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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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Using subsets of species in biodiversity surveys.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Vellend, M. & Lilley, P. L. & Starzomski, B. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In many biodiversity surveys, a small proportion of species require a disproportionate amount of a researcher's time and effort to detect or identify....

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Informed multi-objective decision-making in environmental management using Pareto optimality.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Kennedy, M. C. & Ford, E. D. & Singleton, P. & Finney, M. & Agee, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effective decision-making in environmental management requires the consideration of multiple objectives that may conflict. Common optimization methods...

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Restoration of wet features for breeding waders on lowland grassland.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Eglington, S. M. & Gill, J. A. & Bolton, M. & Smart, M. A. & Sutherland, W. J. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over the last century, the loss of around half of the world's wetlands, principally through drainage and conversion to agriculture, has been one of th...

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Phosphorus balance of contrasting farming systems, past and present. Can food production be sustainable?

Published online: 27 May 1998

Authors: Newman, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Phosphorus inputs and losses are calculated for contrasting farming systems: cereals were a major product in all systems. In typical modern British wh...

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Improving the value of field margins as foraging habitat for farmland birds.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Douglas, D. J. T. & Vickery, J. A. & Benton, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Uncropped field margins are important foraging habitats on farmland for many declining bird species and are a key component of Agri-Environment Scheme...

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Effects of stream restoration on dispersal of plant propagules.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Engström, J. & Nilsson, C. & Jansson, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species immigration is vital for the success of restoring degraded ecosystems, but the effectiveness of enhancing dispersal following restoration is s...

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Do graminoid and woody invaders have different effects on native plant functional groups?

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Mason, T. J. & French, K. & Lonsdale, W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While there are numerous studies of impacts by individual invader species, there are few syntheses of invader impacts on plant community structure and...

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Palm heart harvesting in the Brazilian Atlantic forest: changes in industry structure and the illegal trade.

Published online: 09 Sep 1998

Authors: Galetti, M. & Fernandez, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Until the late 1960s, Euterpe edulis was the most important edible palm species in the Brazilian markets. Since then, overharvesting of natural stands...

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Overwintering in the cabbage root fly Delia radicum: a dynamic model of temperature-dependent dormancy and post-dormancy development.

Published online: 02 Jul 1997

Authors: Johnsen, S. & Gutierrez, A. P. & Jørgensen, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Emergence data on adults of Delia radicum from overwintering dormant pupae were used to develop a temperature-driven stage dynamics model to analyse d...

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