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Tourism and visitor management in protected areas: guidelines for sustainability.

Published online: 30 Oct 2019

Authors: Leung YuFai & Spenceley, A. & Hvenegaard, G. & Buckley, R. & Groves, C.

Content type: Bulletin

Protected areas are a key component of any global conservation strategy. Tourism provides a crucial and unique way of fostering visitors' connection w...

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Guidelines for privately protected areas.

Published online: 30 Oct 2019

Authors: Mitchell, B. & Stolton, S. & Bezaury-Creel, J. & Bingham, H. C. & Cumming, T. L. & Dudley, N. & Fitzsimons, J. A. & Malleret-King, D. & Redford, K. H. & Solano, P. & Groves, C.

Content type: Bulletin

These guidelines address planning and management of privately protected areas (or PPAs) and the guidance is aimed principally at practitioners and pol...

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Drivers of forests and tree-based systems for food security and nutrition.

Published online: 27 May 2015

Authors: Basnett, B. S. & Martin, A. & Rai, N. D. & Smith-Hall, C.

Content type: Bulletin article

In the context of this chapter, drivers are considered to be natural or anthropogenic developments affecting forests and tree-based systems for food s...

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Transport of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.

Published online: 22 May 1965

Authors: Cowan, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An approximate solution is presented of the differential equation describing soil-moisture flow towards a root absorbing water at a periodically varyi...

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A comparison of relative growth rates of different individual plants and different cultivars of onion of diverse geographic origin at two temperatures and two light intensities.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Brewster, J. L. & Barnes, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In two series of experiments, the relative leaf growth rates (RA) and relative growth rates (RW) of seedlings of 8 onion cvs of diverse geographic ori...

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Introduction to Freshwater Wetlands for Improving Water Quality.

Published online: 03 Nov 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wake, H. & Norton, D. & Naismith, D. & Taylor, M. & Nicholson, A. & Shore, R.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this report is to provide an overview and summarize the science, experience and case studies relating to the use of freshwater wetlands for...

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Spatial assessment of benthic compensatory habitats for offshore wind farm impacts.

Published online: 27 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Ward, O. & Aberson, M. & Kirby, D. & Chaverra, A. & Roberts, A. & Cross, K. & Warner, I. & Reach, I.

Content type: Reports

This project aims to identify benthic habitats that, whilst not classified as the same, have a similar or identical ecological function and ecosystem ...

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Future environmental scenarios for offshore wind expansion: Methodology recommendations.

Published online: 27 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Still, D. & Pacitto, S. & Miller, M. & Kazer, S. & Purcell, C. & Gloyne-Phillips, I.

Content type: Reports

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland commissioned a study to scope out illustrati...

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Assessing the potential for offshore infrastructure as platforms for environmental monitoring.

Published online: 27 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Copley, V.

Content type: Reports

This project was established to investigate the feasibility of using offshore assets for hosting environmental monitoring sensors. The first phase of ...

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The effect of windspeed on the growth of grasses.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Russell, G. & Grace, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plants of Festuca arundinacea and Lolium perenne were exposed to constant wind speeds of 1.1, 4.0, 7.4, or 10.0 m/s in a controlled-environment wind t...

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