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Modelling the effects of management on population dynamics: some lessons from annual weeds.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Freckleton, R. P. & Sutherland, W. J. & Watkinson, A. R. & Stephens, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural and invasive weeds are major threats to managed and natural ecosystems, costing billions of dollars annually. Models for arable and invas...

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Creating desirable futures for nature: the Nature Futures Framework.

Published online: 27 Nov 2020

Authors: Pereira, L. M. & Davies, K. K. & Belder, E. den & Ferrier, S. & Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. & Kim, H. & Kuiper JanJ. & Okayasu, S. & Palomo, M. G. & Pereira, H. M. & Peterson, G. & Jyothis Sathyapalan & Schoolenberg, M. & Alkemade, R. & Ribeiro, S. C. & Greenaway, A. & Hauck, J. & King, N. & Lazarova, T. & Ravera, F. & Chettri, N. & Cheung, W. W. L. & Hendriks, R. J. J. & Kolomytsev, G. & Leadley, P. & Metzger, J. P. & Ninan, K. N. & Pichs, R. & Popp, A. & Rondinini, C. & Rosa, I. & Vuuren, D. van & Lundquist, C. J.

Content type: Blog

This paper addresses the question of how a new set of scenarios that respond to these needs can be developed. It outlines the systematic steps to deve...

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Control and eradication of Australian swamp stonecrop Crassula helmsii using herbicide and burial at two ponds at Mile Cross Marsh, Norfolk, England.

Published online: 08 Nov 2017

Authors: Sims, P. F. & Sims, L. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Crassula helmsii (Australian swamp stonecrop or New Zealand pygmyweed) was first recorded growing on Mile Cross Marsh in Norwich, Norfolk, UK before 2...

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Effects of culling on badger Meles meles spatial organization: implications for the control of bovine tuberculosis.

Published online: 03 May 2006

Authors: Woodroffe, R. & Donnelly, C. A. & Cox, D. R. & Bourne, F. J. & Cheeseman, C. L. & Delahay, R. J. & Gettinby, G. & McInerney, J. P. & Morrison, W. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The incidence of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in British cattle has risen markedly over the last two decades. Failure to control the disease in cattle has...

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Interactive effects of landscape context constrain the effectiveness of local agri-environmental management.

Published online: 20 Jun 2012

Authors: Concepción, E. D. & Díaz, M. & Kleijn, D. & Báldi, A. & Batáry, P. & Clough, Y. & Gabriel, D. & Herzog, F. & Holzschuh, A. & Knop, E. & Marshall, E. J. P. & Tscharntke, T. & Verhulst, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological theory predicts that the effectiveness of local agri-environmental management to enhance species richness at field scales will be the highe...

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The Potential Contribution of Agroforestry to Net Zero Objectives [updated Nov 2022].

Published online: 06 Jan 2023

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Burgess, P. J. & Graves, A.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this report is to examine the potential contribution of agroforestry to net zero objectives in the United Kingdom over the next 40-50 years...

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Chobe district integrated land use plan.

Published online: 08 Nov 2017

Authors: Sluis, T. van der & Cassidy, L. & Brooks, C. & Wolski, P. & Post, C. vander & Wit, P. & Henkens, R. & Eupen, M. van & Mosepele, K. & Maruapula, O. & Veenendaal, E.

Content type: Bulletin

The Chobe District Integrated Land Use Plan is a framework plan: it sets the boundary conditions for more detailed plans, such as the tourism manageme...

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Species diversity and dispersal traits alter biodiversity spillover in reconstructed grasslands.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Sperry, K. P. & Hilfer, H. & Lane, I. & Petersen, J. & Dixon, P. M. & Sullivan, L. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grasslands are among the planet's most imperilled ecosystems, largely because habitat conversion has caused extreme biodiversity loss. In response, ma...

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A degradation threshold for irreversible loss of soil productivity: a long-term case study in China.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Gao Yang & Zhong BingLin & Yue Hui & Wu Bin & Cao ShiXiong

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

During the past three decades, conservation and restoration biologists have increasingly recognized that ecological communities are likely to exhibit ...

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Minimal effects of wind turbines on the distribution of wintering farmland birds.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Devereux, C. L. & Denny, M. J. H. & Whittingham, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Energy production from wind power is increasing rapidly in Europe to help combat the threats from global warming. For example, the European Commission...

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