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Cost-efficiency of biodiversity indicators for Mediterranean ecosystems and the effects of socio-economic factors.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Mandelik, Y. & Roll, U. & Fleischer, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity assessments usually rely on indicators as surrogates for direct measures. Although the ecological validity of indicators has been extensi...

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How would citizen science involving direct interaction with wildlife be regulated?

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Palmer, A. & Reynolds, S. J. & Lane, J. & Dickey, R. & Greenhough, B.

Content type: Blog

This article describes the current regulations and questions on how best to regulate the capture and handling of wild animals by citizen scientists in...

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Maasai pastoralists kill lions in retaliation for depredation of livestock by lions.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Ontiri, E. M. & Odino, M. & Kasanga, A. & Kahumbu, P. & Robinson, W. & Currie, T. & Hodgson, D. J.

Content type: Blog

A survey ws conducted on 213 Maasai communities from three geographic regions in Kenya to determine whether lion-killing is an indiscriminate act of r...

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Long-term interventions by conservation and development projects support successful recovery of tropical peatlands in Amazonia.

Published online: 22 Apr 2025

Authors: Coronado, E. N. H. & Rios, J. G. & Águila Pasquel, J. del & Llampazo, G. F. & Oroche, C. J. C. & Huaymacari, J. R. & Pizango, C. G. H. & Alvarado, L. F. & Murayari, U. P. & Reátegui, G. I. & Álvarez, C. L. & Aleman, E. L. & Isasi-Catalá, E. & Gutierrez-Sotelo, J. & Draper, F. C. & Aguila Villacorta, M. del & Baker, T. R. & Castillo Torres, D. del & Cruz Gamarra, K. de la & Guerra, D. E. & Lawson, I. T. & Brañas, M. M. & Gonzales, E. P. M. & Chávez, J. R. & Roucoux, K. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Rural communities in Amazonia rely on harvesting Mauritia flexuosa fruit, a dominant peatland palm, for their subsistence and income. However, these p...

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Time budgets and foraging of breeding golden plover Pluvialis apricaria.

Published online: 22 Sep 2000

Authors: Whittingham, M. J. & Percival, S. M. & Brown, A. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The golden plover Pluvialis apricaria is of high conservation concern in Europe. Previous studies have concentrated on how birds utilize moorland. We ...

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Mixed impacts of protected areas and a cash crop boom on human well-being in North-Eastern Madagascar.

Published online: 16 Mar 2024

Authors: Llopis, J. C. & Diebold, C. L. & Schneider, F. & Harimalala, P. C. & Andriamihaja, O. R. & Messerli, P. & Zaehringer, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Tropical forest frontier areas support the well-being of local populations in myriad ways. Not only do they provide the material basis for people's li...

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Biological-based habitat classification approaches promote cost-efficient monitoring: an example using seabed assemblages.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Cooper, K. M. & Bolam, S. G. & Downie, A. L. & Barry, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seabed habitat maps can help facilitate the management of marine environments. A variety of approaches exist for seabed habitat classification. Most p...

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An ecological perspective on human densities in the central African forests.

Published online: 25 Jul 1997

Authors: Barnes, R. F. W. & Lahm, S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Factors determining human densities in the central African forests are examined and compared with the predictions from an agronomic model by the Food ...

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A benthic substrate classification method for seabed images using deep learning: application to management of deep-sea coral reefs.

Published online: 23 Dec 2023

Authors: Jackett, C. & Althaus, F. & Maguire, K. & Farazi, M. & Scoulding, B. & Untiedt, C. & Ryan, T. & Shanks, P. & Brodie, P. & Williams, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Protecting deep-sea coral-based vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) from human impacts, particularly bottom trawling, is a major conservation challeng...

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Inventory of the changes in open spaces by the Grünes Band: Final Report of the same R & D Project (FKZ 3512 85 0600).

Published online: 22 Apr 2015

Authors: Geidezis, L. & Leitzbach, D. & Schlumprecht, H.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper is the final report of the research and development project that monitored the changes in open spaces in the regions of Germany carried out...

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