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Faecal standing crop with real time correction using scat detection dogs to estimate population density.

Published online: 13 Sep 2024

Authors: Santos Morini, R. F. dos & Grotta-Neto, F. & Duarte, J. M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population density is fundamental information for assessing the conservation status of species and support management and conservation actions for in ...

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How common road salts and organic additives alter freshwater food webs: in search of safer alternatives.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Schuler, M. S. & Hintz, W. D. & Jones, D. K. & Lind, L. A. & Mattes, B. M. & Stoler, A. B. & Sudol, K. A. & Relyea, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The application of deicing road salts began in the 1940s and has increased drastically in regions where snow and ice removal is critical for transport...

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Benefits of organic farming to environment and society.

Published online: 17 Jul 2019

Authors: Sanders, J. & Hess, J.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper presents a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of scientific studies on public goods provided by organic farming in the following areas: ...

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Diverse guilds provide complementary dispersal services in a woodland expansion process after land abandonment.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Escribano-Avila, G. & Calviño-Cancela, M. & Pías, B. & Virgós, E. & Valladares, F. & Escudero, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land abandonment due to increasing depopulation of rural areas is an ongoing trend in developed countries worldwide. Abandoned lands represent an oppo...

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Effects of forest degradation on Amazonian ferns in a land-bridge island system as revealed by non-specialist inventories.

Published online: 03 Jul 2022

Authors: Zuquim, G. & Benchimol, M. & Tonon, R. & Peres, C. A. & Storck-Tonon, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Tropical forests have been rapidly deforested and degradation worldwide has outpaced biodiversity field sampling. No study to date has assessed the ef...

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Experimental investigations of the effects of takahe and deer grazing on Chionochloa pallens grassland, Fiordland, New Zealand.

Published online: 09 Feb 1991

Authors: Mills, J. A. & Lee, W. G. & Lavers, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An experiment was carried out in 1978-86 to study the individual and combined simulated grazing effects on C. pallens tussocks of takahe (Notornis man...

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Chronic anthropogenic disturbance mediates the biodiversity-productivity relationship across stand ages in a large temperate forest region.

Published online: 18 Jun 2024

Authors: Lin SenXuan & Fan ChunYu & Wang Juan & Zhang ChunYu & Zhao XiuHai & Von Gadow Klaus

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Temperate forests, especially those in the densely populated regions of the world, are experiencing increasing levels of habitat degradation and biolo...

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Decreasing predation rates and shifting predator compositions along a land-use gradient in Madagascar's Vanilla landscapes.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Schwab, D. & Wurz, A. & Grass, I. & Rakotomalala, A. A. N. A. & Osen, K. & Soazafy, M. R. & Martin, D. A. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land-use change is the main driver of deforestation and land degradation resulting in the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in north-east...

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Adaptation to environmental change among fishing-dependent households in Cambodia.

Published online: 19 Sep 2018

Authors: Schwartz, N. B. & Gätke, P. & Baran, E.

Content type: Miscellaneous

In the context of environmental change, the adaptive capacity of 50 fishing-dependent households in four villages in Cambodia has been examined. It is...

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Primary rainforest amount at the landscape scale mitigates bird biodiversity loss and biotic homogenization.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Kormann, U. G. & Hadley, A. S. & Tscharntke, T. & Betts, M. G. & Robinson, W. D. & Scherber, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical conservation strategies traditionally focus on large tracts of pristine forests but, given rapid primary forest decline, understanding the ro...

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