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Using a stochastic model to examine the ecological, economic and ethical consequences of population control in a charismatic invasive species: mute swans in North America.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Ellis, M. M. & Elphick, C. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although invasive species are widely recognized as a threat to native ecosystems, control or eradication plans can create controversy, particularly wh...

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Landscape-scale responses of birds to agri-environment management: a test of the English Environmental Stewardship scheme.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Baker, D. J. & Freeman, S. N. & Grice, P. V. & Siriwardena, G. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agri-environment schemes (AES) are used extensively across Europe to address biodiversity declines in farmland. In England, Environmental Stewardship ...

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Finding clarity in ecological outcomes using empirical integrated social-ecological systems: a case study of agriculture-dependent grassland birds.

Published online: 13 Mar 2021

Authors: Allen, M. C. & Lockwood, J. L. & Burger, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Efforts to monitor and conserve populations and ecosystems in human-dominated landscapes can benefit from an empirical social-ecological systems appro...

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Performance of generation time approximations for extinction risk assessments.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Staerk, J. & Conde, D. A. & Ronget, V. & Lemaitre, J. F. & Gaillard, J. M. & Colchero, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Generation time is a fundamental component of extinction risk assessments for the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threate...

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Learned predators enhance biological control via organizational upward and trophic top-down cascades.

Published online: 05 Apr 2021

Authors: Schausberger, P. & Çekin, D. & Litin, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Learning is a behavioural change based on memory of previous experiences and a ubiquitous phenomenon in animals. Learning effects are commonly life-st...

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Invasive prey controlling invasive predators? European rabbit abundance does not determine red fox population dynamics.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Scroggie, M. P. & Forsyth, D. M. & McPhee, S. R. & Matthews, J. & Stuart, I. G. & Stamation, K. A. & Lindeman, M. & Ramsey, D. S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive mammalian predators commonly coexist with invasive mammalian herbivore prey. Managers often advocate controlling invasive prey in the belief ...

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Accounting for population variation improves estimates of the impact of climate change on species' growth and distribution.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: O'Neill, G. A. & Hamann, A. & Wang TongLi

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large differences exist in the predictions of plant responses to climate change among models that consider population variation and those that do not....

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Using adaptive management to determine requirements of re-introduced populations: the case of the New Zealand hihi.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Armstrong, D. P. & Castro, I. & Griffiths, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Adaptive management involves the development of predictive models, strategic manipulation of management actions to gain information, and subsequent up...

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Summer populations of the cereal aphid Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) on winter wheat: three contrasting years.

Published online: 05 Aug 1986

Authors: Cannon, R. J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The summer populations of the aphid Metopolophium dirhodum were monitored in a field of winter wheat in Bedfordshire, England, in 1978-80. The populat...

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Inferring spatial structure from time-series data: using multivariate state-space models to detect metapopulation structure of California sea lions in the Gulf of California, Mexico.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Ward, E. J. & Chirakkal, H. & González-Suárez, M. & Aurioles-Gamboa, D. & Holmes, E. E. & Gerber, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding spatial structure and identifying subpopulations are critical for estimating population growth rates and extinction risk, and as such es...

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