Reviewing historical traditional knowledge for innovative conservation management: A re-evaluation of wetland grazing

M Biró, Z Molnár, D Babai, A Dénes, A Fehér… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wetlands are fragile, dynamic systems, transient at larger temporal scales and strongly
affected by long-term human activities. Sustaining at least some aspects of human …

[HTML][HTML] European biodiversity assessments in livestock science: A review of research characteristics and indicators

A Kok, EM de Olde, IJM de Boer, R Ripoll-Bosch - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Developments in agriculture are a main driver for biodiversity loss, in which livestock play a
major role through pastures and feed crop cultivation. Addressing biodiversity loss is …

Community structure and distribution pattern of woody vegetation in response to soil properties in semi-arid lowland District Kasur Punjab, Pakistan

M Waheed, F Arshad, M Majeed, S Fatima, N Mukhtar… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plant diversity is lower in arid regions around the world. However, semi-arid regions have
very high species richness and are notable in terms of vegetation structure and plant …

[HTML][HTML] A novel UAV-based approach for biomass prediction and grassland structure assessment in coastal meadows

MV Peciña, TF Bergamo, RD Ward, CB Joyce… - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Coastal meadows provide a wide range of ecosystem services worldwide. In order to better
target conservation efforts in these ecosystems, it is necessary to develop highly accurate …

Fine scale plant community assessment in coastal meadows using UAV based multispectral data

M Villoslada, TF Bergamo, RD Ward, NG Burnside… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Coastal meadows worldwide are subjected to habitat degradation due to abandonment,
intensification and the impacts of global change. In order to protect and restore these …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning classification and accuracy assessment from high-resolution images of coastal wetlands

R Martínez Prentice, M Villoslada Peciña, RD Ward… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
High-resolution images obtained by multispectral cameras mounted on Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs) are helping to capture the heterogeneity of the environment in images that …

Diversity distribution and floristic differentiation of the coastal lowland vegetation: implications for the conservation of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

MCM Marques, MD Swaine, D Liebsch - Biodiversity and conservation, 2011 - Springer
Floristic differentiation and vegetation definition is an important step to recognize biome
distribution and for biodiversity conservation. Here, we aim to verify if the distribution of the …

Ecological consequences and restoration potential of abandoned wet grasslands

CB Joyce - Ecological Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
Wet grasslands of nature conservation importance have been maintained for centuries by
agricultural management such as grazing and mowing for hay, but are now threatened by …

Predation‐mediated edge effects reduce survival of wader nests at a wet grassland‐forest edge

T Kaasiku, R Rannap, P Männil - Animal Conservation, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Edge effects occur when the matrix has adverse impacts on the patches of remnant habitat.
A widely explored example of this is the hypothesis of a higher predation pressure on bird …

Constructed floating wetlands made of natural materials as habitats in eutrophicated coastal lagoons in the Southern Baltic Sea

S Karstens, M Langer, H Nyunoya, I Čaraitė… - Journal of Coastal …, 2021 - Springer
Eutrophication remains an environmental challenge in lagoons along the Southern Baltic
Sea. Floating islands planted with emergent macrophytes are an option to remove nutrients …