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Use of pastures by brown hares.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Barnes, R. F. W. & Tapper, S. C. & Williams, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relative importance to hares of pasture fields, with and without farm livestock, was assessed on a mixed farm of cereals and grass in Hampshire, S...

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The potential of grass field margin management for enhancing beetle diversity in intensive livestock farms.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Woodcock, B. A. & Potts, S. G. & Pilgrim, E. & Ramsay, A. J. & Tscheulin, T. & Parkinson, A. & Smith, R. E. N. & Gundrey, A. L. & Brown, V. K. & Tallowin, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Declining populations of UK grassland flora and fauna have been attributed to intensification of agricultural management practices, including changes ...

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The scientific basis of climate-smart agriculture: a systematic review protocol.

Published online: 16 Mar 2016

Authors: Rosenstock, T. S. & Lamanna, C. & Chesterman, S. & Bell, P. & Arslan, A. & Richards, M. & Rioux, J. & Akinleye, A. O. & Champalle, C. & Cheng Zhou & Corner-Dolloff, C. & Dohn, J. & English, W. & Eyrich, A. S. & Girvetz, E. H. & Kerr, A. & Lizarazo, M. & Madalinska, A. & McFatridge, S. & Morris, K. S. & Namoi, N. & Poultouchidou, N. & Silva, M. R. da & Rayess, S. & Rioux, J. & Ström, H. (et al)

Content type: Bulletin

Background: 'Climate-smart agriculture' (CSA)-agriculture and food systems that sustainably increase food production, improve resilience (or adaptive ...

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Are eurasian badgers responsible for lamb predation? An investigation using farmer interviews, post-mortem examination and molecular tools.

Published online: 04 Nov 2024

Authors: George, S. & Campbell, S. & Martineau, H. & Hale, C. & Kaden, J. & Webster, L. M. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

This study investigates farmers' reports of lamb predation by badgers on Scottish sheep farms. Differentiating between predation and scavenging, and i...

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Feeding the world in a changing climate: an adaptation roadmap for agriculture.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Loboguerrero, A. M. & Birch, J. & Thornton, P. & Meza, L. & Sunga, I. & Bui Ba Bong & Rabbinge, R. & Reddy, M. & Dinesh, D. & Korner, J. & Martinez-Baron, D. & Millan, A. & Hansen, J. & Huyer, S. & Campbell, B.

Content type: Miscellaneous

The impacts of a warming world are affecting food production in every corner of the globe. From shifting rainfall patterns and growing seasons, to mor...

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Gradients in vegetation cover, structure and species richness of Nama-Karoo shrublands in relation to distance from livestock watering points.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Todd, S. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Gradients of animal impact known as piospheres tend to develop around artificial watering points, particularly in arid zones. Such grazing gradients r...

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Bridging the conservation and development trade-off? A working landscape critique of a conservancy in the Maasai Mara.

Published online: 23 Aug 2024

Authors: Tyrrell, P. & Evans, L. & Brehony, P. & Wood, P. & Karimi, R. & Kaelo, D. O. & Hunter, F. & Muiyuro, R. & Kang'ethe, E. & Perry, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The recent call to halt biodiversity loss by protecting half the planet has been hotly contested because of the extent to which people might be exclud...

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Livestock grazing alters multiple ecosystem properties and services in salt marshes: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Davidson, K. E. & Fowler, M. S. & Skov, M. W. & Doerr, S. H. & Beaumont, N. & Griffin, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The far-reaching impacts of livestock grazing in terrestrial grasslands are widely appreciated, but how livestock affect the structure and functions o...

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Ecological and economic benefits to cattle rangelands of restoring an apex predator.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Prowse, T. A. A. & Johnson, C. N. & Cassey, P. & Bradshaw, C. J. A. & Brook, B. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The conservation of terrestrial carnivores is hampered by economic conflicts between predation and livestock production. The dingo Canis dingo is the ...

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Drivers of farmers' willingness to adopt extensive farming practices in a globally important bird area.

Published online: 26 Jun 2019

Authors: Czajkowski, M. & Zagórska, K. & Letki, N. & Tryjanowski, P. & Wąs, A.

Content type: Bulletin

Agri-environmental schemes have become an integral tool of land use management policies in ecologically valuable river valleys, that are commonly reco...

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