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Two basic methodological choices in wildland vegetation inventories: their consequences and implications.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Shute, D. A. & West, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In designing inventories of wildland vegetation, 2 of the many basic methodological choices are whether data are collected, reduced and stored in disc...

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Local and landscape effects of organic farming on butterfly species richness and abundance.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Rundlöf, M. & Bengtsson, J. & Smith, H. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agri-environmental schemes (AES) are commonly adopted in Europe to reduce the loss of farmland biodiversity. These schemes have, however, been critici...

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The distribution of Avena species naturalized in Western Australia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Paterson, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wild oats (Avena spp.) were probably introduced into Western Australia from Tasmania c. 1830. Avena fatua and A. barbata now occur throughout the temp...

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Satellite imagery as a tool for monitoring species diversity: an assessment.

Published online: 05 Aug 1999

Authors: Harini Nagendra & Madhav Gadgil

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A landscape of 5×5.5 km in the Karnataka region of the Western Ghats of India was mapped into seven landscape element types, using field identificatio...

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Win-wins by matching environmental volunteering opportunities with interests of online search communities.

Published online: 13 Nov 2020

Authors: Winch, K. & Stafford, R. & Gillingham, P. & Thorsen, E. & Diaz, A.

Content type: Blog

This paper explores what interests communities searching online for environmental volunteering opportunities and how organisations may best match thei...

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Modelling the relationship between bird population variables and hedgerow and other field margin attributes. I. Species richness of winter, summer and breeding birds.

Published online: 11 Aug 1995

Authors: Parish, T. & Lakhani, K. H. & Sparks, T. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An understanding of how farming practices in adjacent fields and the dimensions of the hedge and other boundary components affect birds is essential f...

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A Review of the Role of Agricultural Ponds in England: Climate change and biodiversity risks and opportunities.

Published online: 18 Oct 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Bailey, K. & Young, T. & Evans, A. & Elias, J.

Content type: Reports

This report examines the evidence base concerning agricultural ponds and the opportunities they offer for enhancing biodiversity and potential carbon ...

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Effectiveness of regulations intended to reduce the use of lead shotgun ammunition in and over coastal intertidal and riparian habitats in Scotland.

Published online: 28 May 2024

Authors: Green, R. E. & Goater, R. & Hodgson, D. & Lang, I. & Orr-Ewing, D. C. & Pickett, D. & Swann, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

The use of lead shot for hunting in wetlands is banned in many countries because ingestion of spent shot causes lead poisoning of wildfowl. In Scotlan...

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The socio-ecological niche.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: McInturff, A. & Alagona, P. S. & Cannon, C. E. B. & Pellow, D. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Ecologists recognise that we live on an increasingly human-dominated planet, yet most of the field's foundational concepts remain essentially biophysi...

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The vegetation of post-logged black spruce lowlands in central Canada. II. Understorey vegetation.

Published online: 16 Dec 1989

Authors: Brumelis, G. & Carleton, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Logged Picea mariana-dominated stands in NE Ontario were surveyed to examine patterns of vegetation colonization and the extent of successional return...

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