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The maintenance of grassland on smelter wastes in the Lower Swansea Valley. 3. Zinc smelter waste.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Gemmell, R. P. & Goodman, G. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large-scale trials, using applications of organic materials and pulverized fuel ash on Zn smelter waste, were set up in the Lower Swansea Valley, UK, ...

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Progress report on agricultural nature and landscape management: contribution to the 2018 rural development programme annual report.

Published online: 17 Jul 2020

Authors: Boonstra, F. G. & Nieuwenhuizen, W.

Content type: Bulletin

At the beginning of 2016 there was a first version of the new agricultural nature and landscape management system (ANLb). Since then, hard work has be...

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Nutrient deficiencies and the aftercare of reclaimed derelict land.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Bloomfield, H. E. & Handley, J. F. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fourteen grass swards which had been reclaimed from colliery spoil and urban clearance materials 1-7 years previously were dressed with nitrogen, phos...

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Urban heavy metal contamination limits bumblebee colony growth.

Published online: 06 Dec 2020

Authors: Sivakoff, F. S. & Prajzner, S. P. & Gardiner, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Post-industrial shrinking cities contain abundant vacant land and are increasingly recognized for their pollinator conservation potential. At the same...

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Dispersal and establishment limitation reduces the potential for successful restoration of semi-natural grassland communities on former arable fields.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Öster, M. & Ask, K. & Cousins, S. A. O. & Eriksson, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ex-arable fields have been suggested as potential sites for re-creation of semi-natural grasslands, but information is still limited on the temporal s...

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Monitoring protected areas by integrating machine learning, remote sensing and citizen science.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Plas, T. L. van der & Alexander, D. G. & Pocock, M. J. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Protected Areas (PAs) are central to addressing the world's biodiversity crisis, but their effectiveness for conservation varies. Therefore, high-r...

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Evaluation of the upland ecosystem service pilots: Annex 3. South Pennines.

Published online: 10 Apr 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Kirkup, B. & Maiden, T.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the findings from an evaluation of the South Pennines (England, UK) pilot project. The pilots were innovative in nature and were ...

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The decline of heathland seed populations following the conversion to agriculture.

Published online: 17 Sep 1997

Authors: Pywell, R. F. & Putwain, P. D. & Webb, N. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The composition and size of the germinable seed populations of undisturbed heathland soils in SE Dorset were compared to those of adjacent farmland wh...

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Commonness and rarity in British butterflies.

Published online: 06 Apr 1995

Authors: Hodgson, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Commonness and rarity among British butterflies were examined by relating features of biology and ecology to geographical distribution. No single attr...

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Going green to be seen: the case of biodiversity protection on farmland.

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Authors: Rupayan Pal & Prasenjit Banerjee & Wossink, A.

Content type: Bulletin

We provide a framework to analyze the non-separability of self-interest and endogenous social preferences in the context of voluntary biodiversity pro...

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