Search Results - "Swetnam, R.D."

The importance of local forest benefits: Economic valuation of Non-Timber Forest Products in the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania by Schaafsma, M., Morse-Jones, S., Posen, P., Swetnam, R.D., Balmford, A., Bateman, I.J., Burgess, N.D., Chamshama, S.A.O., Fisher, B., Freeman, T., Geofrey, V., Green, R.E., Hepelwa, A.S., Hernández-Sirvent, A., Hess, S., Kajembe, G.C., Kayharara, G., Kilonzo, M., Kulindwa, K., Lund, J.F., Madoffe, S.S., Mbwambo, L., Meilby, H., Ngaga, Y.M., Theilade, I., Treue, T., van Beukering, P., Vyamana, V.G., Turner, R.K.

“…•We value four Non-Timber Forest Products from the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania.•We transfer spatially explicit models of NTFP collection across a wide…”
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Towards transferable functions for extraction of Non-timber Forest Products: A case study on charcoal production in Tanzania by Schaafsma, M., Morse-Jones, S., Posen, P., Swetnam, R.D., Balmford, A., Bateman, I.J., Burgess, N.D., Chamshama, S.A.O., Fisher, B., Green, R.E., Hepelwa, A.S., Hernández-Sirvent, A., Kajembe, G.C., Kulindwa, K., Lund, J.F., Mbwambo, L., Meilby, H., Ngaga, Y.M., Theilade, I., Treue, T., Vyamana, V.G., Turner, R.K.

“…Mapping the distribution of the quantity and value of forest benefits to local communities is useful for forest management, when socio-economic and…”
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Land use change and carbon fluxes in East Africa quantified using earth observation data and field measurements by PFEIFER, M., PLATTS, P.J., BURGESS, N.D., SWETNAM, R.D., WILLCOCK, S., LEWIS, S. L., MARCHANT, R.

“…Carbon-based forest conservation requires the establishment of ‘reference emission levels’ against which to measure a country or region's progress in reducing…”
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Can computer game landscapes target new audiences for landscape quality assessment? by Swetnam, R.D., Korenko, J.

“…This paper investigates and reflects upon the use of digital game landscapes as tools for visual quality assessment. It explores three distinct but related…”
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Quantifying visual landscape quality in rural Wales: A GIS-enabled method for extensive monitoring of a valued cultural ecosystem service by Swetnam, R.D., Harrison-Curran, S.K., Smith, G.R.

“…Landscape views and the enjoyment people derive from them, represent an important cultural ecosystem service (CES) as recognised in frameworks such as the…”
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Mapping socio-economic scenarios of land cover change: A GIS method to enable ecosystem service modelling by Swetnam, R.D., Fisher, B., Mbilinyi, B.P., Munishi, P.K.T., Willcock, S., Ricketts, T., Mwakalila, S., Balmford, A., Burgess, N.D., Marshall, A.R., Lewis, S.L.

“…We present a GIS method to interpret qualitatively expressed socio-economic scenarios in quantitative map-based terms. (i) We built scenarios using local…”
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Habitat selection by yellowhammers Emberiza citrinella on lowland farmland at two spatial scales: implications for conservation management by Whittingham, M.J, Swetnam, R.D, Wilson, J.D, Chamberlain, D.E, Freckleton, R.P

“…1. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella populations have declined rapidly in the UK over recent decades, and a clear understanding of their habitat requirements is…”
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Do regional gradients in land-use influence richness, composition and turnover of bird assemblages in small woods? by Bennett, A.F, Hinsley, S.A, Bellamy, P.E, Swetnam, R.D, Mac Nally, R

“…Small patches of natural or semi-natural habitat have an important role in the conservation of biodiversity in human-dominated environments. The values of such…”
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Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania: Ecosystem services by FISHER, B, TURNER, R.K, MARSHALL, A.R, MADOFFE, S, MUNISHI, P.K.T, MORSE-JONES, S, MWAKALILA, S, PAAVOLA, J, NAIDOO, R, RICKETTS, T, ROUGET, M, WILLCOCK, S, BURGESS, N.D, WHITE, S, BALMFORD, A, SWETNAM, R.D, GREEN, J, GREEN, R.E, KAJEMBE, G, KULINDWA, K, LEWIS, S.L, MARCHANT, R

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Methods for targeting the restoration of grazing marsh and wet grassland communities at a national, regional and local scale by Mountford, J.O., Roy, D.B., Cooper, J.M., Manchester, S.J., Swetnam, R.D., Warman, E.A., Treweek, J.R.

“…Grazing marsh has been recognised as a key habitat in the UK, and included within the Biodiversity Action Plan structure. In the present research, the…”
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Applying ecological models to altered landscapes by Swetnam, R.D., Ragou, P., Firbank, L.G., Hinsley, S.A., Bellamy, P.E.

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Applying ecological models to altered landscapes: Scenario-testing with GIS by Swetnam, R.D., Ragou, P., Firbank, L.G., Hinsley, S.A., Bellamy, P.E.

“…Including ecological information within the planning process is problematic. Individual species response to landscape change will be complex and is often…”
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Spatial relationships between site hydrology and the occurrence of grassland of conservation importance: a risk assessment with GIS by Swetnam, R.D., Mountford, J.O., Armstrong, A.C., Gowing, D.J.G., Brown, N.J., Manchester, S.J., Treweek, J.R.

“…The UK's Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) scheme provides financial incentives for farmers to undertake management which is compatible with the…”
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