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Could our fisheries be more productive? Indirect negative effects of bottom trawl fisheries on fish condition.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Hiddink, J. G. & Johnson, A. F. & Kingham, R. & Hinz, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The nets used in bottom trawl fisheries cause mortality of benthic invertebrates and this can decrease the long-term availability of prey to exploited...

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The food of the cattle egret.

Published online: 22 May 1972

Authors: Siegfried, W. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cattle egrets (Ardeola ibis) feeding in dairy pastures in the south-western Cape, South Africa, ate mainly grasshoppers, caterpillars and earthworms, ...

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Diet selection by domestic goats in relation to blackbrush twig chemistry.

Published online: 09 Apr 1985

Authors: Provenza, F. D. & Malechek, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The production of current season growth by Coleogyne ramosissima was determined by length measurement in Sept. when the twigs were dormant. Percentage...

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Leaf-fall in a tropical rain forest.

Published online: 22 May 1971

Authors: Cornforth, I. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Mora excelsa rain forests of Trinidad, leaf fall was heavy, from August to October and from February to April. For a single year the leaf fall was ...

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Competition in mixtures of herbage grasses.

Published online: 12 Jan 1969

Authors: England, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plants of Ayrshire and Scotia perennial ryegrass and of Daeno II and Scotia cocksfoot spaced 2 and 4 cm apart were grown in boxes in pure stand and in...

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The influence of leaf death on the rate of accumulation of green herbage during pasture regrowth.

Published online: 11 Jan 1971

Authors: Hunt, W. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Measurements were made of growth and death in spring and autumn in a perennial ryegrass/white clover sward, and by integration of growth and death dat...

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Reducing risky interactions: identifying barriers to the successful management of human-wildlife conflict in an urban parkland.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Griffin, L. L. & Haigh, A. & Conteddu, K. & Andaloc, M. & McDonnell, P. & Ciuti, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Managing activities that result in human-wildlife conflict is a challenging goal for modern scientists and managers. In recent years, the self-motivat...

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Comparative foraging behaviour and associated energetics of impala and blesbok.

Published online: 16 Dec 1986

Authors: Klein, D. R. & Fairall, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field studies were caried out at 3 locations in South Africa to compare the lifestyles of impala (Aepyceros melampus melampus) and blesbok (Damaliscus...

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A feeding guild indicator to assess environmental change impacts on marine ecosystem structure and functioning.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Thompson, M. S. A. & Pontalier, H. & Spence, M. A. & Pinnegar, J. K. & Greenstreet, S. P. R. & Moriarty, M. & Hélaouët, P. & Lynam, C. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Integrating food web indicators into ecological status assessments is central to developing effective management measures that can improve degraded ec...

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Potential consequences of discard reform for seabird communities.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Bicknell, A. W. J. & Oro, D. & Camphuysen, K. & Votier, S. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Upcoming reform of the European Union (EU) Common Fisheries Policy will be the biggest change in European fisheries management for a generation. A cen...

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