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Trade-offs in sustainable agricultural intensification: the farmers' perspective.

Published online: 09 Jul 2020

Authors: Adolph, B.

Content type: Bulletin

Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa face a constant challenge: to choose between many, often competing, social, economic and environmental objec...

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USGS integrated drought science.

Published online: 03 Jan 2018

Authors: Ostroff, A. C. & Muhlfeld, C. C. & Lambert, P. M. & Booth, N. L. & Carter, S. L. & Stoker, J. M. & Focazio, M. J.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper discusses the USGS Integrated Drought Project. The USGS is organized into seven Mission Areas that focus on some of the most significant is...

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An apparatus for the study of leaf canopy optics.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Grace, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A Calluna vulgaris canopy was reconstructed using 6-cm cuttings supported on a clear Perspex base drilled with randomly arranged holes of appropriate ...

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The need for management of nature conservation sites designated under Natura 2000.

Published online: 08 Jul 1999

Authors: Ostermann, O. P.

Content type: Conference paper; Journal article

The Natura 2000 Network will consist of sites designated by the Member States of the European Union, under the Habitats and Birds Directives. Many of ...

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Quantifying and optimizing grazing regimes in Greek mountain systems.

Published online: 08 Jul 1999

Authors: Zervas, G.

Content type: Conference paper; Journal article

From an ecological and environmental point of view, livestock husbandry plays a very important role as there is a valuable interaction between livesto...

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Differential survival of genetic variants in crowded populations of Phlox.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Bazzaz, F. A. & Levin, D. A. & Schmierbach, M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The nature of change in genetic structure during self-thinning of crowded mixtures of Phlox drummondii genotypes was investigated with (1) 10 commerci...

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Ordinance Survey (OS), Chris Moore.

Published online: 07 Dec 2024

Published by: UK, Ordnance Survey

Content type: Conference slides

This presentation focuses on the mapping and monitoring efforts of Ordnance Survey (OS), which has been mapping the UK since 1791. It highlights the u...

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Defoliation and treading by cattle of reed Phragmites australis.

Published online: 29 Apr 1990

Authors: Deursen, E. J. M. van & Drost, H. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The influence of cattle grazing on marked shoots of P. australis was studied on embanked sandflats of the Lauwerszeepolder, N. Netherlands in 1983-86....

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Systems analysis of the effect of application methods on the entry of sulphur into pastures grazed by sheep.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: May, P. F. & Till, A. R. & Cumming, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Quantitative estimates of the effects of different methods of S application on the entry of 35S into the grazed pasture system were made on an analogu...

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Analysing perceptions of nature and nature's contributions to people for a Swiss ecological infrastructure.

Published online: 31 Jan 2025

Authors: Cracco, M. & Walters, G. & Loup, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Understanding how a population perceives nature and nature's contributions to people is key to designing a society's ecological infrastructure. Narrat...

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