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Fine-resolution plant and soil niche modeling around perennial biomass crops suggests that generic margin management misses important microsite variation; the authors argue for margin-specific agri-environment guidance.
Birds and bats appear to control orchard pests through different pathways. New work combining interaction networks, trophic cascades and species traits found that abundant birds and bats can both contribute to pest control but through distinct direct and intraguild-predation mechanisms.
A recent Nature Climate Change study attributes significant declines in European bumblebee habitat suitability to recent climatic change, adding another signal that pollinator decline cannot be treated only as a pesticide or land-use problem.
Modeling of African swine fever and wild-boar movement suggests an 8 km infectious buffer can reduce dispersal risk, but highly heterogeneous or heavily human-modified landscapes may permit smaller zones while agricultural landscapes may require larger ones.
A 2002–2022 remote-sensing analysis of Hwange National Park links variation in fire incidence to land-surface temperature and precipitation and argues against managing a large protected savanna as though it had one fire regime.
The roads themselves directly occupied roughly 1,046 km² of intact forest, but fragmentation increased 4.3-fold, and more than 30,000 km² of intact-forest loss occurred within 1 km of newly constructed roads.
The new analysis found a negative association between malaria prevalence and mangrove extent, while greater mangrove “greenness” could show a positive relationship depending on scale and analytical pathway.
Sediment addition produced more consistent gains in vegetation of interest. Hydrologic modification without raising elevation produced much more variable vegetation responses.
Cities with more or higher-quality green space were associated with 23–34% lower extreme-heat exposure for birds.
The urban ecology and Landscape Architecture Foundation work validates keeping landscape architecture inside the intelligence deck. The interesting frontier is not green design imagery. It is the measurable ecological performance of designed landscapes and what happens when those…
A Study of Opium, Illicit Economies, and the Hidden Architecture of Global Trade Introduction Illicit economies are often segmented in policy discourse—drug trafficking in one domain, wildlife crime in another, human trafficking in a third. Yet the real world
Argentina, China, and the Changing Geography of Risk Introduction Global agricultural markets and wildlife crime are usually treated as separate worlds: one governed by trade statistics, futures contracts, and macroeconomic policy; the other by anti-poaching patrols and customs seizures.
This is an Agriculture Policy paper I wrote this during my undergrad, while collaborating with a wildlife policy professor. We were trying to establish a Policy Fellowship for the transition into University of Tennessee's push to create the
I wrote this for a wildlife independent study class during my undergrad, while collaborating with a wildlife policy professor. We were trying to establish a Policy Fellowship for the transition into University of Tennessee's push to create the
NRCS programs help landowners turn ecological goals into real on-the-ground improvements. This Field Notes essay explores how EQIP and CSP support healthier forests, better wildlife habitat, and more resilient working lands—plus honest caveats about how the system works in practice.
Policy Desk provides look into systems behind conservation work: the Farm Bill, NRCS programs, and the broader forces shaping management. These pieces connect ecological reality with policy architecture to help readers understand how decisions made far from the field echo across working landscapes.