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Deep learning object detection to estimate the nectar sugar mass of flowering vegetation

A shining example of the use of technology to help land managers quickly and easily survey their ecological resources in the face of increasingly results-based agri-environment schemes. The new model cuts survey time from hours to minutes and can be adapted to survey other ecological resources.

 

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Carbon storage by habitat: review of the evidence of the impacts of management decisions and condition of carbon stores and sources.

The aims of this Natural England cross-cutting Evidence project were: (1) To collate information and identify knowledge gaps on carbon stocks (both in...

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Facebook groups as citizen science tools for plant species monitoring.

Social networks offer communication channels through which people share huge amounts of primary data that can be used for scientific analyses, includi...

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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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Ecological Solutions and Evidence

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Discover our fantastic collection of articles from practice and research featuring a variety of topics across our unique article types including Registered Reports and Practice Insights.

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Liverpool, UK

Ecology Across Borders 2021

Join us at our joint Annual Meeting with the French Society for Ecology and Evolution (SFE²)

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The Applied Ecologist

07 December 2021

Twenty years of tallgrass prairie restoration in northern Illinois, USA

Elizabeth Bach and Bill Kleiman share their latest findings from monitoring long-term ecosystem restoration on The Nature Conservancy’s Nachusa Grassland preserve. The challenges facing our planet can feel overwhelming and paralyzing. Climate is changing, biodiversity is declining, people are struggling to be in community with one another. However, there are signs of hope. The United Nations declared 2021-2030 as the Decade on Restoration, upholding ecosystem …

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06 December 2021

Introducing the Georgina Mace Prize for the best early career researcher

We are delighted to announce that the annual Ecological Solutions and Evidence prize for the best Research article in the journal by an early career researcher will be named the Georgina Mace Prize. The British Ecological Society awards an annual prize to the best research paper by an early career author in each of the Society’s journals. The winner of the Early Career Researcher Award …

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03 December 2021

Spider body coloration plays an important role in foraging and predator avoidance

This blog is part of our Colourful Countdown to the holiday season where we’re celebrating the diversity and beauty of the natural world. In this post, Shichang Zhang of Hubei University unravels the role of body coloration on prey capture and predator avoidance in spiders. Animals have evolved a variety of body colours during evolution. The body colour of spiders is best known for its …

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