Prioritizing research gaps for national conservation management and policy: the managers’ perspective in Estonia

One hundred priority questions for landscape restoration in Europe

(2018) Nancy Ockendon et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Continuous cover forestry is a cost-efficient tool to increase multifunctionality of boreal production forests in Fennoscandia

(2018) Maiju Peura et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Amphibians in drained forest landscapes: Conservation opportunities for commercial forests and protected sites

(2018) Liina Remm et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

How can landscape ecology contribute to sustainability science?

(2018) Paul Opdam et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Fifteen operationally important decisions in the planning of biodiversity offsets

(2018) Atte Moilanen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Is shelterwood harvesting preferable over clear-cutting for sustaining dead-wood pools? The case of Estonian conifer forests

(2018) Raul Rosenvald et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Success in preserving historic rural landscapes under various policy measures: Incentives, restrictions or planning?

(2017) Petr Sklenicka et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Deadwood-rich managed forests provide insights into the old-forest association of wood-inhabiting fungi

(2017) Kadri Runnel et al.   Fungal Ecology

Coastal meadow management for threatened waders has a strong supporting impact on meadow plants and amphibians

(2017) Riinu Rannap et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Green infrastructure development at European Union's eastern border: Effects of road infrastructure and forest habitat loss

(2017) Per Angelstam et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Priority questions for the science, policy and practice of cultural landscapes in Europe

(2017) Mónica Hernández-Morcillo et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Both spatiotemporal connectivity and habitat quality limit the immigration of forest plants into wooded corridors

(2017) Taavi Paal et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Comparing the effects of even- and uneven-aged silviculture on ecological diversity and processes: A review

(2017) Philippe Nolet et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Long-Term Susceptibility of Even- and Uneven-Aged Northern Hardwood Stands to Partial Windthrow

(2017) Philippe Nolet et al.   Forests

Degradation in landscape matrix has diverse impacts on diversity in protected areas

(2017) Matti Häkkilä et al.   PLoS One

The Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus): an iconic focal species for knowledge-based integrative management and conservation of Baltic forests

(2016) Asko Lõhmus et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Environmental impact of oil shale mining

(2016) Vivika Väizene et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

Beyond a minimum substrate supply: Sustaining saproxylic beetles in semi-natural forest management

(2016) Ann Kraut et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

An overview of the progress and challenges of peatland restoration in Western Europe

(2016) Roxane Andersen et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Wolves Recolonizing Islands: Genetic Consequences and Implications for Conservation and Management

(2016) Liivi Plumer et al.   PLoS One

Just a Ditch in Forest? Reconsidering Draining in the Context of Sustainable Forest Management

(2015) Asko Lõhmus et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The Potential for Long-Term Sustainability in Seminatural Forestry: A Broad Perspective Based on Woodpecker Populations

(2015) Asko Lõhmus et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Bridging the research-practice gap: Conservation research priorities in a Central and Eastern European country

(2015) Barbara Mihók et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

The potential impacts of changes in ecological networks, land use and climate on the Eurasian crane population in Estonia

(2015) Aivar Leito et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Making the EU Legislation on Invasive Species a Conservation Success

(2015) Simon Tollington et al.   Conservation Letters

Nature-Based Solutions for Europe's Sustainable Development

(2015) Joachim Maes et al.   Conservation Letters

Environmentally friendly management as an intermediate strategy between organic and conventional agriculture to support biodiversity

(2014) Riho Marja et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Legal aspects related to the effect of underground mining close to the site entered into the list of potential Natura 2000 network areas

(2014) Andres Marandi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Five principles for the practice of knowledge exchange in environmental management

(2014) M.S. Reed et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Mind the gaps when using science to address conservation concerns

(2013) Jan Christian Habel et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Initial effects of restoring natural forest structures in Estonia

(2013) Diana Laarmann et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

MINE WATER AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF ENERGY FROM UNDERGROUND MINED AREAS IN ESTONIAN OIL SHALE DEPOSIT

(2013) V KARU et al.   OIL SHALE

Long-Term Impacts of Forest Ditching on Non-Aquatic Biodiversity: Conservation Perspectives for a Novel Ecosystem

(2013) Liina Remm et al.   PLoS One

Spatial Genetic Analyses Reveal Cryptic Population Structure and Migration Patterns in a Continuously Harvested Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) Population in North-Eastern Europe

(2013) Maris Hindrikson et al.   PLoS One

What do we lack in agri-environment schemes? The case of farmland birds in Estonia

(2012) Jaanus Elts et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Even-Aged and Uneven-Aged Forest Management in Boreal Fennoscandia: A Review

(2012) Timo Kuuluvainen et al.   AMBIO

Restoration Management of a Floodplain Meadow and Its Cost-Effectiveness — the Results of a 6-Year Experiment

(2012) Jaan Liira et al.   ANNALES BOTANICI FENNICI

Making conservation research more relevant for conservation practitioners

(2012) William F. Laurance et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Conservation science relevant to action: A research agenda identified and prioritized by practitioners

(2012) Veronika Braunisch et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Dispersal ecology of the endangered woodland lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in managed hemiboreal forest landscape

(2011) Inga Jüriado et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Establishment of protected areas in different ecoregions, ecosystems, and diversity hotspots under successive political systems

(2011) Eva-Liis Tuvi et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

How Research-Prioritization Exercises Affect Conservation Policy

(2011) MURRAY A. RUDD   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Climate change threatens European conservation areas

(2011) Miguel B. Araújo et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Impacts of artificial drainage on amphibian breeding sites in hemiboreal forests

(2011) Kadri Suislepp et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Variable-density thinning in uneven-aged forest management--a case for Norway spruce in Finland

(2011) T. Pukkala et al.   FORESTRY

Silviculture as a disturbance regime: the effects of clear-cutting, planting and thinning on polypore communities in mixed forests

(2011) Asko Lõhmus   Journal of Forest Research

Aspen-inhabiting Aphyllophoroid fungi in a managed forest landscape in Estonia

(2011) Asko Lõhmus   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Methods for collaboratively identifying research priorities and emerging issues in science and policy

(2011) William J. Sutherland et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

(2010) Flavia Geiger et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Wooded meadows of Estonia: conservation efforts for agricultural landscape

(2009) M. SAMMUL et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCE

Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation Based on Natural Ecosystem Dynamics in Northern Europe: The Complexity Challenge

(2009) Timo Kuuluvainen   AMBIO

The big ecological questions inhibiting effective environmental management in Australia

(2009) S. R. MORTON et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Restoring ponds for amphibians: a success story

(2009) R. Rannap et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

The need for environmental horizon scanning

(2009) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Knowing But Not Doing: Selecting Priority Conservation Areas and the Research–Implementation Gap

(2008) ANDREW T. KNIGHT et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY