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Restoring rivers, sustaining communities.

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Content type: Bulletin

The complexity of riparian ecosystems is matched by the complexities of human communities that rely on rivers for clean water, livelihoods, and recrea...

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The effects of governmental spending on deforestation and CO2 related emissions.

Published online: 11 Nov 2015

Authors: Galinato, G. & Galinato, S.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper examines the effect of changes in government spending level and composition on deforestation and related carbon dioxide emissions. Our theo...

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Conceptual ambiguity hinders measurement and management of ecosystem disservices.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Saunders, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The term 'ecosystem disservices' is used to refer to ecological costs that humans experience from nature. Managing ecosystems to protect ecosystem fun...

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Forests, people, fire: integrating the sciences to build capacity for an "all lands" approach to forest restoration.

Published online: 17 Jan 2018

Authors: Thomas, L.

Content type: Bulletin

Interest in landscape-scale approaches to fire management and forest restoration is growing with the realization that these approaches are critical to...

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Aerial activity of linyphiid spiders: modelling dispersal distances from meteorology and behaviour.

Published online: 05 Nov 2003

Authors: Thomas, C. F. G. & Brain, P. & Jepson, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dispersal parameters are critical for modelling spatially dynamic populations yet remain among the most difficult to quantify. Linyphiid spider aerial...

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Common themes for ecologists in global issues.

Published online: 10 Jun 1999

Authors: Watson, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The article argues that the scientific community needs to integrate the natural sciences with the socioeconomic sciences. The development challenge is...

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Giving citizen scientists a voice improves engagement in initiatives.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: MacLeod, C. J. & Scott, K.

Content type: Blog

This paper explores the mechanisms for improving participant and public engagement with citizen science results, using the New Zealand Garden Bird Sur...

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Modelling disease spread in a novel host: rabies in the European badger Meles meles.

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Smith, G. C. & Wilkinson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Although the red fox Vulpes vulpes is the main reservoir of rabies in Europe, badger Meles meles populations are known to be drastically affected. ...

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Quantum-based agriculture: the final frontier?

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Wright, J. & Kieft, H. & Diest, S. von

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Organic farming already meets multiple sustainability goals, and factors limiting its mainstreaming are social rather than technical. What is the next...

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A socio-psychological approach for understanding and managing bycatch in small-scale fisheries.

Published online: 15 Sep 2023

Authors: Booth, H. & Ichsan, M. & Hermansyah, R. F. & Rohmah, L. N. & Naira, K. B. & Adrianto, L. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Fisheries bycatch is the greatest threat to migratory, long-lived marine animals. Addressing bycatch ultimately requires changing fisher behaviour, ye...

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