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Boosting efficiency of mussel spat collection for ecological sustainability: identifying critical drivers and informing management.

Published online: 05 Oct 2024

Authors: Zhao, Z. & Capelle, J. J. & Smit, J. C. de & Gerkema, T. & Koppel, J. van de & Yuan, L. & Bouma, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The long-term sustainability of natural and bottom-cultured mussel beds relies on the availability of spat (i.e. juvenile mussels). Traditional spat c...

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Recreational vessel networks reveal potential hot spots for marine pest introduction and spread.

Published online: 05 Oct 2024

Authors: Hilliam, K. & Treml, E. A. & Stevenson, S. & Floerl, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recreational vessels are an important pathway for spreading marine non-indigenous species (NIS) around coastal environments globally. However, most ve...

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Do pollinators prefer pesticide-free plants? An experimental test with monarchs and milkweeds.

Published online: 08 Dec 2020

Authors: Olaya-Arenas, P. & Scharf, M. E. & Kaplan, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hundreds of recent studies have voiced concern over the negative impacts of non-target pesticides on pollinator health. However, pesticide loads are h...

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Experimental evidence of multiple ecosystem services and disservices provided by ecological intensification in Mediterranean agro-ecosystems.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Segre, H. & Segoli, M. & Carmel, Y. & Shwartz, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensifying agricultural production in sustainable ways is pivotal to increasing food production while reducing environmental impacts. Ecological int...

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Chronic anthropogenic disturbance on Caatinga dry forest fragments.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Antongiovanni, M. & Venticinque, E. M. & Matsumoto, M. & Fonseca, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding how chronic anthropogenic disturbances are distributed in space leads to more effective conservation and management practices. This stud...

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A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland.

Published online: 21 Dec 2020

Authors: Cole, L. J. & Kleijn, D. & Dicks, L. V. & Stout, J. C. & Potts, S. G. & Albrecht, M. & Balzan, M. V. & Bartomeus, I. & Bebeli, P. J. & Bevk, D. & Biesmeijer, J. C. & Chlebo, R. & Dautartė, A. & Emmanouil, N. & Hartfield, C. & Holland, J. M. & Holzschuh, A. & Knoben, N. T. J. & Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. & Mandelik, Y. & Panou, H. & Paxton, R. J. & Petanidou, T. & Carvalho, M. A. A. P. de & Rundlöf, M. & Sarthou, J. P. & Stavrinides, M. C. & Suso, M. J. & Szentgyörgyi, H. & Vaissière, B. E. & Varnava, A. & Vilà, M. & Zemeckis, R. & Scheper, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification and associated loss of high-quality habitats are key drivers of insect pollinator declines. With the aim of decreasing th...

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Management of urban wetlands for conservation can reduce aquatic biodiversity and increase mosquito risk.

Published online: 22 Nov 2020

Authors: Hanford, J. K. & Webb, C. E. & Hochuli, D. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Global wetland loss means constructed urban wetlands are an increasingly valuable resource for conservation. However, priorities for managing urban we...

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Juvenile fish response to wetland inundation: how antecedent conditions can inform environmental flow policies for native fish.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Beesley, L. S. & Gwinn, D. C. & Price, A. & King, A. J. & Gawne, B. & Koehn, J. D. & Nielsen, D. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One of the greatest threats to lotic ecosystems is flow regulation. The impacts of flow regulation on native fish are often mitigated using periodic w...

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Effects of land use on plant diversity - a global meta-analysis.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Gerstner, K. & Dormann, C. F. & Stein, A. & Manceur, A. M. & Seppelt, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant diversity is globally threatened by anthropogenic land use including management and modification of the natural environment. At regional and loc...

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Applied ecology of fear: a meta-analysis on the potential of facilitating human-wildlife coexistence through nonlethal tools.

Published online: 10 Jun 2024

Authors: Ramirez, J. I. & Kuijper, D. P. J. & Olofsson, J. & Smit, C. & Hofmeester, T. R. & Siewert, M. B. & Widemo, F. & Cromsigt, J. P. G. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The term "applied ecology of fear" was recently introduced to describe the growing research field that applies the theory of the ecology of fear to ma...

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