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Planning from scratch: a new modelling approach for designing protected areas in remote, data-poor regions.

Published online: 18 Jan 2024

Authors: Ducros, D. & Devillers, R. & Messager, A. & Suet, M. & Wachoum, A. S. & Deschamps, C. & Breme, B. M. & Petersen, I. K. & Kayser, Y. & Vincent-Martin, N. & Djimasngar, M. N. & Portier, B. & Champagnon, J. & Mondain-Monval, J. Y. & Rau, P. D. du

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human pressure on ecosystems has strongly increased over the last decades and now impacts even the most remote regions. To help mitigate these impacts...

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Protected areas and nature recovery: achieving the goal to protect 30% of UK land and seas for nature by 2030.

Published online: 06 Jul 2022

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Bailey, J. J. & Schéré, C. M. & Cunningham, C. A. & Metcalfe, C. A. & Griffin, D. C. & Hoppit, G. & Turner, R. K. & Travers, T. & Hill, J. K. & Sinnadurai, P.

Content type: Reports

Area-based conservation on land and at sea will be a critical component of the UK's efforts towards addressing the connected climate and ecological cr...

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Subarctic afforestation: effects of forest plantations on ground-nesting birds in lowland Iceland.

Published online: 13 Nov 2022

Authors: Pálsdóttir, A. E. & Gill, J. A. & Alves, J. A. & Pálsson, S. & Méndez, V. & Ewing, H. & Gunnarsson, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Planting forests is a commonly suggested measure to mitigate climate change. The resulting changes in habitat structure can greatly influence the dive...

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The status and role of genetic diversity of trees for the conservation and management of riparian ecosystems: a European experts' perspective.

Published online: 13 Nov 2022

Authors: Alimpić, F. & Milovanović, J. & Pielech, R. & Hinkov, G. & Jansson, R. & Dufour, S. & Beza, M. & Bilir, N. & Santos del Blanco, L. & Božič, G. & Bruno, D. & Chiarabaglio, P. M. & Doncheva, N. & Gültekin, Y. S. & Ivanković, M. & Kelly-Quinn, M. & Porta, N. la & Nonić, M. & Notivol, E. & Papastergiadou, E. & Šijačić-Nikolić, M. & Vietto, L. & Villar, M. & Zhelev, P. & Rodríguez-González, P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Riparian vegetation supports high biodiversity providing many services and is, therefore, an important landscape element. Riparian ecosystems are subj...

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The effects of a decade of agri-environment intervention in a lowland farm landscape on population trends of birds and butterflies.

Published online: 05 Nov 2022

Authors: Redhead, J. W. & Hinsley, S. A. & Botham, M. S. & Broughton, R. K. & Freeman, S. N. & Bellamy, P. E. & Siriwardena, G. & Randle, Z. & Nowakowski, M. & Heard, M. S. & Pywell, R. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Declines in farmland biodiversity remain evident despite over three decades of research and implementation of agri-environment schemes (AES). Although...

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Activity of forest specialist bats decreases towards wind turbines at forest sites.

Published online: 11 Nov 2022

Authors: Ellerbrok, J. S. & Delius, A. & Peter, F. & Farwig, N. & Voigt, C. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Worldwide, wind turbines are increasingly being built at forest sites to meet the goals of national climate strategies. Yet, the impact on biodiversit...

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A comparison of approaches for including connectivity in systematic conservation planning.

Published online: 11 Nov 2022

Authors: Hanson, J. O. & Vincent, J. & Schuster, R. & Fahrig, L. & Brennan, A. & Martin, A. E. & Hughes, J. S. & Pither, R. & Bennett, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plans for expanding protected area systems (prioritizations) often aim to facilitate connectivity. To achieve this, many approaches-based on different...

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Fallow deer foraging alone does not preserve the vegetation of traditionally sheep-grazed calcareous grasslands.

Published online: 19 Nov 2022

Authors: Rupprecht, D. & Jedrzejek, B. & Hölzel, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The goal of this study was to evaluate to what extent wild ungulates (fallow deer) can contribute to the maintenance of semi-natural calcareous grassl...

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Functional rarity and evolutionary uniqueness of threatened species across different scales and habitats in a Central European flora.

Published online: 07 Nov 2022

Authors: Sfair, J. C. & Lososová, Z. & Chytrý, M. & Bello, F. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the potential extinction of threatened species, communities and species pools could become functionally and phylogenetically impoverished, especi...

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Predicting bushmeat biomass from species composition captured by camera traps: implications for locally based wildlife monitoring.

Published online: 05 Nov 2022

Authors: Hongo, S. & Dzefack, Z. C. B. & Vernyuy, L. N. & Minami, S. & Mizuno, K. & Otsuka, R. & Hiroshima, Y. & Djiéto-Lordon, C. & Nakashima, Y. & Yasuoka, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Facing the bushmeat crisis, tropical forests require effective monitoring for sustainable wildlife management. To gain credibility with local people a...

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