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Prioritizing eradication actions on islands: it's not all or nothing.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Helmstedt, K. J. & Shaw, J. D. & Bode, M. & Terauds, A. & Springer, K. & Robinson, S. A. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many highly diverse island ecosystems across the globe are threatened by invasive species. Eradications of invasive mammals from islands are being att...

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Prioritising the eradication of invasive species from island archipelagos with high reinvasion risk.

Published online: 08 May 2023

Authors: Kumar, V. & Nunez, A. & Brown, K. & Agarwal, K. & Hall, S. & Bode, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Eradicating invasive species from islands is a proven method for safeguarding threatened and endangered species from extinction. Island eradications c...

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Islands and introduced herbivores: conservation action as ecosystem experimentation.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Donlan, C. J. & Tershy, B. R. & Croll, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Overgrazing by exotic herbivores has a widespread impact on plant communities. We used the removal of exotic European rabbits, goats and donkeys from ...

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Effects of forest degradation on Amazonian ferns in a land-bridge island system as revealed by non-specialist inventories.

Published online: 03 Jul 2022

Authors: Zuquim, G. & Benchimol, M. & Tonon, R. & Peres, C. A. & Storck-Tonon, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Tropical forests have been rapidly deforested and degradation worldwide has outpaced biodiversity field sampling. No study to date has assessed the ef...

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Measuring the surrogacy potential of charismatic megafauna species across taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity on a megadiverse island.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Sibarani, M. C. & Marco, M. di & Rondinini, C. & Kark, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation organisations and governments often use charismatic megafauna as surrogates to represent broader biodiversity. While these species are pr...

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Lichens as ecological indicators in urban areas: beyond the effects of pollutants.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Munzi, S. & Correia, O. & Silva, P. & Lopes, N. & Freitas, C. & Branquinho, C. & Pinho, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In this work, we hypothesized that in urban areas with reduced pollution levels, local climatic conditions can be an important driver of lichen divers...

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Workshop on Bottom Fisheries in the High Seas Areas of the Western Central Atlantic, Christ Church, Barbados, 30 September-2 October 2014.

Published online: 06 Jul 2016

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

The first meeting of the Working Group on the Management of Deep-sea fisheries of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) took the fo...

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Facilitation of red deer grazing by cattle and its impact on red deer performance.

Published online: 19 Jul 1988

Authors: Gordon, I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cattle were removed from the Isle of Rhum, Scotland, in 1957. Cattle were reintroduced into one area of the island in 1970 and grazed on areas occupie...

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Best-practice forestry management delivers diminishing returns for coral reefs with increased land-clearing.

Published online: 05 Jan 2021

Authors: Wenger, A. S. & Harris, D. & Weber, S. & Vaghi, F. & Nand, Y. & Naisilisili, W. & Hughes, A. & Delevaux, J. & Klein, C. J. & Watson, J. & Mumby, P. J. & Jupiter, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Protection of coastal ecosystems from deforestation may be the best way to protect coral reefs from sediment runoff. However, given the importance of ...

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Interactions between herbivores and endophyte-infected Festuca rubra from the Scottish islands of St. Kilda, Benbecula and Rum.

Published online: 05 Feb 1998

Authors: Bazely, D. R. & Vicari, M. & Emmerich, S. & Filip, L. & Lin, D. & Inman, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hirta, an island in the St. Kilda group, is grazed by a population of feral Soay sheep which crashes every 3-5 years with up to 60% mortality. Fungal ...

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