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Quantifying changes in abundance of food plants for butterfly larvae and farmland birds.

Published online: 28 Jul 2000

Authors: Smart, S. M. & Firbank, L. G. & Bunce, R. G. H. & Watkins, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent changes in population size of butterflies and farmland birds across north-west European landscapes have been linked to the effects of agricultu...

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Effects of grazing by free-ranging cattle on vegetation dynamics in a continental north-west European heathland.

Published online: 28 Jul 2000

Authors: Bokdam, J. & Gleichman, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Abandonment and eutrophication are major threats to traditional pastoral landscapes and their wildlife in Europe. Social and economica developments ha...

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Roads increase population growth rates of a native leaf-cutter ant in Neotropical savannahs.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Vieira Neto, E. H. M. & Vasconcelos, H. L. & Bruna, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A challenge in applied ecology is understanding the responses of native species to roads, which are ubiquitous drivers of environmental heterogeneity....

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Effect of pyric herbivory on source-sink dynamics in grassland birds.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Davis, C. A. & Churchwell, R. T. & Fuhlendorf, S. D. & Engle, D. M. & Hovick, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grasslands world-wide provide a host of ecosystem services. In particular, these grasslands serve as biodiversity repositories for a myriad of imperil...

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Conserving a moving target: planning protection for a migratory species as its distribution changes.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Singh, N. J. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation of declining migratory species is a challenging task, as the factors that may have determined their past distribution may not determine t...

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Issues with modelling the current and future distribution of invasive pathogens.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Murray, K. A. & Retallick, R. W. R. & Puschendorf, R. & Skerratt, L. F. & Rosauer, D. & McCallum, H. I. & Berger, L. & Speare, R. & VanDerWal, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Correlative species distribution models can be used to produce spatially explicit estimates of environmental suitability for organisms. This process c...

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The potential effect of exotic Pacific rats Rattus exulans on vectors of scrub typhus.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Kuo, C. C. & Wang HsiChieh & Huang ChingLun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The role and influence of exotic species in indigenous vector-borne diseases are important but remain understudied. Ascertaining whether disease vecto...

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Estimating group size and population density of Eurasian badgers Meles meles by quantifying latrine use.

Published online: 03 Jan 2002

Authors: Tuyttens, F. A. M. & Long, B. & Fawcett, T. & Skinner, A. & Brown, J. A. & Cheeseman, C. L. & Roddam, A. W. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation issues and a potential role in disease transmission generate the continued need to census Eurasian badgers Meles meles, but direct counts...

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Mammalian pheromones - new opportunities for improved predator control in New Zealand.

Published online: 14 Feb 2018

Authors: Clapperton, B. K. & Murphy, E. C. & Razzaq, H. A. A.

Content type: Bulletin

To improve conservation outcomes and move towards a 'predator-free New Zealand', we need new pest control technologies. Our growing knowledge of the c...

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Natural colonisation rates in a UK upland landscape under different conservation management approaches following sheep removal.

Published online: 19 Aug 2024

Authors: Porton, G. & Wrigley, R. & Scott, C. E. & Spracklen, D. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Natural colonisation could provide a cost-effective means to increase woodland coverage across the UK uplands. However, there is a shortage of evidenc...

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