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Connection to nature.

Published online: 09 Aug 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Seers, H. & Mughal, R. & Chatterjee, H.

Content type: Reports

This summary focuses on people's connection to nature (CTN), distinct from mere contact with nature. CTN involves an emotional bond with the natural w...

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Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Torabian, S. & Leffler, A. J. & Perkins, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Dung beetles have key roles in ecosystems including accelerating dung decomposition, improving nutrient cycling and influencing physical (such as stru...

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Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Colleen Ward.

Published online: 07 Dec 2024

Published by: UK, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

Content type: Conference slides

This presentation focuses on the monitoring of soil and land use in the UK, with a primary goal of supporting policy development and reporting obligat...

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Assessment of vegetation change at Thrislington Plantation NNR, County Durham.

Published online: 20 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Robertson, H. J. & Gibson, C. W. D.

Content type: Reports

This report reviews the assessment of vegetation change at Thrislington Plantation and makes recommendations for future monitoring. It gives an overvi...

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Dry season weed communities in the upper Belize valley.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Kellman, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Weed communities sampled at 78 sites on farmland in the upper Belize Valley, British Honduras, showed 148 different weeds present, of which 103 were i...

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Phenology and productivity of Pistia stratiotes L. on the Volta Lake, Ghana.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Hall, J. B. & Okali, D. U. U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Growth of P. stratiotes at the southern-most tip of the man-made Volta Lake in Ghana was measured over 1 year. Biomass and relative growth rate remain...

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Carbon dioxide exchange of blue grama swards as influenced by several ecological variables in the field.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Brown, L. F. & Trlica, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

CO2 exchange was measured in Bouteloua gracilis swards in the field. Rates of net photosynthesis as high as 65 mg CO2/dm2 h were observed under optimu...

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Climate change increases the risk of wildfires.

Published online: 07 May 2020

Authors: Jones, M. W. & Smith, A. & Betts, R. & Canadell, J. G. & Prentice, I. C. & Quéré, C. le

Content type: Bulletin

Human-induced climate change promotes the conditions on which wildfires depend, enhancing their likelihood and challenging suppression efforts. Human-...

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Monitoring agricultural productivity for sustainable production and R&D planning.

Published online: 10 Jan 2019

Authors: Laborde, D. & Piñeiro, V.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Argentina's G20 presidency has emphasized the needs to improve soil management and increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable way to achieve ...

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Design climate-smart agricultural interventions to be gender inclusive.

Published online: 10 Jan 2019

Authors: Twyman, J. & Mwongera, C. & Läderach, P. & Acosta, M. & Ampaire, E. & Eitzinger, A. & Lamanna, C. & Mwungu, C. & Shikuku, K. & Winowiecki, L.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Research suggests that gender equity is a critical factor in the adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices. If gender is not explicitly c...

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