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Digital video aerial surveys of marine birds and mammals at Solway Firth SPA: February 2021.

Published online: 23 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Pavat, D. & Harker, J.

Content type: Reports

NatureScot and Natural England commissioned HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited (HiDef) to undertake a high-resolution digital video aerial survey for mari...

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Plant diversity and land use under organic and conventional agriculture: a whole-farm approach.

Published online: 29 Aug 2007

Authors: Gibson, R. H. & Pearce, S. & Morris, R. J. & Symondson, W. O. C. & Memmott, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organic farming is thought to lead to increased biodiversity and greater sustainability than higher-yielding conventional farming systems. It is usual...

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A learning journey into contemporary bioregionalism.

Published online: 16 Mar 2024

Authors: Wearne, S. & Hubbard, E. & Jónás, K. & Wilke, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Bioregioning is a new wave of bioregional discourse that appears to be attracting interest among sustainability researchers and practitioners. Through...

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Estimating abundance of fish associated with structured habitats by combining acoustics and optics.

Published online: 23 Dec 2023

Authors: Scoulding, B. & Gastauer, S. & Taylor, J. C. & Boswell, K. M. & Fairclough, D. V. & Jackson, G. & Sullivan, P. & Shertzer, K. & Campanella, F. & Bacheler, N. & Campbell, M. & Domokos, R. & Schobernd, Z. & Switzer, T. S. & Jarvis, N. & Crisafulli, B. M. & Untiedt, C. & Fernandes, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The diversity and abundance of fish inhabiting complex reef habitats poses some challenges to surveys based on optical techniques, especially for scho...

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Large-scale fire management restores grassland bird richness for a private lands ecoregion.

Published online: 24 Jan 2022

Authors: Roberts, C. P. & Scholtz, R. & Fogarty, D. T. & Twidwell, D. & Walker, T. L., Jr.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Of all terrestrial biomes, grasslands are losing the most biodiversity the most rapidly, so there is a critical need to document and learn from large-...

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The effects of bioturbation and herbivory by the polychaete Nereis diversicolor on loss of saltmarsh in south-east England.

Published online: 14 Jul 2004

Authors: Paramor, O. A. L. & Hughes, R. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The saltmarshes of south-east England are eroding rapidly. Field and laboratory experiments were used to test the hypotheses that: (i) at the mudflat-...

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Landscape patterns drive provision of nature's contributions to people by mobile species.

Published online: 21 Dec 2024

Authors: O'Brien, S. A. & Anderson, D. P. & Lavorel, S. & Lai, H. R. & Burgh, N. de & Tylianakis, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Predicting how nature's contributions to people (NCP) vary spatially remains a challenge. For NCP provided by mobile species, it is unclear how predic...

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Impacts and implications of climate change on Waituna Lagoon, Southland.

Published online: 04 Jun 2020

Authors: Tait, A. & Pearce, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Waituna Lagoon, near Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand, is a land-locked freshwater lagoon. It supports a variety of threatened species and is p...

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Use of avian GPS tracking to mitigate human fatalities from bird strikes caused by large soaring birds.

Published online: 14 Aug 2021

Authors: Arrondo, E. & García-Alfonso, M. & Blas, J. & Cortes-Avizanda, A. & Riva, M. de la & Devault, T. L. & Fiedler, W. & Flack, A. & Jimenez, J. & Jimenez, J. & Margalida, A. & Oliva-Vidal, P. & Phipps, W. L. & Sanchez-Zapata, J. A. & Wikelski, M. & Donazar, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Birds striking aircrafts cause substantial economic loss world-wide and, more worryingly, human and wildlife fatalities. Designing effective measures ...

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Blue consequences of the green bioeconomy: clear-cutting intensifies the harmful impacts of land drainage on stream invertebrate biodiversity.

Published online: 23 Jul 2021

Authors: Rajakallio, M. & Jyväsjärvi, J. & Muotka, T. & Aroviita, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Growing bioeconomy is increasing the pressure to clear-cut drained peatland forests. Yet, the cumulative effects of peatland drainage and clear-cuttin...

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