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Can restoration of afforested peatland regulate pests and disease?

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Gilbert, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Government policies are driving landscape-scale changes in land use to provide ecosystem services; but there may be unconsidered cascading effects. A ...

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The role of topography and plant functional traits in determining tropical reforestation success.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Cheesman, A. W. & Preece, N. D. & Oosterzee, P. van & Erskine, P. D. & Cernusak, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Early establishment and sapling growth is a key phase in ensuring cost-effective reforestation success in relation to biodiversity outcomes. Therefore...

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Mixed policies give more options in multifunctional tropical forest landscapes.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Law, E. A. & Bryan, B. A. & Meijaard, E. & Mallawaarachchi, T. & Struebig, M. J. & Watts, M. E. & Wilson, K. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical forest landscapes face competing demands for conserving biodiversity, sustaining ecosystem services and accommodating production systems such...

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Ignoring the role forests play in local livelihood strategies can undermine restoration success.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Whittaker, A.

Content type: Blog

Under the Bonn Challenge, the government of Malawi committed to reforest over 30% of the country by 2030, but at least in the south, few trees planted...

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Bioclimate envelope model predictions for natural resource management: dealing with uncertainty.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Mbogga, M. S. & Wang XianLi & Hamann, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bioclimate envelope models are widely used to predict the potential distribution of species under climate change, but they are conceptually also suita...

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Factors influencing natural resource management in pastoral systems: case of Tana River County, Kenya.

Published online: 21 Feb 2018

Authors: Nganga, I. N. & Robinson, L. W.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Tana River County as a semiarid area suffers from water scarcity, amongst other threats to their livelihoods. Communities living in this county practi...

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Is rewilding too wild? Assessing the benefits and challenges of forest succession on abandoned land in the mid-hills of Nepal.

Published online: 14 Feb 2025

Authors: McGunnigle, N. & Bardsley, D. & Nuberg, I. & Pandit, B. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The rewilding of landscapes through the promotion of natural ecological processes is a contemporary approach to nature restoration and conservation. I...

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Long-term impact of protected colonial birds on a jeopardized cork oak population: conservation bias leads to restoration failure.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Fedriani, J. M. & García, L. V. & Sánchez, M. E. & Calderón, J. & Ramo, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation bias towards flagship species sometimes threatens other species of chief concern. Long-term studies of potential harm by favoured species...

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Artificial light puts ecosystem services of frugivorous bats at risk.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Lewanzik, D. & Voigt, C. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Currently, tropical forests are transformed into pasture and agricultural areas at an unprecedented rate, yet converted areas are often abandoned by f...

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Community perceptions and governance of tree planting schemes in Ethiopia: insights for sustainable ecological and socioeconomic outcomes.

Published online: 22 Apr 2025

Authors: Yitbarek, T. W. & Wilson, J. R. U. & Evans, A. & Dehnen-Schmutz, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Historically, tree planting was primarily implemented to achieve economic functions; more recently, environmental and social goals have also been emph...

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