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Mapping an urban ecosystem service: quantifying above-ground carbon storage at a city-wide scale.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Davies, Z. G. & Edmondson, J. L. & Heinemeyer, A. & Leake, J. R. & Gaston, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite urbanization being a major driver of land-use change globally, there have been few attempts to quantify and map ecosystem service provision at...

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The effect of organic farming on butterfly diversity depends on landscape context.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Rundlöf, M. & Smith, H. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The recent dramatic decline in farmland biodiversity is often attributed to agricultural intensification and structural changes in the agricultural la...

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Plant uptake of radiocaesium on heather moorland grazed by sheep.

Published online: 12 Jun 1993

Authors: Salt, C. A. & Mayes, R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A hill pasture on an iron podzol in NE Scotland comprising areas of heather-dominated vegetation and Deschampsia flexuosa grassland was grazed by shee...

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Long-term impact of changes in sheep Ovis aries densities on the breeding output of the hen harrier Circus cyaneus.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Amar, A. & Davies, J. & Meek, E. & Williams, J. & Knight, A. & Redpath, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Livestock grazing is an important form of land use across the globe and changes in grazing pressure can have profound effects on vertebrate population...

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Active farmsteads are year-round strongholds for farmland birds.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Šálek, M. & Bažant, M. & Żmihorski, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmland birds have experienced substantial declines over recent decades and various conservation measures have been designed to halt their massive de...

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A spatially explicit assessment of the vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate change in the Union of the Comoros.

Published online: 09 Aug 2017

Authors: Bourgoin, C. & Parker, L. & Martínez-Valle, A. & Mwongera, C. & Läderach, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Located between Mozambique and Madagascar, the Union of the Comoros is one of the most poor countries of the world. Its very high dependence on the ag...

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Reflections from the team: co-creating visual media about ecological processes for young people.

Published online: 07 Aug 2022

Authors: Thomas, M. J. & Giannoulatou, I. D. & Kocak, E. & Tank, W. & Sarnowski, R. & Jones, P. E. & Januchowski-Hartley, S. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Many migratory fish populations are declining, threatened by human-induced pressures such as habitat loss and fragmentation caused by dams, roads, lan...

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The effects of controlled sheep grazing on the dynamics of upland Agrostis-Festuca grassland.

Published online: 26 Jan 2000

Authors: Hulme, P. D. & Pakeman, R. J. & Torvell, L. & Fisher, J. M. & Gordon, I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agrostis capillaris-Festuca ovina plant communities are widespread in the uplands of Great Britain. They are agriculturally productive but little is k...

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Plant, herbivore and parasitoid community composition in native Nothofagaceae forests vs. exotic pine plantations.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Peralta, G. & Frost, C. M. & Didham, R. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Converting natural areas into land used for production causes dramatic changes in the configuration of landscapes. Both the loss and fragmentation of ...

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Heathland management affects soil response to drought.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Gliesch, M. & Sanchez, L. H. & Jongepier, E. & Martin, C. & Hu YaHan & Tietema, A. & Vries, F. T. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Drought can affect ecosystem functioning by altering plant-soil interactions, posing a significant threat to vulnerable ecosystems like heathlands. In...

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