The contributions of flower strips to wild bee conservation in agricultural landscapes can be predicted using pollinator habitat suitability models [PDF]
Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 4, Issue 4, October–December 2023., 2023 Sowing flower strips along field edges is a widely adopted method for conserving pollinating insects in agricultural landscapes. We sampled bees and plant species as well as their interactions in a semi‐controlled field experiment with roadside/field edge pairs with/without a sown flower strip at 31 sites in Norway (A–C).
Markus A. K. Sydenham +10 more
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Constraining Forest Certificate's Market to Improve Cost-Effectiveness of Biodiversity Conservation in São Paulo State, Brazil. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The recently launched Brazilian "forest certificates" market is expected to reduce environmental compliance costs for landowners through an offset mechanism, after a long history of conservation laws based in command-and-control and strict rules. In this
Paula Bernasconi +4 more
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Enabling transformative economic change in the post‐2020 biodiversity agenda [PDF]
Conservation Letters, Volume 14, Issue 4, July/August 2021., 2021 Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic, its impact on the global economy, and current delays in the negotiation of the post‐2020 global biodiversity agenda of the Convention on Biological Diversity heighten the urgency to build back better for biodiversity, sustainability, and well‐being.
Esther Turnhout +10 more
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More stable productivity of semi natural grasslands than sown pastures in a seasonally dry climate. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 In the Neotropics the predominant pathway to intensify productivity is generally thought to be to convert grasslands to sown pastures, mostly in monoculture.
Sonia Ospina +4 more
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Higher leaf nitrogen content is linked to tighter stomatal regulation of transpiration and more efficient water use across dryland trees [PDF]
New Phytologist, Volume 235, Issue 4, Page 1351-1364, August 2022., 2022 Summary The least‐cost economic theory of photosynthesis shows that water and nitrogen are mutually substitutable resources to achieve a given carbon gain. However, vegetation in the Sahel has to cope with the dual challenge imposed by drought and nutrient‐poor soils.
José Ignacio Querejeta +9 more
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Spatial overlap between environmental policy instruments and areas of high conservation value in forest. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 In order to safeguard biodiversity in forest we need to know how forest policy instruments work. Here we use a nationwide network of 9400 plots in productive forest to analyze to what extent large-scale policy instruments, individually and together ...
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson +3 more
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Ecosystem services and opportunity costs shift spatial priorities for conserving forest biodiversity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Inclusion of spatially explicit information on ecosystem services in conservation planning is a fairly new practice. This study analyses how the incorporation of ecosystem services as conservation features can affect conservation of forest biodiversity ...
Matthias Schröter +4 more
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Ecosystems and People, 2022 The impact of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) farming on the survival of honeybees (Apis mellifera) was investigated through the documentation of mortality of honeybees, the number of trees cut and planted, and agrochemicals used in tobacco farming in ...
Jeremiah Chakuya +4 more
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Multiple methods confirm wetland restoration improves ecosystem services
Ecosystems and People, 2021 Global wetland loss has reduced biodiversity and ecosystem services. These declines have inspired many landholders to restore wetlands, but the success of these efforts remains unclear, in part, because quantifying ecosystem services requires diverse ...
Stephanie A. Tomscha +7 more
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Ecosystems and People, 2022 This paper investigates the views of multi-stakeholders on the governance quality of existing forest management strategies for red panda (Ailurus fulgens) protection in Nepal, focusing on forest governance in general, red panda conservation programmes ...
Anita Shrestha +6 more
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