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The Natural Capital approach: a framework for the successful recovery of nature in estuaries.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Authors: Dowdall, L. & Bowe, C. & Kirby, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Estuaries are unique and complex systems that are important for ecological, cultural and economic reasons. They provide valuable habitat for biodivers...

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Restoring life on earth: private-sector experiences in land reclamation and ecosystem recovery.

Published online: 25 Jan 2017

Content type: Bulletin

This publication is a collection of 11 case studies, gathered from many areas of the world and reflecting a number of vastly different ecosystems and ...

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A vision for the future conservation evidence landscape.

Published online: 19 May 2025

Authors: O'Connell, M. J. & White, R. L. & Haysom, K. A. & Seo, M. & Dooner, P. & Macadam, C. & Plowman, A. & Bulman, C. R. & Hayns, S. & Nason, M. & Groves, L. & Orr, H. G. & Meakin, K. & Dagley, J. & Stringer, A. & Smart, A. & Hynes, J. & Stone, D. & Hails, R. S. & Webb, J. & Hutchinson, N. & Higgins, S. & Wilson, J. D. & Burns, F. & Robinson, S. L. & Doar, N. & Smith, R. K. & Sutherland, W. J. & Rogers, L. & Jackson, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Evidence-based conservation has made some major steps forward in the last two decades. However, the 'landscape' in which evidence is generated, funded...

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NatureScot Research Report 1275 - Time series analysis to determine change in maerl beds.

Published online: 21 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Doggett, M. & Morris-Webb, L. & Baldock, L.

Content type: Reports

This report evaluates methods for monitoring the recovery of maerl beds, a sensitive and declining habitat protected in several Marine Protected Areas...

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Active restoration after three decades: seed addition increases native dominance compared to landscape-scale secondary succession.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: O'Reilly-Nugent, A. & Blumenthal, D. M. & Wandrag, E. M. & Duncan, R. P. & Catford, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Active restoration often aims to accelerate ecosystem recovery. However, active restoration may not be worthwhile if its effects are overwhelmed by ch...

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Responses and resilience of tallgrass prairie streams to patch-burn grazing.

Published online: 01 Dec 2020

Authors: Fulgoni, J. N. & Whiles, M. R. & Dodds, W. K. & Larson, D. M. & Jackson, K. E. & Grudzinski, B. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patch-burn grazing (PBG) can promote terrestrial heterogeneity and biodiversity, but can temporarily increase stream nutrients and ecosystem metabolis...

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Repeated fires trap Amazonian blackwater floodplains in an open vegetation state.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Flores, B. M. & Fagoaga, R. & Nelson, B. W. & Holmgren, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change may increase the occurrence of droughts and fires in the Amazon. Most of our understanding on how fire affects tropical ecosystems is b...

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Demographic variation and population viability in a threatened Himalayan medicinal and aromatic herb Nardostachys grandiflora: matrix modelling of harvesting effects in two contrasting habitats.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Ghimire, S. K. & Gimenez, O. & Pradel, R. & McKey, D. & Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite significant interest in the sustainable use of medicinal plants, the population ecology of many medicinal plant species remains unstudied. Als...

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Invertebrate community structure predicts natural pest control resilience to insecticide exposure.

Published online: 26 Feb 2021

Authors: Greenop, A. & Cook, S. M. & Wilby, A. & Pywell, R. F. & Woodcock, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological pest control has become one of the central principles of ecological intensification in agriculture. However, invertebrate natural enemies w...

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Control of bracken and restoration of heathland. VII. The response of bracken rhizomes to 18 years of continued bracken control or 6 years of control followed by recovery.

Published online: 19 Mar 1999

Authors: Marrs, R. H. & Johnson, S. W. & Duc, M. G. le

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of six bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) control treatments applied in combination with a Calluna seeding treatment on the rhizome system of b...

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