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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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Functional community ecology meets restoration ecology: assessing the restoration success of alluvial floodplain meadows with functional traits.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Engst, K. & Baasch, A. & Erfmeier, A. & Jandt, U. & May, K. & Schmiede, R. & Bruelheide, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species-rich grasslands are highly endangered habitats in Central Europe. To halt their ongoing loss, many sites have become subjects of restoration e...

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Integrating ecological niche and hydrological connectivity models to assess the impacts of hydropower plants on an endemic and imperilled freshwater turtle.

Published online: 03 Jan 2024

Authors: Regolin, A. L. & Bressan, R. & Kunz, T. S. & Martello, F. & Ghizoni-, I. R., Jr. & Cherem, J. J. & Capela, D. J. V. & Oliveira-Santos, L. G. R. & Collevatti, R. G. & Sobral-Souza, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hydropower is the main renewable energy source around the globe; however, cumulative impacts of hydropower plants (HPPs) come with vast environmental ...

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When are extinctions simply bad luck? Rarefaction as a framework for disentangling selective and stochastic extinctions.

Published online: 25 Jul 2020

Authors: Smith, K. G. & Almeida, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A key challenge in conservation biology is that not all species are equally likely to go extinct when faced with a disturbance, but there are multiple...

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Nine years of vegetation development in a postmining site: effects of spontaneous and assisted site recovery.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Baasch, A. & Kirmer, A. & Tischew, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Highly disturbed areas such as surface-mined land provide a great challenge for ecological restoration. The goal is to identify appropriate restoratio...

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Can fire-age mosaics really deal with conflicting needs of species? A study using population hotspots of multiple threatened birds.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Verdon, S. J. & Clarke, M. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Locations that support high densities of a species ('population hotspots') often have a disproportionate influence on species' persistence. In fire...

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Functional rarity and evolutionary uniqueness of threatened species across different scales and habitats in a Central European flora.

Published online: 07 Nov 2022

Authors: Sfair, J. C. & Lososová, Z. & Chytrý, M. & Bello, F. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the potential extinction of threatened species, communities and species pools could become functionally and phylogenetically impoverished, especi...

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Combining ground count, telemetry, and mark-resight data to infer population dynamics in an endangered species.

Published online: 29 Sep 2010

Authors: Johnson, H. E. & Mills, L. S. & Wehausen, J. D. & Stephenson, T. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To successfully manipulate populations for management and conservation purposes, managers must be able to track changes in demographic rates and deter...

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Satellite imagery as a single source of predictor variables for habitat suitability modelling: how Landsat can inform the conservation of a critically endangered lemur.

Published online: 29 Sep 2010

Authors: Lahoz-Monfort, J. J. & Guillera-Arroita, G. & Milner-Gulland, E. J. & Young, R. P. & Nicholson, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Statistical modelling of habitat suitability is an important tool for planning conservation interventions, particularly for areas where species distri...

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Reintroduction affects demographic rates but not their interannual correlations in an endangered shrub.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: Villellas, J. & Dios, R. S. de & Lozano, F. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reintroducing endangered species constitutes an important conservation tool. The performance of reintroduced populations is commonly assessed through ...

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