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Human activities and biodiversity opportunities in pre-industrial cultural landscapes: relevance to conservation.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Fuller, R. J. & Williamson, T. & Barnes, G. & Dolman, P. M. & MacNally, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation practices in Europe frequently attempt to perpetuate or mimic the 'traditional' forms of management of semi-natural habitats, but with a ...

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Evaluation of the upland ecosystem service pilots: Annex 2. South West uplands.

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 West Uplands (England, UK) pilot project. The pilots were innovative in nature and w...

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What does life-cycle assessment of agricultural products need for more meaningful inclusion of biodiversity?

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Teillard, F. & Souza, D. M. de & Thoma, G. & Gerber, P. J. & Finn, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Decision-makers increasingly use life-cycle assessment (LCA) as a tool to measure the environmental sustainability of products. LCA is of particular i...

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Unlocking environmental accounting for healthy future landscapes.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Hull, R. A. & Barmuta, L. A. & Pinkard, E. & Jones, M. E. & Adams, V. M. & Lin, C. C. & Horner, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Competing land-use demands for agriculture and nature conservation is one of the most significant global challenges. To improve the health of landscap...

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Cost-benefit analysis of ecological networks assessed through spatial analysis of ecosystem services.

Published online: 20 Jun 2012

Authors: Newton, A. C. & Hodder, K. & Cantarello, E. & Perrella, L. & Birch, J. C. & Robins, J. & Douglas, S. & Moody, C. & Cordingley, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The development of ecological networks could enhance the ability of species to disperse across fragmented landscapes and could mitigate against the ne...

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A national-scale model of linear features improves predictions of farmland biodiversity.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Sullivan, M. J. P. & Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Newson, S. E. & Scholefield, P. & Brereton, T. & Oliver, T. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modelling species distribution and abundance is important for many conservation applications, but it is typically performed using relatively coarse-sc...

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Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Eldridge, D. J. & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. & Quero, J. L. & Ochoa, V. & Gozalo, B. & Gozalo, B. & Escolar, C. & García-Gómez, M. & Prina, A. & Bowker, M. A. & Bran, D. E. & Castro, I. & Cea, A. & Derak, M. & Espinosa, C. I. & Florentino, A. & Gaitán, J. J. & Gatica, G. & Gómez-González, S. & Ghiloufi, W. & Gutierrez, J. R. & Gusmán-Montalván, E. & Hernández, R. M. & Hughes, F. M. & Muiño, W. & Monerris, J. & Ospina, A. & Ramírez, D. A. & Ribas-Fernández, Y. A. & Romão, R. L. & Torres-Díaz, C. & Koen, T. B. & Maestre, F. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multiple ecosystem functions need to be considered simultaneously to manage and protect the several ecosystem services that are essential to people an...

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The effects on butterfly abundance of the management of uncropped edges of arable fields.

Published online: 12 Mar 1997

Authors: Feber, R. E. & Smith, H. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance and species richness of butterflies [Rhopalocera] on expanded-width uncropped arable field edges, which were subject to 10 contrasting, ...

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Context-specific positive effects of woody riparian vegetation on aquatic invertebrates in rural and urban landscapes.

Published online: 01 Dec 2023

Authors: Palt, M. & Hering, D. & Kail, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woody riparian vegetation (WRV) benefits benthic macroinvertebrates in running waters. However, while some functions are provided by WRV irrespective ...

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Interdisciplinary insights into navigating the maze of landscape multifunctionality.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Fors, H. & Berlin, A. & Gottlieb, U. & Kågström, M. & Weldon, J. & Zhang, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Increasing demands for land to deliver multiple and sometimes conflicting services to people and nature have led to the development of an extensive bo...

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