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Population trends of farmland birds in Sweden and England: similar trends but different patterns of agricultural intensification.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Wretenberg, J. & Lindström, Å. & Svensson, S. & Thierfelder, T. & Pärt, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies, mainly from the UK, show that many farmland birds have declined as a result of recent agricultural intensification. We tested this idea by an...

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Bushmeat harvest in tropical forests: knowledge base, gaps and research priorities.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Swamy, V. & Pinedo-Vasquez, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Food security is increasingly becoming a priority for tropical countries. This has led to reconsideration of the need to find systems and practices of...

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Plant trait characteristics vary with size and eutrophication in European lowland streams.

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Baattrup-Pedersen, A. & Göthe, E. & Larsen, S. E. & O'Hare, M. & Birk, S. & Riis, T. & Friberg, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Previous studies investigating community-level relationships between plant functional trait characteristics and stream environmental characteristics r...

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Carbon storage by habitat: review of the evidence of the impacts of management decisions and condition of carbon stores and sources.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Alonso, I. & Weston, K. & Gregg, R. & Morecroft, M.

Content type: Reports

The aims of this Natural England cross-cutting Evidence project were: (1) To collate information and identify knowledge gaps on carbon stocks (both in...

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The Bernwood Population of Bechstein's Bats: A Non-Technical Summary of the Evidence.

Published online: 31 Jul 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Murphy, S. & Deykin, N. & Riley, J. & McArthur, T.

Content type: Reports

A single male Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii), one of the UK's rarest bat species, recorded in 2009 in south Buckinghamshire represented the firs...

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Conservation management of eastern Australian farmland birds in relation to landscape gradients.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Hanspach, J. & Fischer, J. & Stott, J. & Stagoll, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Birds inhabiting farmland are of conservation concern around the world. In Australia, conservation management has focused primarily on woodland enviro...

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Understanding stakeholders' perspectives behind wildfires in Sicily: a Q-methodology approach.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Piroli, E. & Veca, D. S. la M. & Mistry, J. & Kountouris, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Mediterranean wildfires persistently challenge regions due to climatic factors, changing land use, and abandonment of rural areas, posing threats to b...

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Restoration of a floodplain meadow in Wiltshire, UK through application of green hay and conversion from pasture to meadow management.

Published online: 10 May 2020

Authors: Hosie, C. & Jones, E. & Rothero, E. C. & Wallace, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

In July 2010 green hay from a species-rich donor field was used to diversify a species-poor floodplain meadow (the receiver field), which had previous...

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Current situation and plausible future scenarios for livestock management systems under climate change in Africa.

Published online: 08 Jun 2020

Authors: Simpkin, P. & Cramer, L. & Ericksen, P. & Thornton, P.

Content type: Bulletin

The aim of this study is to review the literature and provide a technical brief to the African Group of Negotiators Experts Support (AGNES) on the eff...

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Contrasting impacts of land-use change on phylogenetic and functional diversity of tropical forest birds.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Chapman, P. M. & Tobias, J. A. & Edwards, D. P. & Davies, R. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity conservation strategies increasingly target maintaining evolutionary history and the resilience of ecosystem function, not just species r...

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