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Effects of customary egg harvest regimes on hatching success of a culturally important waterfowl species.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: Herse, M. R. & Tylianakis, J. M. & Scott, N. J. & Brown, D. & Cranwell, I. & Henry, J. & Pauling, C. & McIntosh, A. R. & Gormley, A. M. & Lyver, P. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

1. Customary harvests of wildlife underpin the livelihoods, cultural identities, well-being and ecological knowledge of many Indigenous peoples and lo...

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A study of the ecology of Acacia metllifera, A. seyal and Balanites aegyptiaca in relation to land-clearing.

Published online: 05 Mar 1967

Authors: Adams, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two different vegetation communities, Acacia mellifera bushland and associated grassland in a drier, more northerly zone, and A. seyall Balanites aegy...

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Bamboo for climate-smart landscapes in Chishui, Guizhou province: assessment of the vulnerability of bamboo forest ecosystems to climate change.

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Authors: Fan ShaoHui & Liu GuangLu & Frith, O. & Li YanXia & Li ShaoBin & Huang ShiPing & Long PeiZhong

Content type: Bulletin

This report presents the first study into the vulnerability and resilience of bamboo forest ecosystems to climate change in China. Chishui, one of the...

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Exploring shared public perspectives on biodiversity attributes.

Published online: 25 Oct 2021

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

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Researchers, practitioners and policymakers have widely documented the multifarious ways that nature influences human well-being. However, we still ha...

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Understanding traditional Chinese medicine to strengthen conservation outcomes.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Cheung, H. & Doughty, H. & Hinsley, A. & Hsu, E. & Lee TienMing & Milner-Gulland, E. J. & Possingham, H. P. & Biggs, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Numerous treatments in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) involve the use of wildlife products, including some that utilize ingredients derived from e...

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Socio-psychological factors, beyond knowledge, predict people's engagement in pollinator conservation.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Knapp, J. L. & Phillips, B. B. & Clements, J. & Shaw, R. F. & Osborne, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Nature conservation often depends on the behaviour of individuals, which can be driven by socio-psychological factors such as a person's attitude, kno...

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The use of nitrogen fertilizer on alternative grassland feeding refuges for pink-footed geese in spring.

Published online: 10 Oct 2001

Authors: Patterson, I. J. & Fuchs, R. M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensive agriculture often reduces biodiversity on farmed land, but the converse situation, of wildlife damaging agriculture, is also important. A st...

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The effects of forest fragmentation on bee communities in tropical countryside.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Brosi, B. J. & Daily, G. C. & Shih, T. M. & Oviedo, F. & Durán, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite ongoing concerns and controversy over a putative 'global pollination crisis' there is little information on the response of bees, the most imp...

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Wild bee pollinators provide the majority of crop visitation across land-use gradients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, USA.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Winfree, R. & Williams, N. M. & Gaines, H. & Ascher, J. S. & Kremen, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Concern about a global decline in wild pollinators has increased interest in how pollinators are affected by human land use, and how this, in turn, af...

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Decades of artificial nests towards African penguin conservation-have they made a difference?

Published online: 30 Oct 2024

Authors: Pichegru, L. & Sherley, R. B. & Malan, T. & Barham, B. J. & Ludynia, K. & Geldenhuys, D. & Amos, K. & Barham, P. J. & Drost, E. & Hahndiek, V. & Hufke, A. & Hugo, C. & Lawrence, C. & McGeorge, C. & McInnes, A. M. & Makhado, A. M. & Mashau, M. & Milne, R. & Purves, A. & Slier, M. & Merwe, C. van der & Wilgen, N. J. van & Waller, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

African penguins are among the most threatened seabird species globally and an African Penguin Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) published in 2013 gu...

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