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Building resilience through climate risk insurance: insights from agricultural research for development.

Published online: 02 Jun 2020

Authors: Kramer, B. & Hellin, J. & Hansen, J. & Rose, A. & Braun, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Scaling insurance to transfer climate risk from the rural poor to financial markets is vital to enhance agricultural risk management in developing cou...

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Encouraging biodiversity at multiple scales in support of resilient woodlands.

Published online: 27 May 2020

Authors: Barsoum, N. & Cottrell, J. & Watts, K. & Bellamy, C.

Content type: Bulletin

Woodland ecosystems are integral to our health, well-being, security and economy, but they face a number of pressures including climate change, land-u...

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NatureScot Research Report 1296 - Learning in Local Greenspace - an evaluation report.

Published online: 07 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Munro, S. A.

Content type: Reports

The findings of the Learning in Local Greenspace (LILG) project in this evaluation report are the following: good progress was made on reducing barrie...

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Improving links between environmental accounting and scenario-based cumulative impact assessment for better-informed biodiversity decisions.

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Authors: Mokany, K. & Harwood, T. D. & Ferrier, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing attention is being given to understanding how intensifying human activities combine over space and time to influence persistence of biodive...

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Measurements of total ana matric suctions of soil water using thermocouple psychrometer and pressure membrane apparatus.

Published online: 22 May 1969

Authors: Williams, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The fitted lines relating total and matric suctions to water content of a coarse sandy loam were significantly different but nevertheless very similar...

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Water use by irrigated cotton in Sudan. II. Net radiation and soil heat flux.

Published online: 22 May 1969

Authors: Rijks, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The seasonal pattern of soil heat-flux was dominated by the increase in crop cover. The average minimum daytime downward flux into the ridge was 40 ca...

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Using stochastic dynamic programming to determine optimal fire management for Banksia ornata.

Published online: 10 Oct 2001

Authors: McCarthy, M. A. & Possingham, H. P. & Gill, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model of the population dynamics of Banksia ornata was developed, using stochastic dynamic programming (a state-dependent decision-making tool), to ...

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Radiation interception and the growth of soyabeans exposed to ozone in open-top field chambers.

Published online: 09 Apr 1985

Authors: Unsworth, M. H. & Lesser, V. M. & Heagle, A. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soyabeans cv. Davis were grown in the field in open-top chambers ventilated with charcoal-filtered air, non-filtered air or non-filtered air to which ...

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Sampling problems with tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Vale, G. A. & Phelps, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Rhodesia, studies were made of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. and G. pallidipes Aust. captured from stationary sources of ox odour (electric t...

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Farmer productivity analysis using individual data: simultaneous estimation of heterogeneity between farmers and elasticity of substitution among varieties of agricultural products.

Published online: 14 Nov 2019

Authors: Akune, Y. & Hosoe, N.

Content type: Bulletin

A framework that incorporates product differentiation under monopolistic competition applies primarily to the manufacturing industry, and agriculture ...

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