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Assessing the value of roadless areas in a conservation reserve strategy: biodiversity and landscape connectivity in the northern Rockies.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Crist, M. R. & Wilmer, B. & Aplet, G. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Roadless areas on United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service lands hold significant potential for the conservation of native biodiv...

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A think piece on the effectiveness of protected areas in England.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Moseldale, J. R. & Maclean, I. M. D. & Gardner, A. S. & Gaston, K. J. & Hopkins, J. J.

Content type: Reports

In this 'think piece' the authors return to the principles outlined by Lawton et al. (2010) and examine the implicit trade-offs between 'bigger, bette...

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Progress report on agricultural nature and landscape management: contribution to the 2018 rural development programme annual report.

Published online: 17 Jul 2020

Authors: Boonstra, F. G. & Nieuwenhuizen, W.

Content type: Bulletin

At the beginning of 2016 there was a first version of the new agricultural nature and landscape management system (ANLb). Since then, hard work has be...

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Workshop on Bottom Fisheries in the High Seas Areas of the Western Central Atlantic, Christ Church, Barbados, 30 September-2 October 2014.

Published online: 06 Jul 2016

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

The first meeting of the Working Group on the Management of Deep-sea fisheries of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) took the fo...

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The harvest of wildlife for bushmeat and traditional medicine in East, South and Southeast Asia: current knowledge base, challenges, opportunities and areas for future research.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Lee TienMing & Sigouin, A. & Pinedo-Vasquez, M. & Nasi, R.

Content type: Bulletin

Bushmeat has always provided a source of nutrition and traditional medicine for local people throughout Asia; this important resource is becoming incr...

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Monitoring protected areas by integrating machine learning, remote sensing and citizen science.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Plas, T. L. van der & Alexander, D. G. & Pocock, M. J. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Protected Areas (PAs) are central to addressing the world's biodiversity crisis, but their effectiveness for conservation varies. Therefore, high-r...

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Conservation planning for people and nature in a Chilean biodiversity hotspot.

Published online: 28 Apr 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Martinez Harms, M. J. & Wilson, K. A. & Costa, M. D. P. & Possingham, H. P. & Gelcich, S. & Chauvenet, A. & Pliscoff, P. & Marquet, P. A. & Bryan, B. A.

Content type: Blog

This paper explores the scenarios to expand the protected area system in Chile towards sectors rich in biodiversity to improve conservation while simu...

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Setting ecological expectations for adaptive management of marine protected areas.

Published online: 20 Jul 2020

Authors: Nickols, K. J. & White, J. W. & Malone, D. & Carr, M. H. & Starr, R. M. & Baskett, M. L. & Hastings, A. & Botsford, L. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are being implemented worldwide, yet there are few cases where managers make specific predictions of the response of pre...

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Local extinction of British farmland birds and the prediction of further loss.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Gates, S. & Donald, P. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The populations of many UK farmland birds declined between 1970 and 1990, frequently accompanied by contractions in breeding ranges. Ornithological at...

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A comparison of British and North African varieties of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). 2. Growth during winter and survival at low temperatures.

Published online: 12 Jan 1969

Authors: Robson, M. J. & Jewiss, O. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dry weight and leaf area of tall fescue cv. Syn II (N. African) increased more rapidly than that of S170 during winter 1963. 4, particularly during De...

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