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Less visible but yet vital for human health: nutrient-dense indigenous vegetables and their need for urgent promotion in balanced diets.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Keatinge, J. D. H. & Holmer, R. J. & Ebert, A. W. & Hughes, J. A.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

This paper describes the importance of indigenous vegetables in traditional food systems with a particular focus on Southeast Asia. Many indigenous ve...

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Habitats as recording units in ecological survey: a field trial in Caernarvonshire, North Wales.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Buse, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The occurrence of 46 types of habitat in Caernarvonshire was recorded in terms of percentage occurrence and percentage cover within defined areas and ...

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Can long-term floodplain meadow recreation replicate species composition and functional characteristics of target grasslands?

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Woodcock, B. A. & McDonald, A. W. & Pywell, R. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The recreation of species-rich grassland represents a key EU agri-environment policy initiative intended to maintain native biodiversity and to suppor...

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Operation and organization of the institutional framework of climate change in Mali.

Published online: 13 Apr 2016

Authors: Traoré, K. & Totin, E. & Sogoba, B. & Traoré, P. S. & Zougmoré, R.

Content type: Bulletin

The Flagship Project 4 CCAFS implemented in Mali since 2014 considers a wide adoption of climate-friendly practices that can help improve the producer...

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Ecological restoration and estuarine management: placing people in the coastal landscape.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Weinstein, M. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Amid signs that estuarine ecosystems are increasingly degraded and may reach new thresholds of irreversible decline, restoration ecologists and coasta...

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Senescence and rejuvenation in ungrazed chalk grassland (grassland B) in Breckland: the significance of litter and of moles.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Watt, A. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in the floristic composition of ungrazed chalk grassland on Foxhole Heath, Breckland, between 1938 and 1971 were considered in relation to cha...

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Will agri-environment schemes deliver substantial biodiversity gain, and if not why not?

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Whittingham, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One of the main aims of agri-environment schemes (AES) is to increase biodiversity on farmland. Common conservation practice is to identify areas cont...

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Systematic spatial variation of stomatal conductance in a Sitka spruce plantation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Leverenz, J. & Deans, J. D. & Ford, E. D. & Jarvis, P. G. & Milne, R. & Whitehead, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Null balance diffusion porometers were used to estimate the variation of stomatal conductance (gs) in a Sitka spruce plantation. Samples were stratifi...

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Climate change, connectivity and conservation decision making: back to basics.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Hodgson, J. A. & Thomas, C. D. & Wintle, B. A. & Moilanen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The challenge of climate change forces us to re-examine the assumptions underlying conservation planning. Increasing 'connectivity' has emerged as the...

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Global forest resources assessment 2015: how are the world's forests changing?

Published online: 23 Nov 2016

Content type: Miscellaneous

The contributions of forests to the well-being of humankind are far-reaching. Forests provide vital wood supplies, help to combat rural poverty, and e...

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