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Land-use intensity impacts habitat selection of ground-nesting farmland birds in the Netherlands.

Published online: 20 Jan 2023

Authors: Li YuHong & Piersma, T. & Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W. & Howison, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

(1). Agricultural intensification has modified grassland habitats, causing serious declines in farmland biodiversity including breeding birds. Until n...

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Site-level connectivity identified from multiple sources of movement data to inform conservation of a migratory bird.

Published online: 21 Feb 2025

Authors: Beal, M. & Nightingale, J. & Belo, J. R. & Batey, C. & Belting, H. & Bocher, P. & Burgess, M. & Craft, T. B. & Crockford, N. & Delaporte, P. & Donaldson, L. & Gélinaud, G. & Gill, J. A. & Gunnarsson, T. G. & Þórisson, B. & Gutiérrez, J. S. & Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W. & Howison, R. A. & Hunke, P. & Jomat, L. & Lemke, H. & Ludwig, J. & Majoor, F. A. & Marlow, C. & Masero, J. A. & Melter, J. & Nicholson, I. & Parejo, M. & O'Mahony, B. & Pasanen, E. & Pessa, J. & Piersma, T. & Rocha, A. D. & Robin, F. & Roodbergen, M. & Rousseau, P. & Salewski, V. & Schmidt, L. & Smart, J. & Staneva, A. & Tibbitts, T. L. & Timonen, S. & Alves, J. A. & Dias, M. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Migratory birds depend on a suite of sites across their annual cycles, making them vulnerable to a wide variety of anthropogenic pressures. Current ar...

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The impact of logging on vertical canopy structure across a gradient of tropical forest degradation intensity in Borneo.

Published online: 05 Oct 2021

Authors: Milodowski, D. T. & Coomes, D. A. & Swinfield, T. & Jucker, T. & Riutta, T. & Malhi, Y. & Svátek, M. & Kvasnica, J. & Burslem, D. F. R. P. & Ewers, R. M. & Yit Arn Teh & Williams, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest degradation through logging is pervasive throughout the world's tropical forests, leading to changes in the three-dimensional canopy structure ...

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Impacts of tsetse control and land-use on vegetative structure and tree species composition in south-western Ethiopia.

Published online: 08 Aug 1997

Authors: Reid, R. S. & Wilson, C. J. & Kruska, R. L. & Mulatu, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

More effective control of the tsetse fly in Africa will reduce constraints imposed by the livestock disease, trypanosomiasis. Trypanosomiasis lowers l...

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Relationships between forest cover and fish diversity in the Amazon River floodplain.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Arantes, C. C. & Winemiller, K. O. & Petrere, M. & Castello, L. & Hess, L. L. & Freitas, C. E. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat degradation leads to biodiversity loss and concomitant changes in ecosystem processes. Tropical river floodplains are highly threatened by lan...

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Tropical riparian forests in danger from large savanna wildfires.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Flores, B. M. & Sá Dechoum, M. de & Schmidt, I. B. & Hirota, M. & Abrahão, A. & Verona, L. & Pecoral, L. L. F. & Cure, M. B. & Giles, A. L. & Britto Costa, P. de & Pamplona, M. B. & Mazzochini, G. G. & Groenendijk, P. & Minski, G. L. & Wolfsdorf, G. & Sampaio, A. B. & Piccolo, F. & Melo, L. & Lima, R. F. de & Oliveira, R. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical savannas are known for the fire-prone ecosystems, yet, riparian evergreen forests are another important landscape feature. These forests usua...

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Decline in alkali meadow vegetation cover in California: the effects of groundwater extraction and drought.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Elmore, A. J. & Manning, S. J. & Mustard, J. F. & Craine, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Throughout arid regions of the world, groundwater is extracted for human population centres. In the Great Basin and Range region of the USA, we lack b...

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Species-rich semi-natural grasslands have a higher resistance but a lower resilience than intensively managed agricultural grasslands in response to climate anomalies.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Keersmaecker, W. de & Rooijen, N. van & Lhermitte, S. & Tits, L. & Schaminée, J. & Coppin, P. & Honnay, O. & Somers, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The stable delivery of ecosystem services provided by grasslands is strongly dependent on the stability of grassland ecosystem functions such as bioma...

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An operational land cover and land cover change toolbox: processing open-source data with open-source software.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Authors: Gatis, N. & Carless, D. & Luscombe, D. J. & Brazier, R. E. & Anderson, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Accurate and up-to-date land cover maps are vital for underpinning evidence-based landscape management decision-making. However, the technical skills ...

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Assessment of peatland burning in Scotland during 1985-2022 using Landsat imagery.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Spracklen, B. D. & Spracklen, D. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

In the Scottish uplands, prescribed burning of moorland vegetation is widely practised either to boost gamebird numbers for recreational shooting or t...

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