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NatureScot Research Report 1343 - Source to Sea - enabling coherent, efficient and synergistic outcomes.

Published online: 24 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Kellock, C. & Leakey, C. & Schröder, C. & Melville, N. & Khan, J. & Mathieson, S.

Content type: Reports

This report explores opportunities for more cohesive source-to-sea management in Scotland, focusing on the connections between land, freshwater, and m...

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Experimentally simulating warmer and wetter climate additively improves rangeland quality on the Tibetan Plateau.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Xu Wei & Zhu MengYao & Zhang ZhenHua & Ma ZhiYuan & Liu HuiYing & Chen LiTong & Cao GuangMin & Zhao XinQuan & Schmid, B. & He JinSheng

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The vast expanses of rangeland on the Tibetan Plateau, which support the livelihood of c. 9.8 million local inhabitants, have experienced rapid climat...

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A before-after control-impact experiment reveals that culling reduces the impacts of invasive deer on endangered peatlands.

Published online: 05 Mar 2024

Authors: Comte, S. & Bengsen, A. J. & Thomas, E. & Bennett, A. & Davis, N. E. & Brown, D. & Forsyth, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive deer have undesirable impacts on native ecosystems. Culling is commonly used to reduce those impacts, but is expensive and sometimes controve...

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Participatory mapping reveals biocultural and nature values in the shared landscape of a Nordic UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Cusens, J. & Barraclough, A. M. D. & Måren, I. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Making the right decisions for sustainable development requires sound knowledge of the values and spatial distribution of the services co-produced by ...

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The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the demand for different shades of green.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Yap, K. K. L. & Soh, M. C. K. & Sia, A. & Chin WeiJun & Araib, S. & Ang WeiPing & Tan PuayYok & Er, K. B. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

COVID-19 has heightened the dependence of urban dwellers on cultural ecosystem services provided by urban green spaces (UGS), specifically in regard t...

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Environmental DNA surveillance for invertebrate species: advantages and technical limitations to detect invasive crayfish Procambarus clarkii in freshwater ponds.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Tréguier, A. & Paillisson, J. M. & Dejean, T. & Valentini, A. & Schlaepfer, M. A. & Roussel, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The introduction of non-native species is a major threat to biodiversity. While eradication programs of well-established invaders are costly and hazar...

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Temperature- and latitude-specific individual growth rates shape the vulnerability of damselfly larvae to a widespread pesticide.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Khuong Dinh Van & Janssens, L. & Debecker, S. & Stoks, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Freshwater ecosystems are especially vulnerable to climate change and pollution. One key challenge for aquatic toxicology is to determine and manage t...

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Controls of vegetation structure and net primary production in restored grasslands.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Munson, S. M. & Lauenroth, W. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vegetation structure and net primary production (NPP) are fundamental properties of ecosystems. Understanding how restoration practices following dist...

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Windows of opportunity for germination of riparian species after restoring water level fluctuations: a field experiment with controlled seed banks.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Sarneel, J. M. & Janssen, R. H. & Rip, W. J. & Bender, I. M. A. & Bakker, E. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration activities aiming at increasing vegetation diversity often try to stimulate both dispersal and germination. In wetlands, dispersal and ger...

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Human-induced biotic invasions and changes in plankton interaction networks.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Kratina, P. & Mac Nally, R. & Kimmerer, W. J. & Thomson, J. R. & Winder, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pervasive and accelerating changes to ecosystems due to human activities remain major sources of uncertainty in predicting the structure and dynamics ...

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