Search Results - "MCMORROW, JULIA"
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Empirical Modelling of Vegetation Abundance from Airborne Hyperspectral Data for Upland Peatland Restoration Monitoring
Published in Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) (01-01-2014)“…Peatlands are important terrestrial carbon stores. Restoration of degraded peatlands to restore ecosystem services is a major area of conservation effort…”
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Decline of forest area in Sabah, Malaysia: Relationship to state policies, land code and land capability
Published in Global environmental change (01-10-2001)“…Forest decline in Sabah has resulted from state policies operating within the federal context. Approximately two-thirds of Sabah's natural forest remains but…”
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Evaluating the effects of common-pool resource institutions and market forces on species richness and forest cover in Ecuadorian indigenous Kichwa communities
Published in Conservation letters (01-04-2013)“…We compare conservation outcomes between a protected area (PA) and four indigenous common‐property regimes (CPRs) under differing degrees of market integration…”
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Wildfire policy and management in England: an evolving response from Fire and Rescue Services, forestry and cross-sector groups
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (05-06-2016)“…Severe wildfires are an intermittent problem in England. The paper presents the first analysis of wildfire policy, showing its halting evolution over two…”
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Erosion and Nutrient Loss on Sloping Land under Intense Cultivation in Southern Vietnam
Published in Geographical research (01-03-2008)“…To help improve the well‐being of the local people, a joint Vietnamese‐UK team set out to establish a way of estimating soil and nutrient losses under…”
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Spectral monitoring of moorland plant phenology to identify a temporal window for hyperspectral remote sensing of peatland
Published in ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing (01-04-2014)“…Recognising the importance of the timing of image acquisition on the spectral response in remote sensing of vegetated ecosystems is essential. This study used…”
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Local Knowledge and Economic Realities Affecting Soil Erosion in the Rach Rat Catchment, Vietnam
Published in Geographical research (01-03-2008)“…Several parts of Binh Phuóc Province, southern Vietnam, suffer from degraded soils and vegetation as a result of both natural erosion of weak mud rocks and…”
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Wildfire policy and management in England: an evolving response from Fire and Rescue Services, forestry and cross-sector groups
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (05-06-2016)“…Severe wildfires are an intermittent problem in England. The paper presents the first analysis of wildfire policy, showing its halting evolution over two…”
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Detecting a moorland wildfire scar in the Peak District, UK, using synthetic aperture radar from ERS-2 and Envisat ASAR
Published in International journal of remote sensing (02-01-2014)“…Wildfires occur annually in UK moorland environments, especially in drought years. They can be severely damaging to the ecosystem when they burn deep into the…”
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The role of fire in UK peatland and moorland management: the need for informed, unbiased debate
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (05-06-2016)“…Fire has been used for centuries to generate and manage some of the UK's cultural landscapes. Despite its complex role in the ecology of UK peatlands and…”
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Climate change and the future occurrence of moorland wildfires in the Peak District of the UK
Published in Climate research (30-12-2010)“…We investigated the impact of climate change on the number of wildfires in the Peak District uplands of northern England. Wildfires in peat can result in…”
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Living on a flammable planet: interdisciplinary, cross-scalar and varied cultural lessons, prospects and challenges
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (05-06-2016)“…Living with fire is a challenge for human communities because they are influenced by socio-economic, political, ecological and climatic processes at various…”
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Forecasting the outbreak of moorland wildfires in the English Peak District
Published in Journal of environmental management (01-06-2009)“…Warmer, drier summers brought by climate change increase the potential risk of wildfires on the moorland of the Peak District of northern England. Fires are…”
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The role of fire in UK peatland and moorland management: the need for informed, unbiased debate
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (05-06-2016)“…Fire has been used for centuries to generate and manage some of the UK's cultural landscapes. Despite its complex role in the ecology of UK peatlands and…”
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Living on a flammable planet: interdisciplinary, cross-scalar and varied cultural lessons, prospects and challenges
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (05-06-2016)“…Living with fire is a challenge for human communities because they are influenced by socio-economic, political, ecological and climatic processes at various…”
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Using a Web-based Resource to Prepare Students for Fieldwork: Evaluating the Dark Peak Virtual Tour
Published in Journal of geography in higher education (01-07-2005)“…This paper reports on development of a Dark Peak website and its use to prepare first-year geography students for a one-day physical geography field course in…”
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Mapping the biomass of Bornean tropical rain forest from remotely sensed data
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-07-2001)“…The biomass and biomass dynamics of forests are major uncertainties in our understanding of tropical environments. Remote sensing is often the only practical…”
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Informed debate on the use of fire for peatland management means acknowledging the complexity of socio-ecological systems
Published in Nature Conservation (16-12-2016)“…The effects of fire and its use on European peatlands and heaths are the focus of considerable research and debate due to the important services these…”
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