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Identifying links between the biodiversity impacts and monetary costs of alien birds.

Published online: 13 Oct 2023

Authors: Evans, T. & Angulo, E. & Diagne, C. & Kumschick, S. & Şekercioğlu, Ç. H. & Turbelin, A. & Courchamp, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Alien species can be damaging to native biodiversity, human well-being and the economy. Identifying the complete range of impacts they cause, and the ...

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A basin-scale application of environmental DNA assessment for rare endemic species and closely related exotic species in rivers: a case study of giant salamanders in Japan.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Fukumoto, S. & Ushimaru, A. & Minamoto, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To prevent the invasion of exotic species causing a decline in an endangered endemic species, it is important to determine the distribution of both sp...

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Forest thinning in the seaward fringe speeds up surface elevation increment and carbon accumulation in managed mangrove forests.

Published online: 27 Oct 2021

Authors: Chen LuZhen & Lin QiuLian & Krauss, K. W. & Zhang Yun & Cormier, N. & Yang Qiong

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mangroves are significant carbon (C) sinks and ecological engineers as they accumulate sediments and increase soil surface elevation. Thus, the forest...

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The impact of species phylogenetic relatedness on invasion varies distinctly along resource versus non-resource environmental gradients.

Published online: 13 Jul 2024

Authors: Wang GuoYan & Zhang XiaoJuan & Yannelli, F. & Li JingJi & Shi SongLin & Zhang TingBin & Bie XiaoJuan & Chen Xu & Peng PeiHao & Jiang Lin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding why some, but not other, plant communities are vulnerable to alien invasive species is essential for predicting and managing biological ...

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Participation for protection: how collaboration between local communities, government agencies, and researchers can protect native species from invasive species.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Caceres-Escobar, H. & Kark, S. & Atkinson, S. C. & Possingham, H. P. & Davis, K. J.

Content type: Blog

This article describes a six-step framework that includes local ecological, economic and social knowledge to select the best management strategies to ...

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The widespread trade in stingless beehives may introduce them into novel places and could threaten species.

Published online: 28 Apr 2022

Authors: Santos, C. F. dos & Acosta, A. L. & Halinski, R. & Souza-Santos, P. D. & Borges, R. C. & Gianinni, T. C. & Blochtein, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Animal trade, such as birds, mammals and reptiles, is a common human activity. Among insects, few are as charismatic as bees. Their hives are commonly...

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Revised Disease Risk Analysis for the Conservation Translocation of the Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) to England.

Published online: 12 Apr 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Common, S. & Sainsbury, A. W. & Donald, H.

Content type: Reports

In a disease risk analysis (DRA) on the conservation translocation of free-living beavers from either Norway or Great Britain, or those housed in eith...

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Invasion landscapes as social-ecological systems: role of social factors in invasive plant species control.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Yletyinen, J. & Perry, G. L. W. & Burge, O. R. & Mason, N. W. H. & Stahlmann-Brown, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Biological invasions are a major threat to biodiversity and human well-being. Scientists and environmental managers typically seek ecological solution...

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Traditional food or biocultural threat? Concerns about the use of tilapia fish in Indigenous cuisine in the Amazonia of Ecuador.

Published online: 24 Oct 2021

Authors: Santafe-Troncoso, V. & Loring, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

This article contributes to streams of knowledge related to biocultural diversity, food tourism and the cultural impacts of introduced species. Specif...

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Transformation and endurance of indigenous hunting: Kadazandusun-Murut bearded pig hunting practices amidst oil palm expansion and urbanization in Sabah, Malaysia.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: Kurz, D. J. & Saikim, F. H. & Justine, V. T. & Bloem, J. & Libassi, M. & Luskin, M. S. & Withey, L. S. & Goossens, B. & Brashares, J. S. & Potts, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Land-use change and political-economic shifts have shaped hunting patterns globally, even as traditional hunting practices endure across many local so...

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