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Global Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Riparian Vegetation

BioScience, 2020
Fluvial riparian vegetation (RV) links fluvial and terrestrial ecosystems. It is under significant pressure from anthropogenic activities, and, therefore, the management and restoration of RV are increasingly important worldwide.
T. Riis, M. Kelly‐Quinn, F. Aguiar, P. Manolaki, D. Bruno, M. Bejarano, N. Clerici, M. R. Fernandes, J. C. Franco, N. Pettit, A. Portela, O. Tammeorg, P. Tammeorg, P. M. Rodríguez‐González, S. Dufour   +14 more
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Ecosystem services in Norway [PDF]

One Ecosystem, 2017
The present study is reviewing public reports and research articles in order to estimate and validate ecosystem services in Norway, and investigate conflicts between stakeholders representing different ecosystem services, by means of direct and indirect methods, for different main ecosystem categories,e.g.
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Towards ecosystem service assessment: Developing biophysical indicators for forest ecosystem services

Ecological Indicators, 2022
Forests are specifically relevant for biodiversity and provide a wide range of ecosystem services. However, Europe’s forests and their services are threatened.
André Tiemann, Irene Ring
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Ecosystem services [PDF]

, 2014
International ...
Rapidel, Bruno, Le Coq, Jean-François
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Palm oil’s contribution to the United Nations sustainable development goals: outcomes of a review of socio-economic aspects

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
Palm oil is both the world’s most-used vegetable oil and the most criticized for its environmental impact due to the observed reduction in tropical forest areas for its cultivation over the past decades.
Maria Vincenza Chiriacò, Matteo Bellotta, Jasmina Jusić, Lucia Perugini   +3 more
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Sown Covers Enhance the Diversity and Abundance of Ground-Dwelling Predators in Mediterranean Pear Orchards

Agronomy, 2023
Intensive agriculture has a strong impact on the structure of arthropod communities in soil. Sown covers can contribute to their conservation, especially for generalist predators such as spiders and predatory beetles.
Luis Gabriel Perera-Fernández, Luis de Pedro, Juan Antonio Sanchez   +2 more
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Managing Grazing to Restore Soil Health, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Services

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
Ruminants including domestic livestock, have been accused of causing damaging impacts on the global environment and human well-being. However, with appropriate management, ruminant livestock can play a significant role in efforts to reverse environmental
R. Teague, U. Kreuter
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Lakes in the era of global change: moving beyond single‐lake thinking in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services

Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2020
The Anthropocene presents formidable threats to freshwater ecosystems. Lakes are especially vulnerable and important at the same time. They cover only a small area worldwide but harbour high levels of biodiversity and contribute disproportionately to ...
J. Heino, J. Alahuhta, L. M. Bini, Yongjiu Cai, A. Heiskanen, S. Hellsten, P. Kortelainen, N. Kotamäki, K. Tolonen, P. Vihervaara, A. Vilmi, D. Angeler   +11 more
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Wetland Ecosystem Services

, 2016
Wetlands provide important and diverse benefits to people around the world, contributing provisioning, regulating, habitat, and cultural services. Critical regulating services include water-quality improvement, flood abatement and carbon management, while key habitat services are provided by wetland biodiversity.
Luke Brander, Dolf de Groot, C. Max Finlayson, C. Max Finlayson   +3 more
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Does landscape-scale conservation management enhance the provision of ecosystem services? [PDF]

, 2014
Biodiversity conservation approaches are increasingly being implemented at the landscape-scale to support the maintenance of metapopulations and metacommunities.
Brenman S, Edwards PN, Egoh B, Fuller RM, Galetti M, Gilman K, Greenaway TE, Hanski I, Hodder KH, Hodder KH, Jackson S, Janes M, Jerram R, Jerram R, Jerram R, Jones B, Kettunen M, Lawton JH, Lindenmayer D, Mountford JO, Nelson EJ, O’Gorman S, Pascual U, Sanderson H, Taylor P, Tinch R   +25 more
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