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Cultural importance, availability and conservation status of Spanish wild medicinal plants: implications for sustainability.

Published online: 12 Oct 2023

Authors: Mateo-Martín, J. & Benítez, G. & Gras, A. & Molina, M. & Reyes-García, V. & Tardío, J. & Verde, A. & Pardo-De-Santayana, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The harvest of wild plants with medicinal uses is increasing globally, both for self-treatment and as a source of income. The increasing demand for th...

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Replication, effect sizes and identifying the biological impacts of pesticides on bees under field conditions.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Woodcock, B. A. & Heard, M. S. & Jitlal, M. S. & Rundlöf, M. & Bullock, J. M. & Shore, R. F. & Pywell, R. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Honeybees have world-wide importance as crop pollinators. To ensure their persistence in agricultural systems, statistically robust field trials of pl...

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Quantifying the impact of pesticides on learning and memory in bees.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Siviter, H. & Koricheva, J. & Brown, M. J. F. & Leadbeater, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most insecticides are insect neurotoxins. Evidence is emerging that sublethal doses of these neurotoxins are affecting the learning and memory of both...

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The effects of environmental factors on components and attributes of a Mediterranean grassland.

Published online: 26 Jun 1997

Authors: Pagnotta, M. A. & Snaydon, R. W. & Cocks, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The associations of six environmental factors with vegetative attributes on a species-rich Syrian grassland were investigated during 2 years with cont...

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Differing priorities explain why some people profit from an alien invader, while others lose out.

Published online: 27 Apr 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Linders, T. E. W. & Schaffner, U. & Alamirew, T. & Allan, E. & Choge, S. K. & Eschen, R. & Shiferaw, H. & Manning, P.

Content type: Blog

This paper describes the impact of the invasive tree, Prosopis juliflora, on the supply of ecosystem services. Prosopis significantly increased the su...

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Special feature: Un decade on ecosystem restoration.

Published online: 10 Jun 2022

Content type: Journal issue

This special issue contains 23 papers on ecosystem restoration. Topics discussed include ecological restoration in agricultural landscapes, grasslands...

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Every restoration is unique: testing year effects and site effects as drivers of initial restoration trajectories.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Stuble, K. L. & Fick, S. E. & Young, T. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The outcomes of restoration efforts are contingent on the specifics of the restoration practices utilized, but also on uncontrolled contingencies such...

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Porcupine population fluctuations in past centuries revealed by dendrochronology.

Published online: 18 Jan 1964

Authors: Spencer, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes a survey of porcupine feeding on Pinyon and Yellow Pine in the Mesa Verde area (S.W. Colorado). A tree-ring chronology was constructed, base...

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Ambrosia in Germany - can the invasion be halted? Conclusions and outlook.

Published online: 11 Feb 2015

Authors: Starfinger, U. & Sölter, U. & Verschwele, A.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

In Germany, an interdisciplinary working group Ambrosia has been established in 2005. The group consists of experts in the fields of botany and ecolog...

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Effects of riparian forest harvest on streams: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Richardson, J. S. & Béraud, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Riparian forest harvesting impacts streams in many ways, from altering temperature regimes, shifting geomorphic structure, increasing sediment fluxes ...

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