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Restoring rivers, sustaining communities.

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Content type: Bulletin

The complexity of riparian ecosystems is matched by the complexities of human communities that rely on rivers for clean water, livelihoods, and recrea...

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Better designed documents for biodiversity stewardship schemes.

Published online: 24 Aug 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Lee, T. & Wakefield-Rann, R.

Content type: Blog

This research looks at the way biodiversity monitoring documents are designed and how they might be designed differently to increase engagement with v...

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Modelling the choice between and the costs of multiple-use vs. specialized forest management.

Published online: 10 May 2017

Authors: Garcia, S. & Petucco, C. & Thorsen, B. J. & Vedel, S. E.

Content type: Bulletin

Forests provide ecosystem services jointly with timber production. In some cases, private forest owners implement management actions in order to enhan...

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Effects of forest certification on the ecological condition of Mediterranean streams.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Dias, F. S. & Bugalho, M. N. & Rodríguez-González, P. M. & Albuquerque, A. & Cerdeira, J. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest certification, a proxy for sustainable forest management, covers more than 10% of the world's forests. Under forest certification, forest manag...

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Large African herbivore diversity is essential in transformed landscapes for conserving dung beetle diversity.

Published online: 24 Jun 2022

Authors: Pryke, J. S. & Roets, F. & Samways, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mammals are globally in decline, with habitat loss a primary driver. There are also human-wildlife conflicts, such as elephants destroying crops, whic...

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Land use: reducing emissions and preparing for climate change.

Published online: 10 Jan 2019

Published by: UK, Committee on Climate Change

Content type: Miscellaneous

This report by the Committee on Climate Change assesses the role of land use change in meeting climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives. Th...

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Local-scale attributes determine the suitability of woodland creation sites for Diptera.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Fuller, L. & Fuentes-Montemayor, E. & Watts, K. & Macgregor, N. A. & Bitenc, K. & Park, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

New native woodlands are typically created in a small and isolated configuration, potentially reducing their value as a resource for biodiversity. The...

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Gradients in vegetation cover, structure and species richness of Nama-Karoo shrublands in relation to distance from livestock watering points.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Todd, S. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Gradients of animal impact known as piospheres tend to develop around artificial watering points, particularly in arid zones. Such grazing gradients r...

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Longleaf pine: a long-rotation tree in a very short-sighted world.

Published online: 24 Feb 2016

Authors: Kush, J. S.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Longleaf pine is a long-rotation tree, with potential intermediate products from pine straw, frequent thinnings, hunting leases, and wildlife habitat....

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Stand development patterns for young planted oak stands on bottomland hardwood restoration sites.

Published online: 24 Feb 2016

Authors: Stoll, J. & Frey, B. R.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Over the last several decades, bottomland restoration efforts have established hundreds of thousands of acres of planted hardwood stands throughout th...

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