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Biological control of a tropical weed: a population model and experiment for Sida acuta.

Published online: 03 Aug 1995

Authors: Lonsdale, W. M. & Farrell, G. & Wilson, C. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of defoliation of the malvaceous tropical weed Sida acuta by an introduced biological control agent, the chrysomelid Calligrapha pantherin...

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Are there economic benefits from managing invasive species?

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Hanley, N. & Roberts, M.

Content type: Blog

Invasive species are known to cause significant negative impacts to ecosystems and to people. In this paper, an outline on the nature of these economi...

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The comparative demography of the pasture weed Echium plantagineum between its native and invaded ranges.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Grigulis, K. & Sheppard, A. W. & Ash, J. E. & Groves, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Echium plantagineum is native to the western Mediterranean Basin, where it is a common, but not dominant, component of species-rich annual grasslands....

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Simple individual-based models effectively represent Afrotropical forest bird movement in complex landscapes.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Aben, J. & Strubbe, D. & Adriaensen, F. & Palmer, S. C. F. & Travis, J. M. J. & Lens, L. & Matthysen, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reliable estimates of dispersal rates between habitat patches (i.e. functional connectivity) are critical for predicting long-term effects of habitat ...

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Temporal and spatial variability in availability Bias has consequences for marine bird abundance estimates during the non-breeding season.

Published online: 30 Oct 2024

Authors: Dunn, R. E. & Duckworth, J. & O'Brien, S. & Furness, R. W. & Buckingham, L. & Daunt, F. & Bogdanova, M. & Green, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

To effectively monitor how marine ecosystems are being reshaped by anthropogenic pressures, we require understanding of species abundances and distrib...

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Automating field-based floral surveys with machine learning.

Published online: 11 Nov 2024

Authors: Sookhan, N. & Sookhan, S. & Grewal, D. & MacIvor, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The abundance and diversity of flowering plant species are important indicators of pollinator habitat quality, but traditional field-based surveying t...

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Estimation of badger abundance using faecal DNA typing.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Wilson, G. J. & Frantz, A. C. & Pope, L. C. & Roper, T. J. & Burke, T. A. & Cheeseman, C. L. & Delahay, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildlife management and conservation programmes often require accurate information on population density, but this can be difficult to obtain, particu...

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Multistate capture-recapture analysis under imperfect state observation: an application to disease models.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Conn, P. B. & Cooch, E. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multistate capture-recapture models are frequently used to estimate the survival and state transition parameters needed to parameterize stage-structur...

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Variation in discrimination factors (Δ15N and Δ13C): the effect of diet isotopic values and applications for diet reconstruction.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Caut, S. & Angulo, E. & Courchamp, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of stable isotopic techniques to study animal diets and trophic levels requires a priori estimates of discrimination factors (Δ13C and Δ15N, a...

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Temperature effects on pitfall catches of epigeal arthropods: a model and method for bias correction.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Saska, P. & Werf, W. van der & Hemerik, L. & Luff, M. L. & Hatten, T. D. & Honek, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Carabids and other epigeal arthropods make important contributions to biodiversity, food webs and biocontrol of invertebrate pests and weeds. Pitfall ...

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