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Impediments in adoption of organic farming - a few lessons from the farmers who reverted to conventional farming practices.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Birajdar, G. & Kate, T.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

The stated goal of 'Organic 3.0' is to "bring organic out of its current niche into the mainstream (Arbenz, Gould & Stopes, 2015)". This means to ...

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Editors' introduction: birds and agriculture.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Ormerod, S. J. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper introduces a special section of this journal issue on birtds and agriculture, which comprises 7 further papers. Around 10% of recent papers...

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A call to arms: setting the framework for a code of practice for mosquito management in European wetlands.

Published online: 14 Jan 2021

Authors: Martinou, A. F. & Schäfer, S. M. & Mari, R. B. & Angelidou, I. & Erguler, K. & Fawcett, J. & Ferraguti, M. & Foussadier, R. & Gkotsi, T. V. & Martinos, C. F. & Schäfer, M. & Schaffner, F. & Peyton, J. M. & Purse, B. V. & Wright, D. J. & Roy, H. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wetlands provide multiple services to human societies. Despite policies dedicated to their protection, current European policies do not address the ne...

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Do time-lagged extinctions and colonizations change the interpretation of buffer strip effectiveness? - A study of riparian bryophytes in the first decade after logging.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Hylander, K. & Weibull, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is a risk that short-term studies either underestimate disturbance effects because of time-lagged responses, including both time-lagged extincti...

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Individual study: uncleaned crop seed sowing as a tool to conserve Bromus grossus and restore species-rich arable-dependent plant communities.

Published online: 12 Mar 2020

Authors: Piqueray, J. & Gilliaux, V. & Gaillard, T. & Mahy, G. & Delescaille, L. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Segetal plants, which grow preferentially or exclusively in cereal fields, experienced a strong decline during the last century. Among them, Bromus gr...

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A systematic mapping protocol for understanding knowledge exchange in forest science.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Westwood, A. R. & Hutchen, J. & Kapoor, T. & Klenk, K. & Saturno, J. & Wang, J. & Falconer, M. & Nguyen, V. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

When making decisions about forest and environmental management, managers and policymakers often rely upon scientific knowledge. There is a well-docum...

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Know what drives the adoption of climate-smart agriculture across different scales.

Published online: 10 Jan 2019

Authors: Läderach, P. & Mwongera, C. & Lamanna, C. & Acosta, M. & Ampaire, E. & Eitzinger, A. & Mwungu, C. & Shikuku, K. & Twyman, J. & Winowiecki, L.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Recognizing successful climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices is not enough for them to be adopted at scale. Data shows that CSA adoption depends ...

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Conservation research, policy and practice.

Published online: 20 May 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Sutherland, W. J. & Brotherton, P. N. M. & Davies, Z. G. & Ockendon, N. & Pettorelli, N. & Vickery, J. A.

Content type: Book

Conservation research is essential for advancing knowledge but to make an impact scientific evidence must influence conservation policies, decision ma...

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Leveraging nature-based solutions to reconnect people and nature.

Published online: 25 Aug 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Welden, E. A. & Chausson, A. & Melanidis, M. S.

Content type: Blog

This article critically reflects on the prevailing framing of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to inform the NbS discourses in research, policy and practi...

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Local and landscape effects of organic farming on butterfly species richness and abundance.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Rundlöf, M. & Bengtsson, J. & Smith, H. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agri-environmental schemes (AES) are commonly adopted in Europe to reduce the loss of farmland biodiversity. These schemes have, however, been critici...

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