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Pixton Park saprotrophic fungi assessment 2019

Showcasing the fungal taxa recorded over multiple site visits in North Devon, the report assesses the viability for Pixton Park to be a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) designated site. The report highlights the quality of the parkland despite it not warranting SSSI notification.

 

Published by Natural England, an AER Member via Defra

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Included outside: Evidence synthesis for engaging under-represented groups in nature: Summary Report.

Natural England commissioned this series of evidence briefings called 'Included Outside' to bring together existing evidence on barriers to engagement...

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Abandoned pastures and restored savannas have distinct patterns of plant-soil feedback and nutrient cycling compared with native Brazilian savannas.

Around 40% of the original Brazilian savanna territory is occupied by pastures dominated by fast-growing exotic C4 grasses, which impact ecosystem nut...

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Rwanda climate services for agriculture: farmers willingness to pay for improved climate services.

This willingness-to-pay (WTP) study aims to understand how Rwandan farmers value the improved characteristics of agricultural climate services introdu...

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Scottish National Parks Debate

This ‘Pie and a Pint‘ policy debate is hosted by the British Ecological Society – Scottish Policy Group BES-SPG and the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management CIEEM will…

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Edinburgh, Scotland

BES Annual Meeting 2022

Join ecologists from around the world at Europe’s largest and most welcoming conference dedicated to ecology.

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The Applied Ecologist

22 September 2022

Peer Review Week 2022: Creating and supporting trust in research 

Peer Review Week is an annual event to celebrate the value of peer review and its role in scholarly communication. In this post, we explore how the British Ecological Society journals support this year’s theme, ‘Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research’.  The peer review system has been around for centuries and, despite some of its criticisms, remains a widely accepted method for research …

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06 September 2022

Editor’s Choice 58:9 Identifying a pathway towards recovery for depleted wild Pacific salmon populations in a large watershed under multiple stressors

Associate Editor, Hedley Grantham, introduces this month’s Editor’s Choice article by Lia Chalifour and colleagues, which evaluates the potential benefits of 14 management strategies on 19 conservation units of the five Pacific salmon species in the lower Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada. Salmon are an iconic and globally recognisable species. In the Northeast Pacific they are also an important commercial and recreational fish species with …

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01 September 2022

Machine learning has an important role to play in marine conservation

Ecological monitoring is critical for conservation efforts, yet these data often feature strong class imbalances which complicate the development of models to predict such events. In their latest research, Michael W. Wade and colleagues propose two modelling frameworks for predicting exceptionally rare aggregatory behaviour of bull and blacktip sharks along the Gulf coast of Texas. Across many industries, leaders have begun leveraging the immense potential of …

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