Since 2005, Environmental Stewardship (ES) has been the principal agri-environment scheme for England and is the key instrument for the delivery of increased environmental benefits from agricultural landscapes. The main objective of this study is to investigate whether or not individuals'...

For the period 1991-2005 inclusive we categorise peer-reviewed journal output depending on whether it pertains to case-studies in a) cropland or b) aggregate semi-natural and natural terrestrial (ASNNT) ecosystems for three applications in ecological modelling: 1) modelling of terrestrial carbon...

Using statistical model selection criteria rooted in Information Theory which penalise complexity we show that there is little justification for relaxing the equal weights assumption underlying the Center for Global Development's, Commitment to Development Index (CDI). The CDI is a composite...