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Making sense of wildlife habitat use on active oil sands mines: quasi-experiments, occupancy models, trends assessments and upland habitat reclamation.

Published online: 19 Aug 2024

Authors: Hawkes, V. C. & Gibeau, P. & Challenger, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Intensive resource extraction activity in the oil sands of Canada alters the quantity, structure and distribution of native ecosystems, which in turn ...

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Stakeholder discourse coalitions and polarisation in the hen harrier conservation debate in news media.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Marino, F. & Crowley, S. L. & Foley, N. A. W. & McDonald, R. A. & Hodgson, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Conservation conflicts are complex and can be deep-rooted, with stakeholders holding entrenched policy positions. The actors involved producing verbal...

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The impact of the timing of brush management on the nutritional value of woody browse for moose Alces alces.

Published online: 17 Oct 2001

Authors: Rea, R. V. & Gillingham, M. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We examined how the removal of above-ground biomass (mechanical brushing) at different times of the year affected the nutritional value of regeneratin...

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Evidence of widespread illegal hunting of waterfowl in England despite partial regulation of the use of lead shotgun ammunition.

Published online: 14 May 2022

Authors: Stroud, D. A. & Pain, D. J. & Green, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Shooting of birds using lead shotgun ammunition was legal for all quarry species in the UK until 1st September 1999, when the Environmental Protection...

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Aspect modifies the magnitude of edge effects on bryophyte growth in boreal forests.

Published online: 23 Nov 2005

Authors: Hylander, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The increased length of forest clear-cut edges is considered to be one of the main ecological consequences of silviculture. The effects vary over the ...

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How to design multifunctional landscapes?

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Garibaldi, L. A. & Zermoglio, P. F. & Jobbágy, E. G. & Andreoni, L. & Urbina, A. O. de & Grass, I. & Oddi, F. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expansion of homogeneous landscapes has been a major driver of biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation. There is an urgent need for...

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A monogenean parasite reveals the widespread translocation of the African clawed frog in its native range.

Published online: 28 Feb 2023

Authors: Schoeman, A. L. & Preez, L. H. du & Kmentová, N. & Vanhove, M. P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The management of bio-invasions relies upon the development of methods to trace their origin and expansion. Cointroduced parasites, especially monogen...

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Seasonal and circadian patterns of herring gull (Larus smithsoniansus) movements reveal temporal shifts in industry and coastal island interaction.

Published online: 26 Sep 2023

Authors: Gutowsky, S. E. & Baak, J. E. & Craik, S. R. & Mallory, M. L. & Knutson, N. & D'Entremont, A. A. & Allard, K. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Anthropogenic food subsidies attract opportunistic generalists like gulls in high densities, which may lead to negative impacts on human communities a...

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Top-down control of a marine mesopredator: increase in native white-tailed eagles accelerates the extinction of an endangered seabird population.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Anker-Nilssen, T. & Fayet, A. L. & Aarvak, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bottom-up control is an important regulator of marine mesopredators such as seabirds. The prevalence of top-down control on these species is however l...

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Birds and butterflies respond to soil-induced habitat heterogeneity in experimental plantings of tallgrass prairie species managed as agroenergy crops in Iowa, USA.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Myers, M. C. & Mason, J. T. & Hoksch, B. J. & Cambardella, C. A. & Pfrimmer, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The maintenance of habitat heterogeneity in agricultural landscapes has been promoted as a key strategy to conserve biodiversity. Animal response to g...

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