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Identifying land management approaches which deliver for both people and nature.

Published online: 26 Feb 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Balfour, N. J. & Durrant, R. & Ely, A. & Sandom, C. J.

Content type: Blog

This paper presents the results of studies conducted to identify management strategies to help inform how ecosystems should be restored in areas of hi...

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Fire management in the Brazilian Savanna: first steps and the way forward.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Schmidt, I. B. & Moura, L. C. & Ferreira, M. C. & Eloy, L. & Sampaio, A. B. & Dias, P. A. & Berlinck, C. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Several decades of frustrated attempts to prevent fires in the Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado) have led to deleterious ecological and management consequen...

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Flow intermittence and ecosystem services in rivers of the Anthropocene.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Datry, T. & Boulton, A. J. & Bonada, N. & Fritz, K. & Leigh, C. & Sauquet, E. & Tockner, K. & Hugueny, B. & Dahm, C. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) are watercourses that cease flow at some point in time and space. Arguably Earth's most widespread ty...

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Exploring the ecological constraints to multiple ecosystem service delivery and biodiversity.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Maskell, L. C. & Crowe, A. & Dunbar, M. J. & Emmett, B. & Henrys, P. & Keith, A. M. & Norton, L. R. & Scholefield, P. & Clark, D. B. & Simpson, I. C. & Smart, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding and quantifying constraints to multiple ecosystem service delivery and biodiversity is vital for developing management strategies for cu...

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Optimising the spatial planning of prescribed burns to achieve multiple objectives in a fire-dependent ecosystem.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Williams, B. A. & Shoo, L. P. & Wilson, K. A. & Beyer, H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is potential for negative consequences for the ecological integrity of fire-dependent ecosystems as a result of inappropriate fire regimes. This...

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Can we store carbon and have our timber and habitat too?

Published online: 07 Mar 2018

Authors: Spies, T. & Kline, J. & Cohen, W.

Content type: Bulletin

With the passage of the Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act of 1960, the U.S. Forest Service has managed its 193 million acres of forest and grassland fo...

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Evaluation of the upland ecosystem service pilots: synthesis report.

Published online: 25 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Kirkup, B. & Lusardi, J.

Content type: Reports

This paper provides information on the early attempt to demonstrate how the ecosystem approach might be applied to practical land management scenarios...

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Forecasting tillage and soil warming effects on earthworm populations.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Johnston, A. S. A. & Sibly, R. M. & Thorbek, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Healthy soils are crucial for sustainable food production, but tillage limits the biological regulation of essential ecosystem services. Better unders...

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Additional carbon sequestration benefits of grassland diversity restoration.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Deyn, G. B. de & Shiel, R. S. & Ostle, N. J. & McNamara, N. P. & Oakley, S. & Young, I. & Freeman, C. & Fenner, N. & Quirk, H. & Bardgett, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Europe, grassland agriculture is one of the dominant land uses. A major aim of European agri-environment policy is the management of grassland for ...

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Mixing of tree species is especially beneficial for biodiversity in fragmented landscapes, without compromising forest functioning.

Published online: 20 Dec 2021

Authors: Hertzog, L. R. & Vandegehuchte, M. L. & Dekeukeleire, D. & Dekoninck, W. & Smedt, P. de & Schrojenstein Lantman, I. van & Proesmans, W. & Baeten, L. & Bonte, D. & Martel, A. & Verheyen, K. & Lens, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Contemporary forest management strives to satisfy contrasting demands on forest ecosystems by promoting multiple ecosystem services. These services ar...

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