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How do land use conflicts escalate? Identifying causal mechanisms in a conflict over a biogas plant in Brandenburg, Germany.

Published online: 08 Jun 2025

Authors: Fienitz, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The dynamics of land use conflicts have recently received increasing interest in the scholarly debate; however, research thus far has focussed on the ...

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Social strategies to access land influence crop diversity in northwestern Morocco.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Demongeot, M. & Hmimsa, Y. & McKey, D. & Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y. & Renard, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Much evidence supports the ecological and agronomic benefits of diversity, of both crops and environments, for building resilience and sustainability ...

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Land-use intensity and relatedness to native plants promote exotic plant invasion in a tropical biodiversity hotspot.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Raveloaritiana, E. & Tscharntke, T. & Martin, D. A. & Wurz, A. & Osen, K. & Soazafy, M. R. & Vorontsova, M. S. & Kreft, H. & Rakouth, B. & Grass, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Exotic plant invasions threaten biodiversity and are costly to farmers. Land use is a major pathway promoting the spread of exotic plant species; howe...

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Plant traits of propagule banks and standing vegetation reveal flooding alleviates impacts of agriculture on wetland restoration.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Dawson, S. K. & Warton, D. I. & Kingsford, R. T. & Berney, P. & Keith, D. A. & Catford, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of degraded plant communities requires understanding of community assembly processes. Human land use can influence plant community assembl...

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Landscape-specific thresholds in the relationship between species richness and natural land cover.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Simmonds, J. S. & Rensburg, B. J. van & Tulloch, A. I. T. & Maron, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Thresholds in the relationship between species richness and natural land cover can inform landscape-level vegetation protection and restoration target...

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Evaluating spatially explicit sharing-sparing scenarios for multiple environmental outcomes.

Published online: 06 Mar 2021

Authors: Finch, T. & Day, B. H. & Massimino, D. & Redhead, J. W. & Field, R. H. & Balmford, A. & Green, R. E. & Peach, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding how to allocate land for the sustainable delivery of multiple, competing objectives is a major societal challenge. The land sharing-spar...

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Non-random loss of phylogenetically distinct rare species degrades phylogenetic diversity in semi-natural grasslands.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Uchida, K. & Hiraiwa, M. K. & Cadotte, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although biodiversity loss is a critically important topic, our understanding of how both land abandonment and land-use intensification in semi-natura...

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How does geology influence the effect of land use on stream macroinvertebrate communities?

Published online: 06 Nov 2024

Authors: Hunter, H. A. & Fuller, I. C. & Death, R. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Both catchment geology and land use surrounding a stream will affect the degree of fine sediment deposition from erosion and its consequent impacts on...

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Transdisciplinary pathways for wildlife conservation: a method for navigating socio-ecological systems on private lands.

Published online: 17 Mar 2025

Authors: Taylor, M. & Davison, A. & Harwood, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

1. The decline of wildlife on private land is accelerating around the world. Resulting efforts to conserve wildlife on private lands are characterised...

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100 Years of change: examining agricultural trends, habitat change and stakeholder perceptions through the 20th century.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Dallimer, M. & Tinch, D. & Acs, S. & Hanley, N. & Southall, H. R. & Gaston, K. J. & Armsworth, P. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The 20th century has witnessed substantial increases in the intensity of agricultural land management, much of which has been driven by policies to en...

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