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Direct and indirect effects of the most widely implemented Dutch agri-environment schemes on breeding waders.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Verhulst, J. & Kleijn, D. & Berendse, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the Netherlands, agri-environment schemes are an important tool for halting the ongoing decline of meadow birds and, in particular, waders breeding...

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Rwanda climate services for agriculture: evaluation of farmers' awareness, use and impacts.

Published online: 03 Jun 2020

Authors: Birachi, E. & Kagabo, D. M. & Hansen, J. & Mutua, M. & Mbugua, M. & Chiputwa, B. & Rose, A. & Dawit Solomon

Content type: Bulletin

Climate services are important in helping smallholder farmers manage climate-related risks and adapt to climate change, especially for rainfed agricul...

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Factors influencing molehill distribution in grassland: implications for controlling the damage caused by molehills.

Published online: 05 Aug 1999

Authors: Edwards, G. R. & Crawley, M. J. & Heard, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The possibility of controlling molehill distribution by using management procedures that alter the availability of earthworms, the principal food of m...

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The benefits of extensive agriculture to birds: the case of the little bustard.

Published online: 03 Jan 2002

Authors: Wolff, A. & Paul, J. P. & Martin, J. L. & Bretagnolle, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The little bustard Tetrax tetrax is among many birds thought to be declining because of agricultural intensification in western Europe. In contrast wi...

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Management-dependent effects of pollinator functional diversity on apple pollination services: a response-effect trait approach.

Published online: 27 Dec 2021

Authors: Roquer-Beni, L. & Alins, G. & Arnan, X. & Boreux, V. & García, D. & Hambäck, P. A. & Happe, A. K. & Klein, A. M. & Miñarro, M. & Mody, K. & Porcel, M. & Rodrigo, A. & Samnegård, U. & Tasin, M. & Bosch, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Functional traits mediate the response of communities to disturbances (response traits) and their contribution to ecosystem functions (effect traits)....

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Does climate information matter? A proposed monitoring and evaluation framework for participatory assessment of the impact of climate services for male and female farmers.

Published online: 23 Dec 2014

Authors: Tall, A. & Davis, A. & Agrawal, S.

Content type: Bulletin

This report summarizes a new contextual and gender-responsive monitoring and evaluation framework (M&E) to assess the added value of climate infor...

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Modest enhancements to conventional grassland diversity improve the provision of pollination services.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Orford, K. A. & Murray, P. J. & Vaughan, I. P. & Memmott, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grassland for livestock production is a major form of land use throughout Europe and its intensive management threatens biodiversity and ecosystem fun...

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Smallholder farmers' perceptions and strategies for adaptation to climate change in Brong Ahafo and Upper West Regions of Ghana.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Abdoulaye, T. & Bamire, A. S. & Akinola, A. A. & Etwire, P. M.

Content type: Bulletin

With data collected from 750 farming households using survey questionnaire and 25 Focus Group Discussions (FGD), this report documents farmers' percep...

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Cocoa agroforest multifunctionality and soil fertility explained by shade tree litter traits.

Published online: 28 Jul 2020

Authors: Sauvadet, M. & Saj, S. & Freschet, G. T. & Essobo, J. D. & Enock, S. & Becquer, T. & Tixier, P. & Harmand, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Manipulating plant functional diversity to improve agroecosystem multifunctionality is a central challenge of agricultural systems world-wide. In coco...

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Arthropods from fallow land in a winter wheat-fallow sequence.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Jones, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over a period of 4 years, insects emerged throughout the year from the uncropped area in a winter-wheat-fallow sequence on Rothamsted Farm, southern E...

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