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NatureScot Research Report 1289 - Enjoying the Outdoors - Monitoring the impact of Coronavirus and social distancing - Wave 3 survey results (September 2021).

Published online: 07 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Stewart, D. & Eccleston, J.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the findings from a further, third wave undertaken a year later, with fieldwork running from 7 to 21 September 2021 and responden...

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Factors affecting the distribution of satyrid butterflies on arable farmland.

Published online: 21 Mar 1997

Authors: Dover, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of biotic and abiotic factors on the distribution of three species of nymphalids (Aphantopus hyperantus, Pyronia tithonus and Maniola jurt...

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Play biotopes put into practice-creating synergies between children and nature.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Hedblom, M. & Mårtensson, F. & Sang, Å. O. & Wiström, B. & Litsmark, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Global urbanisation reduces greenery and species richness (biodiversity) and limits opportunities for most children to gain experiences of nature. Dis...

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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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Forests, trees and water on a changing planet: a contemporary scientific perspective.

Published online: 28 Mar 2019

Authors: Creed, I. F. & Noordwijk, M. van

Content type: Bulletin article

This introductory chapter provides details on the following: (i) policy context; (ii) the climate-forest-water-people system; (iii) risks to the clima...

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Forest, trees and water on a changing planet: how contemporary science can inform policy and practice.

Published online: 28 Mar 2019

Authors: Creed, I. F. & Noordwijk, M. van & Archer, E. & Claassen, M. & Ellison, D. & Jones, J. A. & McNulty, S. G. & Bhaskar Vira & Wei XiaoHua

Content type: Bulletin article

This chapter provides the main conclusions, summarizes outstanding research gaps and highlights points of relevance for policy dialogue regarding fore...

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The terrestrial ecology of Ascension Island.

Published online: 18 Jan 1965

Authors: Duffey, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The vegetation landscape on Ascension is almost entirely man-made, resulting from massive introductions over a period of more than 100 years. The list...

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Turning things around: a discussion of values, practices and action in the context of social-ecological change.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Maller, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

This special feature concerns understanding human-nature relations through the lens of values to comprehend how values of the natural world connect wi...

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On the links between nature's values and language.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Inglis, D. & Pascual, U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Recent research into the plural values about nature is focusing on relational values as a concept through which to better understand the breadth and i...

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Leveraging federalism for flexible and robust management of social-ecological systems.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Sims, C. & Armsworth, P. R. & Blackwood, J. & Fitzpatrick, B. & Kling, D. M. & Lenhart, S. & Neubert, M. & Papeş, M. & Sanchirico, J. & Shea, K. & Springborn, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Managing social-ecological systems (SES) requires balancing the need to tailor actions to local heterogeneity and the need to work over large areas to...

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