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Forecasting suitable breeding conditions for the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea in southern Africa.

Published online: 18 Jul 2007

Authors: Cheke, R. A. & Venn, J. F. & Jones, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Red-billed queleas Quelea quelea are major pests of small-grain crops throughout sub-Saharan Africa. When conditions permit, birds breed in vast colon...

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The role of different organo-chlorine compounds in the breeding of British sparrowhawks.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Newton, I. & Bogan, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organochlorine levels and shell thickness indices varied little between eggs in the same clutch of Accipiter nisus in the UK, but they varied greatly ...

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Factors influencing bird species numbers in small woods in south-east England.

Published online: 28 Aug 1996

Authors: Bellamy, P. E. & Hinsley, S. A. & Newton, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Small woods (151) in a 70×30 km agricultural area in Cambridgeshire and S. Lincolnshire, ranging in size from 0.02 to 30 ha and with differing degrees...

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Changes in breeding success and abundance of ground-nesting moorland birds in relation to the experimental deployment of legal predator control.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Fletcher, K. & Aebischer, N. J. & Baines, D. & Foster, R. & Hoodless, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An 8-year-field experiment on moorland in northern England manipulated the abundance of legally controllable predators whilst maintaining consistent h...

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The distribution of breeding birds around upland wind farms.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Stephen, L. & Langston, R. H. W. & Bainbridge, I. P. & Bullman, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is an urgent need for climate change mitigation, of which the promotion of renewable energy, such as from wind farms, is an important component....

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Effects of agricultural intensification on the breeding success of corn buntings Miliaria calandra.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Brickle, N. W. & Harper, D. G. C. & Aebischer, N. J. & Cockayne, S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Corn buntings Miliaria calandra have declined steeply in Britain and north-western Europe since the mid-1970s; changes in farming practice are believe...

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Direct and indirect effects of the most widely implemented Dutch agri-environment schemes on breeding waders.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Verhulst, J. & Kleijn, D. & Berendse, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the Netherlands, agri-environment schemes are an important tool for halting the ongoing decline of meadow birds and, in particular, waders breeding...

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Forest canopy reduction and breeding bird responses: treatment- and temporal-dependent patterns.

Published online: 15 Apr 2015

Authors: Stringer, B. K. & Wang, Y. & Schweitzer, C. J.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

We examined the effects of oak regeneration forest management treatments on territorial density of breeding forest birds. The study area was located o...

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Time budgets and foraging of breeding golden plover Pluvialis apricaria.

Published online: 22 Sep 2000

Authors: Whittingham, M. J. & Percival, S. M. & Brown, A. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The golden plover Pluvialis apricaria is of high conservation concern in Europe. Previous studies have concentrated on how birds utilize moorland. We ...

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The effect of supplementary winter seed food on breeding populations of farmland birds: evidence from two large-scale experiments.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Siriwardena, G. M. & Stevens, D. K. & Anderson, G. Q. A. & Vickery, J. A. & Calbrade, N. A. & Dodd, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Low winter food availability is probably critical in the declines of many farmland bird species in Europe, leading to the implementation of ameliorati...

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