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Twenty years of rest returns grazing potential, but not palatable plant diversity, to Karoo rangeland, South Africa.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Seymour, C. L. & Milton, S. J. & Joseph, G. S. & Dean, W. R. J. & Ditlhobolo, T. & Cumming, G. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Up to 73% of the world's rangelands are degraded, and increasing demand for meat in developing countries and a growing human population are likely to ...

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Improving the design and management of forest strips in human-dominated tropical landscapes: a field test on Amazonian dung beetles.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Barlow, J. & Louzada, J. & Parry, L. & Hernández, M. I. M. & Hawes, J. & Peres, C. A. & Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. & Gardner, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The future of tropical forest species depends in part on their ability to survive in human-modified landscapes. Forest strips present a priority area ...

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Using water residency time to enhance spatio-temporal connectivity for conservation planning in seasonally dynamic freshwater ecosystems.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Hermoso, V. & Ward, D. P. & Kennard, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Addressing spatial connectivity in conservation planning is important to ensure the maintenance of patterns and processes needed to support the persis...

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Enhancing ecosystem services in apple orchards: nest boxes increase pest control by insectivorous birds.

Published online: 05 Apr 2021

Authors: García, D. & Miñarro, M. & Martínez-Sastre, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological intensification in croplands aims to enhance biodiversity-based ecosystem services, helping to increase yield while reducing agricultural e...

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Divergent fire management leads to multiple beneficial outcomes for butterfly conservation in a production mosaic.

Published online: 25 Aug 2020

Authors: Gaigher, R. & Samways, M. J. & Samways, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire is an intrinsic component of many natural ecosystems. In human-modified landscapes that occur in fire-driven ecosystems, it can be difficult to m...

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The significance of retention trees for survival of ectomycorrhizal fungi in clear-cut Scots pine forests.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Sterkenburg, E. & Clemmensen, K. E. & Lindahl, B. D. & Dahlberg, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forestry with short stand generations and simplified forest structures has markedly affected forest biodiversity. One group of organisms adversely aff...

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Active management is required to regenerate the Caledonian forest: Alladale as a case study.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Williams, J. & Sandom, C. J. & Pettorelli, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Passive approaches to nature recovery have been hailed as a low-cost approach to boosting biodiversity in ecologically degraded sites. But there remai...

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NatureScot Research Report 1295 - Youth Survey on NatureScot's Corporate Plan 2022-2026.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Gardner, A. & Webster, C.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the findings of a survey which examined young people's views on nature in Scotland. The survey was undertaken to ensure that Natu...

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Who knows, who cares? Untangling ecological knowledge and nature connection among Amazonian colonist farmers.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Mikołajczak, K. & Lees, A. C. & Barlow, J. & Sinclair, F. & Almeida, O. T. de & Souza, A. C. & Parry, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

1. Conservationists often assume that connection with and caring about nature's well-being is strongly linked to ecological knowledge. Existing eviden...

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Simple study designs in ecology produce inaccurate estimates of biodiversity responses.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Christie, A. P. & Amano, T. & Martin, P. A. & Shackelford, G. E. & Simmons, B. I. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Monitoring the impacts of anthropogenic threats and interventions to mitigate these threats is key to understanding how to best conserve biodiversity....

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