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Accounting for food web dynamics when assessing the impact of mesopredator control on declining prey populations.

Published online: 08 Mar 2021

Authors: Henden, J. A. & Ehrich, D. & Soininen, E. M. & Ims, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing populations of mesopredators are suspected to cause declines in vulnerable wildlife to the extent that mesopredator decimation actions (cul...

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Isotopic analysis reveals landscape patterns in the diet of a subsidized predator, the common raven.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Harju, S. & Olson, C. V. & Hess, J. & Webb, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Anthropogenic subsidies to native predators can have cascading effects on sensitive prey populations, but the spatial mechanisms behind these effects ...

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Resolving the conflict between driven-grouse shooting and conservation of hen harriers.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Thompson, P. S. & Amar, A. & Hoccom, D. G. & Knott, J. & Wilson, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Birds of prey and driven-grouse shooting are at the centre of a long-standing human-wildlife conflict. Hen harrier predation can reduce grouse shootin...

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Developing a population target for an overabundant ungulate for ecosystem restoration.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Serrouya, R. & McLellan, B. N. & Boutin, S. & Seip, D. R. & Nielsen, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem restoration typically focuses on re-establishing native plant communities with the hope of restoring ecological processes over the long term...

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Wolf reintroduction to Scotland could support substantial native woodland expansion and associated carbon sequestration.

Published online: 07 Apr 2025

Authors: Spracklen, D. V. & Chapman, P. J. & Fletcher, T. & Lane, J. V. & Nilsen, E. B. & Perks, M. & Schofield, L. & Scott, C. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Large carnivores, including the grey wolf (Canis lupus), play an important role in the carbon cycle through modifying the behaviour and population of ...

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Evidence that dingoes limit abundance of a mesopredator in eastern Australian forests.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Johnson, C. N. & VanDerwal, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aggressive behaviour of top predators may have strong effects on the distribution and abundance of mesopredator species. Such interactions between pre...

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Habitat-specific effectiveness of feral cat control for the conservation of an endemic ground-nesting bird species.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Oppel, S. & Burns, F. & Vickery, J. & George, K. & Ellick, G. & Leo, D. & Hillman, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive non-native species are one of the greatest drivers of the loss of biodiversity world-wide. Consequently, removing or controlling invasive pre...

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Hen harriers on a Scottish grouse moor: multiple factors predict breeding density and productivity.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Baines, D. & Richardson, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Predator density and productivity can be influenced by ecological and anthropogenic factors. Given the controversy over predators impacting on prey of...

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Varying the spatial arrangement of synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles and companion plants to improve conservation biological control.

Published online: 17 Aug 2020

Authors: Jaworski, C. C. & Xiao Da & Xu QingXuan & Ramirez-Romero, R. & Guo XiaoJun & Wang Su & Desneux, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation biological control aims to control pests by promoting wild populations of natural enemies. One challenge is to attract and retain efficie...

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The effect of sprays on the fauna of apple trees. II. Some aspects of the interaction between populations of Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fall.) (Heteroptera: Miridae) and its prey, Panonychus ulmi (Koch) (Acarina: Tetranychidae).

Published online: 04 Jul 1965

Authors: Muir, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

These two parts of a series deal with studies in an apple orchard in south-eastern England in 1953-59 on the effect of routine sprays of winter wash (...

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