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Do agri-environment schemes result in improved water quality?

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Jones, J. I. & Murphy, J. F. & Anthony, S. G. & Arnold, A. & Blackburn, J. H. & Duerdoth, C. P. & Hawczak, A. & Hughes, G. O. & Pretty, J. L. & Scarlett, P. M. & Gooday, R. D. & Zhang, Y. S. & Fawcett, L. E. & Simpson, D. & Turner, A. W. B. & Naden, P. S. & Skates, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Improved water quality, through a reduction in diffuse pollution from agricultural sources, is an expected benefit of agri-environment schemes, but th...

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Application of a variance decomposition method to compare satellite and aerial inventory data: a tool for evaluating wildlife-habitat relationships.

Published online: 03 May 2006

Authors: Brown, G. S. & Rettie, W. J. & Mallory, F. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Researchers frequently rely on forest inventories derived for other purposes when characterizing wildlife-habitat associations. When studied populatio...

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Modelling ecological niches with support vector machines.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Drake, J. M. & Randin, C. & Guisan, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ecological niche is a fundamental biological concept. Modelling species' niches is central to numerous ecological applications, including predicti...

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Model-based assessment of the impact of agri-environment scheme options and short-term climate change on plant biodiversity in temperate grasslands.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: West, B. & Jones, D. L. & Robinson, E. L. & Marrs, R. H. & Smart, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Agri-environment schemes (AES) incentivise land-management practices aimed at mitigating environmental impacts. However, their effectiveness depends o...

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Inferring recent changes in the ecological state of 21 Danish candidate reference lakes (EU Water Framework Directive) using palaeolimnology.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Bjerring, R. & Bradshaw, E. G. & Amsinck, S. L. & Johansson, L. S. & Odgaard, B. V. & Nielsen, A. B. & Jeppesen, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that all natural European waterbodies should be assigned to one of five ecological categories de...

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Pixton park grassland NVC survey 2018 and 2019.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Large, R.

Content type: Reports

In 2018 and 2019 grassland surveys were carried out by staff from the Natural England Field Unit of land within and adjoining Pixton Park, Dulverton S...

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An open-source image classifier for characterizing recreational activities across landscapes.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Winder, S. G. & Lee, H. & Seo, B. & Lia, E. H. & Wood, S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Environmental management increasingly relies on information about ecosystem services for decision-making. Compared with regulating and provisioning se...

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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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Interests, beliefs, experience and perceptions shape tolerance towards impacts of recovering predators.

Published online: 19 Mar 2024

Authors: Hobson, K. J. & Stringer, A. & Gill, R. & MacPherson, J. & Lambin, X.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The modification of landscapes is increasing the interface between humans and wildlife, while conflicts concerning predator impacts on human activitie...

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Multivariate analysis of relationships between habitats, environmental factors and occurrence of anopheline mosquito larvae Anopheles albimanus and A. pseudopunctipennis in southern Chiapas, Mexico.

Published online: 30 Jan 1993

Authors: Rejmankova, E. & Savage, H. M. & Rejmánek, M. & Arredondo-Jiménez, J. I. & Roberts, D. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field surveys of mosquito larval sites on the Pacific coastal plain and foothill regions of southern Chiapas, Mexico, were carried out in the dry and ...

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