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The diversity and abundance of ants in relation to forest disturbance and plantation establishment in southern Cameroon.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Watt, A. D. & Stork, N. E. & Bolton, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical biodiversity is seriously threatened by deforestation but few studies have quantified its impact. We aimed to measure the impact of forest cl...

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Impact of forest management on insect abundance and damage in a lowland tropical forest in southern Cameroon.

Published online: 04 Oct 1997

Authors: Watt, A. D. & Stork, N. E. & McBeath, C. & Lawson, G. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The rate of deforestation in West Africa was around 2% (12 000 km2) per annum during the 1980s, and recent evidence from Cameroon suggests that the ra...

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Amphibian resistance to chytridiomycosis increases following low-virulence chytrid fungal infection or drug-mediated clearance.

Published online: 04 Nov 2021

Authors: Waddle, A. W. & Rivera, R. & Rice, H. & Keenan, E. C. & Rezaei, G. & Levy, J. E. & Vasquez, Y. S. & Sai, M. & Hill, J. & Zmuda, A. & Lambreghts, Y. & Jaeger, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Amphibian biodiversity is experiencing ongoing declines due in part to the infectious disease, chytridiomycosis. Efforts to mitigate the effects of th...

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NatureScot Research Report 1278 - Monitoring the success of Peatland Action - establishing a baseline condition for vegetation.

Published online: 28 Nov 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Ross, S. & Blackshaw, A.

Content type: Reports

This project aims to establish the baseline condition of a selection of these sites to enable future long-term monitoring of the effects of the manage...

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Quantifying cryptic function loss during community disassembly.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Terui, A. & Finlay, J. C. & Hansen, A. T. & Kozarek, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Emerging theory suggests that the ecosystem-level consequences of anthropogenic pressures depend on how species will be disassembled from ecological c...

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The importance of local knowledge in the identification of factors influencing wildfire occurrence in protected areas of the Colombian Amazon.

Published online: 25 Aug 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Tebbutt, C. & Devisscher, T. & Obando-Cabrera, L. & Gutiérrez García, G. A. & Meza Elizalde, M. C. & Armenteras, D. & Oliveras, I.

Content type: Blog

A shared mind map of the political, economic and social interactions that affect forest fires in Colombia's protected areas was made through the works...

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The importance of local knowledge in the identification of factors influencing wildfire occurrence in protected areas of the Colombian Amazon [in Spanish].

Published online: 25 Aug 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Tebbutt, C. & Devisscher, T. & Obando-Cabrera, L. & Gutiérrez García, G. A. & Meza Elizalde, M. C. & Armenteras, D. & Oliveras, I.

Content type: Blog

A shared mind map of the political, economic and social interactions that affect forest fires in Colombia's protected areas was created through the wo...

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Grazing and scrub clearance promote open dune habitat regeneration in pine plantation canopy gaps in Merseyside, UK.

Published online: 12 May 2020

Authors: Hunt, N. & Mercer, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Coastal management practices have shifted in recent decades to recognise afforestation of sand dunes as a principle factor in mobile dune system degra...

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Multiple factors, including arena size, shape the functional responses of ladybird beetles.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Uiterwaal, S. F. & Delong, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Functional response studies are often used to determine the suitability of predators as biocontrol agents. Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae...

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Nutrient deficiencies and the aftercare of reclaimed derelict land.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Bloomfield, H. E. & Handley, J. F. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fourteen grass swards which had been reclaimed from colliery spoil and urban clearance materials 1-7 years previously were dressed with nitrogen, phos...

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