, K. A.

Content type: Bulletin

In many environmental and conservation policy contexts, gaps are observed between policy objectives and implementation outcomes. Carbon farming polici...

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Tests of different methods for measuring and estimating utilization rate of heather (Calluna vulgaris) by vertebrate herbivores.

Published online: 07 Nov 1992

Authors: Armstrong, H. M. & Macdonald, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field study at a hill sheep farm in the Tweedsmuir hills of SE Scotland the precision of 4 methods for measuring utilization rate of C. vulgaris ...

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The ecological changes of Breckland grass heaths and the consequences of management.

Published online: 07 Nov 1992

Authors: Dolman, P. M. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Breckland grass heaths surveyed in 1981 were resurveyed (9 only) in 1989. Rabbit-grazed sites supported lichens, cushion-forming mosses, winter annual...

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Silviculture to restore oak woodlands and savannas.

Published online: 25 Sep 2019

Authors: Dey, D. C. & Knapp, B. O. & Stambaugh, M. C.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

We present a perspective on how to approach developing silvicultural prescriptions for restoring oak woodlands and savannas. A large degree of success...

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NatureScot Research Report 1294 - Development of the Mountain Hare National Monitoring Scheme - trialling a citizen science approach.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Wetherhill, A. S. & Coomber, F. G. & Darvill, B. & Hesford, N. & Marquand, C. le & Macleod, R. & Mathews, F. & Newey, S. & Raynor, R. & Willis, S. & Wilson, M. W.

Content type: Reports

The paper describes the methods, data collection, data analysis and recommendations of a project to develop and trial surveys of mountain hares (Lepus...

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Mechanisms for enhancing public engagement with citizen science results.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: MacLeod, C. J. & Scott, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Citizen science is frequently cited as a successful approach for increasing public engagement with environmental issues, but this requires a purposefu...

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We may not know much about the deep sea, but do we care about mining it?

Published online: 26 Oct 2021

Authors: Kaikkonen, L. & Putten, I. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The way we value the environment affects how we treat it. While public awareness of human impacts on the ocean is increasing, industrial activities in...

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2017 Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) e-Conference, 28 February-2 March 2017.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Keyser, C. E. & Keyser, T. L.

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

This proceedings contains 12 full papers and 21 extended abstract of papers presented at the conference. The papers discuss the forest vegetation simu...

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Social Science in the Natural Environment (SSINE): moving towards interdisciplinarity - integrating social and natural science in UK environmental organisations.

Published online: 26 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Morris, C. & Brockett, B. & Green, S.

Content type: Reports

UK natural environment organisations (NEOs) are experiencing a social science 'turn' with a notable recent increase in the numbers of social scientist...

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Farmer productivity analysis using individual data: simultaneous estimation of heterogeneity between farmers and elasticity of substitution among varieties of agricultural products.

Published online: 14 Nov 2019

Authors: Akune, Y. & Hosoe, N.

Content type: Bulletin

A framework that incorporates product differentiation under monopolistic competition applies primarily to the manufacturing industry, and agriculture ...

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