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Knowledge and Management of Aquatic EcosystemsEnvironmental management requires understanding nature's multiple values, but capturing diverse perspectives can be challenging. Social media provide user-generated data that complement traditional approaches.
Alberti Paola +4 more
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Rethinking individual relationships with entities of nature
People and Nature, 2022 Recognizing variation in human–nature relationships across different contexts, entities of nature and individual people is central to an equitable management of nature and its contributions to people, and to design effective strategies for encouraging ...
Lisa Lehnen +5 more
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Mapping the functional connectivity of ecosystem services supply across a regional landscape
eLife, 2022 Sustainably managing multifunctional landscapes for production of multiple ecosystem services (ES) requires thorough understanding of the interactions between ES and the ecological processes that drive them. We build upon landscape connectivity theory to
Rachel D Field, Lael Parrott
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Changing human–nature relationships: Insights from Guinea‐Bissau woodlands
People and NatureThe ecological impacts of landscape changes resulting in significant simplification of natural systems have been extensively studied worldwide. Yet, few studies have examined how such biophysical changes affect the value local communities place on nature
Ana Leite +4 more
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Linking perceptions of weeds with approaches to weed management
People and NatureA multitude of factors can shape people's perceptions, leading to a variety of views on nature's services and values. The IPBES Values Framework highlights the ways that people and nature interact (both positively and negatively) through consideration of
James P. Westfield +2 more
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Ecological IndicatorsEcosystem services and biodiversity are frequently measured by field-scale indicators. Yet, many important agricultural and economic drivers as well as agri-environmental policies operate at larger sales, to which field-scale indicators first need to be ...
Valentin H. Klaus +6 more
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Crumb bums? Context dependence in ecosystem services supplied by common urban animals
EcosphereBolstering the supply of animal‐mediated ecosystem services is an emerging priority in human‐altered landscapes. Such services are driven not only by environmental factors that shape communities of species that provide the service but also by the ...
Timothy M. Swartz +2 more
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Conservation Letters, 2020 In the “digital conservation” age, big data from Earth observations and from social media have been increasingly used to tackle conservation challenges.
Ana Sofia Vaz +9 more
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Perceptions of nature's contributions to people across an elevational gradient in eastern Nepal
People and NatureEquitable measures for nature conservation require an in‐depth understanding of human‐nature relations. Using qualitative and quantitative data from semi‐structured household surveys, we investigated people's perception of nature's contribution to their ...
Biraj Adhikari +5 more
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Hydropower resettlement reshapes human–nature relationships: Insights from Southwestern China
People and NatureUnderstanding how hydropower migrants perceive nature's contributions to people (NCP) and how these perceptions relate to their subjective well‐being (SWB) is essential for informing resettlement policies that promote a good quality of life.
Xiaoyin He +3 more
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