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The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly for use as drugs.

Published online: 06 Sep 2023

Authors: Stringham, O. C. & Maher, J. & Lassaline, C. R. & Wood, L. & Moncayo, S. & Toomes, A. & Heinrich, S. & Watters, F. & Drake, C. & Chekunov, S. & Hill, K. G. W. & Decary-Hetu, D. & Mitchell, L. & Ross, J. V. & Cassey, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Contemporary wildlife trade is massively facilitated by the Internet. By design, the dark web is one layer of the Internet that is difficult to monito...

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An assessment of integrated watershed management in Ethiopia.

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Authors: Gebrehaweria Gebregziabher & Dereje Assefa Abera & Girmay Gebresamuel & Giordano, M. & Langan, S.

Content type: Bulletin

In Ethiopia, watershed management programs commenced in a formal way in the 1970s. From that time up to the late 1990s, implementation was typically a...

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Large-scale mammal monitoring: the potential of a citizen science camera-trapping project in the United Kingdom.

Published online: 24 Oct 2022

Published by: MammalWeb Citizen Scientists

Authors: Hsing PenYuan & Hill, R. A. & Smith, G. C. & Bradley, S. & Green, S. E. & Kent, V. T. & Mason, S. S. & Rees, J. & Whittingham, M. J. & Cokill, J. & Stephens, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. In light of global biodiversity loss, there is an increasing need for large-scale wildlife monitoring. This is difficult for mammals, since they ca...

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Native and introduced pollinators vary in their seasonal floral resource visitation and selection between native and exotic plant species.

Published online: 21 Dec 2023

Authors: Pei, C. K. & Hovick, T. J. & Limb, R. F. & Harmon, J. P. & Geaumont, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthropogenic pressures on native ecosystems have resulted in numerous functional and compositional changes, creating novel ecosystems with new intera...

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Quantifying changes in abundance of food plants for butterfly larvae and farmland birds.

Published online: 28 Jul 2000

Authors: Smart, S. M. & Firbank, L. G. & Bunce, R. G. H. & Watkins, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent changes in population size of butterflies and farmland birds across north-west European landscapes have been linked to the effects of agricultu...

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Managing urban ecosystems for goods and services.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Gaston, K. J. & Ávila-Jiménez, M. L. & Edmondson, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Concomitant with the rise in the proportion of the global human population that resides in urban areas has been growth in awareness of the importance ...

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Configurational landscape heterogeneity shapes functional community composition of grassland butterflies.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Perović, D. & Gámez-Virués, S. & Börschig, C. & Klein, A. M. & Krauss, J. & Steckel, J. & Rothenwöhrer, C. & Erasmi, S. & Tscharntke, T. & Westphal, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landscape heterogeneity represents two aspects of landscape simplification: (i) compositional heterogeneity (diversity of habitat types); and (ii) con...

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Mass development of aquatic plants: effects of contrasting management scenarios on a suite of ecosystem services.

Published online: 17 Apr 2024

Authors: Vermaat, J. E. & Thiemer, K. & Immerzeel, B. & Schneider, S. C. & Sebola, K. & Coetzee, J. & Petruzzella, A. & Motitsoe, S. N. & Baldo, M. & Misteli, B. & Thiébaut, G. & Hilt, S. & Köhler, J. & Harpenslager, S. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dense beds of aquatic plants are often perceived as nuisance and therefore mechanically removed, often at substantial cost. Such removal, however, may...

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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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Have Welsh Agri-environment schemes delivered for focal species? Results from a comprehensive monitoring programme.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: MacDonald, M. A. & Angell, R. & Dines, T. D. & Dodd, S. & Haysom, K. A. & Hobson, R. & Johnstone, I. G. & Matthews, V. & Morris, A. J. & Parry, R. & Shellswell, C. H. & Skates, J. & Tordoff, G. M. & Wilberforce, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agri-environment schemes (AES) have been criticized for being inadequately monitored and for not delivering the expected benefits to nature. Consequen...

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