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Weed management and woodland creation - an evidence review of herbicide alternatives and impacts on biodiversity.

Published online: 22 Jan 2022

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Bavin, S.

Content type: Reports

1. Weed control is important for ensuring the rapid and successful establishment of trees in woodland creation projects. Over recent decades, herbicid...

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Woodland, cropland and hedgerows promote pollinator abundance in intensive grassland landscapes, with saturating benefits of flower cover.

Published online: 14 Feb 2022

Authors: Alison, J. & Botham, M. & Maskell, L. C. & Garbutt, A. & Seaton, F. M. & Skates, J. & Smart, S. M. & Thomas, A. R. C. & Tordoff, G. & Williams, B. L. & Wood, C. M. & Emmett, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinating insects provide economic value by improving crop yield. They are also functionally and culturally important across ecosystems outside of c...

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Land classification for management planning in the Luangwa Valley of Zambia.

Published online: 12 Jan 1970

Authors: Astle, W. L. & Webster, R. & Lawrance, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Luangwa Valley is about 700 km long and up to 90 km wide, and contains about 15, 000 km2 of game reserves where local overgrazing and overbrowsing...

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NatureScot Research Report 1278 - Monitoring the success of Peatland Action - establishing a baseline condition for vegetation.

Published online: 28 Nov 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Ross, S. & Blackshaw, A.

Content type: Reports

This project aims to establish the baseline condition of a selection of these sites to enable future long-term monitoring of the effects of the manage...

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Definition of Favourable Conservation Status for wet woodland.

Published online: 30 Aug 2023

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This document outlines the concept of "favourable conservation status" for wet woodland in England. Favourable conservation status signifies a thrivin...

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Definition of Favourable Conservation Status for lowland mixed deciduous woodland.

Published online: 08 Aug 2023

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This document sets out Natural England's view on favourable conservation status for lowland mixed deciduous woodland in England. Favourable conservati...

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NatureScot Research Report 1282 - Ardvar Woodlands SSSI/ SAC Herbivore Impact Assessment 2021.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Heaton, S. A.

Content type: Reports

This report details the methodology, results analysis and conclusions of a herbivore impact assessment (HIA) carried out on the seedlings and saplings...

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Discovering how the public interact with, respond to, and talk about British woodlands.

Published online: 26 Sep 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Austen, G. E. & Dallimer Martin & Irvine, K. N. & Maund, P. R. & Fish, R. D. & Davies, Z. G.

Content type: Blog

The aim of this study is to find out if there were particular ways the public think and speak about biodiversity. This might be in response to how a s...

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European woodland history and management: some concluding thoughts.

Published online: 28 Mar 2019

Authors: Rotherham, I. D. & Çolak, A. H. & Kırca, S.

Content type: Bulletin article

This chapter provides some concluding thoughts and recommendations on the history and management of the European woodlands. It is hoped that this publ...

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From taxonomic to functional dark diversity: exploring the causes of potential biodiversity and its implications for conservation.

Published online: 20 Apr 2022

Authors: Morel, L. & Jung, V. & Chollet, S. & Ysnel, F. & Barbe, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The conservation of natural habitats requires an accurate assessment of both their degradation and their potential for restoration. Among the tools av...

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