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A review of planting principles to identify the right place for the right tree for 'net zero plus' woodlands: applying a place-based natural capital framework for sustainable, efficient and equitable (SEE) decisions.

Published online: 14 Aug 2023

Authors: Bateman, I. J. & Anderson, K. & Argles, A. & Belcher, C. & Betts, R. A. & Binner, A. & Brazier, R. E. & Cho, F. H. T. & Collins, R. M. & Day, B. H. & Duran-Rojas, C. & Eisenbarth, S. & Gannon, K. & Gatis, N. & Groom, B. & Hails, R. & Harper, A. B. & Harwood, A. & Hastings, A. & Heard, M. S. & Hill, T. C. & Inman, A. & Lee, C. F. & Luscombe, D. J. & MacKenzie, A. R. & Mancini, M. C. & Morison, J. I. L. & Morris, A. & Quine, C. P. & Snowdon, P. & Tyler, C. R. & Vanguelova, E. I. & Wilkinson, M. & Williamson, D. & Xenakis, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

We outline the principles of the natural capital approach to decision making and apply these to the contemporary challenge of very significantly expan...

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Long-term residue management and irrigation practice effects on aggregate-derived particulate organic matter fractions in a wheat-soybean, double-crop system.

Published online: 09 Oct 2019

Authors: Desrochers, J. & Brye, K. R.

Content type: Bulletin article

Conventional agricultural management practices, such as repeated annual tillage and crop residue burning, can lead to reductions in soil carbon (C) st...

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Low-intensity land-use enhances soil microbial activity, biomass and fungal-to-bacterial ratio in current and future climates.

Published online: 27 Dec 2021

Authors: Sünnemann, M. & Alt, C. & Kostin, J. E. & Lochner, A. & Reitz, T. & Siebert, J. & Schädler, M. & Eisenhauer, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Progressing climate change and intensified land-use exert unprecedented pressures on soil microbial communities, thus endangering the essential ecosys...

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Land-use trends and environmental governance policies in Brazil: paths forward for sustainability.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Miccolis, A. & Andrade, R. M. T. de & Pacheco, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Historically, the policy framework in Brazil has played a decisive role in shaping land use and changes in the rural landscape. Over the last three de...

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Nitrogen fixation and crop productivity enhancements co-driven by intercrop root exudates and key rhizosphere bacteria.

Published online: 03 Nov 2021

Authors: Hu HengYu & Li Hong & Hao MinMin & Ren YaNan & Zhang MengKun & Liu RuYue & Zhang Yin & Li Geng & Chen JianSheng & Ning, T. Y. & Kuzyakov, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Crop diversity management is widely used to increase agricultural productivity and sustainability. Recent studies have demonstrated that maize root ex...

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Functional response of plant communities to clearcutting: management impacts differ between forest vegetation zones.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Kusumoto, B. & Shiono, T. & Miyoshi, M. & Maeshiro, R. & Fujii, S. & Kuuluvainen, T. & Kubota, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding of the ecological impacts of logging practices on biodiversity and associated ecosystem processes is essential for developing sustainabl...

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Effects of vegetation management intensity on biodiversity and ecosystem services in vineyards: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Winter, S. & Bauer, T. & Strauss, P. & Kratschmer, S. & Paredes, D. & Popescu, D. & Landa, B. & Guzmán, G. & Gómez, J. A. & Guernion, M. & Zaller, J. G. & Batáry, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

At the global scale, vineyards are usually managed intensively to optimize wine production without considering possible negative impacts on biodiversi...

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Nature networks evidence handbook.

Published online: 19 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Crick, H. & Crosher, I. & Mainstone, C. & Taylor, S. & Wharton, A. & Langford, P. & Larwood, J. & Lusardi, J. & Appleton, D. & Brotherton, P. & Duffield, S. & Macgregor, N.

Content type: Reports

The overarching ambition of the Defra 25 Year Environmental Plan is to 'leave our environment in a better state than we found it and to pass on to the...

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Higher dung seedling density increases livestock dung greenhouse gas emissions in an alpine meadow.

Published online: 19 Feb 2024

Authors: Wang ShuLin & Hou, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The dung seed bank (i.e. vegetation renewal) and greenhouse gas (GHG, e.g. carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), which contribu...

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Macroinvertebrate and environmental responses to dredging and submerged macrophytes transplantation.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Fu Hong & Xu Jun & Molinos, J. G. & Zhang Huan & Wang Huan & Zhang Min & Klaar MeGan & Brown, L. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Eutrophication of freshwater ecosystems is a global problem, but restoration can be difficult due to ongoing problems relating to water pollution, sed...

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