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Design, analysis and statistical power of the Farm-Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops.

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Perry, J. N. & Rothery, P. & Clark, S. J. & Heard, M. S. & Hawes, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects on British farmland wildlife of the management of four genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops are currently being studied in a 5-ye...

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Exploring and validating statistical reliability in forensic conservation genetics.

Published online: 24 Jan 2019

Authors: Buschbom, J.

Content type: Bulletin

Safeguarding biological diversity from evolutionary lineages to ecosystems is a major undertaking for humanity. Forensic conservation genetics for the...

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Contrasting approaches to statistical regression in ecology and economics.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Armsworth, P. R. & Gaston, K. J. & Hanley, N. D. & Ruffell, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation and natural resource management challenges are as much social problems as biological ones. In recognition of this fact, ecologists and ec...

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Using subsets of species in biodiversity surveys.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Vellend, M. & Lilley, P. L. & Starzomski, B. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In many biodiversity surveys, a small proportion of species require a disproportionate amount of a researcher's time and effort to detect or identify....

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Habitat classification and soil restoration assessment using analysis of microbiological and physico-chemical characteristics.

Published online: 02 Jun 1995

Authors: Bentham, H. & Harris, J. A. & Birch, P. & Short, K. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The identification of key microbiological and physicochemical soil characteristics which could be used to discriminate between different undisturbed h...

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Factor analysis in botanical methods of exploration.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Yates, T. E. & Brooks, R. R. & Boswell, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

By means of factor analysis of concentrations of Cu and Zn in soil and of Cu, Zn, Fe and Mn in vegetation, the relationships between biogeochemistry, ...

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Investigating effects of shipping on common scoter and red-throated diver distributions in Liverpool Bay SPA.

Published online: 10 Nov 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Burt, M. L. & Mackenzie, M. L. & Bradbury, G. & Darke, J.

Content type: Reports

This report outlines the statistical analysis and modelling undertaken to understand how different aspects of shipping (i.e. ship size and distance to...

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A network approach for evaluating and communicating forest change models.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Drescher, M. & Perera, A. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Knowledge of forest change is often formalized in state-and-transition models (STMs). These models generate forecasts of forest condition that are wid...

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Assessing ecological responses to environmental change using statistical models.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Ferguson, C. A. & Carvalho, L. & Scott, E. M. & Bowman, A. W. & Kirika, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is a clear need to improve our ability to assess the ecological consequences of environmental change. Because of the complexity of ecosystems an...

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Balancing sampling intensity against spatial coverage for a community science monitoring programme.

Published online: 23 Aug 2020

Authors: Weiser, E. L. & Diffendorfer, J. E. & Grundel, R. & López-Hoffman, L. & Pecoraro, S. & Semmens, D. & Thogmartin, W. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Community science is an increasingly integral part of biodiversity research and monitoring, often achieving broad spatial and temporal coverage but lo...

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