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A test of methods for estimating population size of the invasive land snail Achatina fulica in dense vegetation.

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: Craze, P. G. & Mauremootoo, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Physical inaccessibility often complicates censuses of poorly mobile organisms. We therefore assessed the effectiveness of using a sample of quadrat c...

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A taxonomic distinctness index and its statistical properties.

Published online: 20 Jan 1999

Authors: Clarke, K. R. & Warwick, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper explores the statistical sampling properties of Δ, the taxonomic diversity index, and Δ*, the taxonomic distinctness index. Taxonomic diver...

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Forecasting the potential distribution of the invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Herborg, L. & O'Hara, P. & Therriault, T. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive species are a major threat to global biodiversity and their introduction can have significant economic consequences. The invasive tunicate Di...

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A marine natural capital asset and risk register - towards securing the benefits from marine systems and linked ecosystem services.

Published online: 30 Jun 2022

Authors: Rees, S. E. & Ashley, M. & Cameron, A. & Mullier, T. & Ingle, C. & Oates, J. & Lannin, A. & Hooper, T. & Attrill, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Documented biodiversity loss has galvanised a global process to develop conceptual frameworks that link the social and ecological systems. This paper ...

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Salmon on the lam: drivers of escaped farmed fish abundance in rivers.

Published online: 06 Mar 2021

Authors: Mahlum, S. & Vollset, K. W. & Barlaup, B. T. & Skoglund, H. & Velle, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The production of Atlantic salmon in aquaculture has grown substantially over the last 40 years. The unintentional release of domesticated salmon pose...

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Disease, predation and demography: assessing the impacts of bovine tuberculosis on African buffalo by monitoring at individual and population levels.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Cross, P. C. & Heisey, D. M. & Bowers, J. A. & Hay, C. T. & Wolhuter, J. & Buss, P. & Hofmeyr, M. & Michel, A. L. & Bengis, R. G. & Bird, T. L. F. & Toit, J. T. du & Getz, W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the effects of disease is critical to determining appropriate management responses, but estimating those effects in wildlife species is ...

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Accounting for food web dynamics when assessing the impact of mesopredator control on declining prey populations.

Published online: 08 Mar 2021

Authors: Henden, J. A. & Ehrich, D. & Soininen, E. M. & Ims, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing populations of mesopredators are suspected to cause declines in vulnerable wildlife to the extent that mesopredator decimation actions (cul...

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A framework to diagnose the causes of river ecosystem deterioration using biological symptoms.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Feld, C. K. & Saeedghalati, M. & Hering, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

River assessments are predominantly based on biological metrics and indices selected or designed to integrate the impact of multiple causes of deterio...

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Using spatial heterogeneity to extrapolate species richness: a new method tested on Ecuadorian cloud forest birds.

Published online: 03 May 2006

Authors: O'Dea, N. & Whittaker, R. J. & Ugland, K. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

For most ecological assemblages, compiling complete inventories of species is difficult, if not impossible. Various methods have been developed to est...

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Predicting spatial variation in heather utilization by sheep and red deer within heather/grass mosaics.

Published online: 22 Sep 2000

Authors: Palmer, S. C. F. & Hester, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent work has shown that the dynamics of woody and herbaceous vegetation mosaics under grazing or browsing can be strongly affected by the spatial p...

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