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The Steller's Sea-Eagle in North America: an economic assessment of birdwatchers travelling to see a vagrant raptor.

Published online: 16 Mar 2024

Authors: Pease, B. S. & Gilbert, N. A. & Casola, W. R. & Akamani, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Birdwatching-a cultural ecosystem service-is among the most popular outdoor recreational activities. Existing economic valuations of birdwatching typi...

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Assessing unintended human-mediated dispersal using visitation networks.

Published online: 30 Jul 2021

Authors: Runghen, R. & Mora, B. B. & Godoy-Lorite, A. & Stouffer, D. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Human visitors are associated with the unintended dispersal of weeds, seeds and pathogens across ecological communities. With the increasing popula...

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Estimating the carbon footprint of citizen science biodiversity monitoring.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Gillings, S. & Harris, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Across society there is pressure to assess and reduce carbon emissions to meet the obligations of the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Climate Pact. Wi...

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Alien species spreading via biofouling on recreational vessels in the Mediterranean Sea.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Ulman, A. & Ferrario, J. & Forcada, A. & Seebens, H. & Arvanitidis, C. & Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A. & Marchini, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Despite the Mediterranean being both a hotspot for recreational boating and for non-indigenous species (NIS), no data currently exists on the recre...

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Invasive pathogen drives host population collapse: effects of a travelling wave of sarcoptic mange on bare-nosed wombats.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Martin, A. M. & Burridge, C. P. & Ingram, J. & Fraser, T. A. & Carver, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Emerging and invasive pathogens can have long-lasting impacts on susceptible wildlife populations, including localized collapse and extirpation. Manag...

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When does spatial structure matter in models of wildlife harvesting?

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Ling, S. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The most broadly applied generalizations of bioeconomics were derived from simple, non-spatial models. We develop a simple continuous spatial model in...

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The costs of managing key threats to Australia's biodiversity.

Published online: 12 Nov 2023

Authors: Yong ChuanJi & Ward, M. & Watson, J. E. M. & Reside, A. E. & Leeuwen, S. van & Legge, S. & Geary, W. L. & Lintermans, M. & Kennard, M. J. & Stuart, S. & Carwardine, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Budgeting for biodiversity conservation requires realistic estimates of threat abatement costs. However, data on threat management costs are often una...

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Avian vulnerability to wind farm collision through the year: insights from lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) tracked from multiple breeding colonies.

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Authors: Thaxter, C. B. & Ross-Smith, V. H. & Bouten, W. & Clark, N. A. & Conway, G. J. & Masden, E. A. & Clewley, G. D. & Barber, L. J. & Burton, N. H. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Wind energy generation has become an important means to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and mitigate against human-induced climate change, but coul...

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Summer foraging activity and movements of radio-tagged common seals (Phoca vitulina L.) in the Moray Firth, Scotland.

Published online: 31 Aug 1990

Authors: Thompson, P. M. & Miller, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Very high frequency telemetry was used to study summer foraging patterns and movements of 3 adult common seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Moray Firth, UK...

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A global analysis of factors predicting conservationists' values.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Luque-Lora, R. & Keane, A. & Fisher, J. A. & Holmes, G. & Sandbrook, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

There exists a wealth of philosophical, sociological and anthropological literature on environmental values; yet, few studies have investigated the va...

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