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The selection of winter food by whitefronted geese.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Owen, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An analysis of the contents of 109 European whitefronted goose (Anser albifrons) fore-guts, and of goose droppings, is described. The diet of the gees...

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What are the forthcoming legislative issues of interest to ecologists and conservationists in 2019?

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Sutherland, W. J. & Burke, E. & Clements, A. & Costelloe, B. & Martin, J. & Mitchell, C. & Monk, K. A. & Bieberstein, K. R. von & Thompson, des B. A.

Content type: Bulletin article

This paper covers the ninth assessment of the forthcoming legislation that are considered likely to have consequences for ecologists or the environmen...

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The Natural Capital approach: a framework for the successful recovery of nature in estuaries.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Authors: Dowdall, L. & Bowe, C. & Kirby, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Estuaries are unique and complex systems that are important for ecological, cultural and economic reasons. They provide valuable habitat for biodivers...

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Bringing together approaches to reporting on within species genetic diversity.

Published online: 08 Sep 2022

Authors: O'Brien, D. & Laikre, L. & Hoban, S. & Bruford, M. W. & Ekblom, R. & Fischer, M. C. & Hall, J. & Hvilsom, C. & Hollingsworth, P. M. & Kershaw, F. & Mittan, C. S. & Mukassabi, T. A. & Ogden, R. & Segelbacher, G. & Shaw, R. E. & Vernesi, C. & MacDonald, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Genetic diversity is one of the three main levels of biodiversity recognised in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Fundamental for species ...

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The interplay of pollinator diversity, pollination services and landscape change.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Westphal, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinators are a functional group with high relevance for ensuring cross-pollination in wild plant populations and yields in major crops. Both pollin...

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Development of Sphagnum fallax diaspores on bare peat with implications for the restoration of cut-over bogs.

Published online: 13 May 1999

Authors: Buttler, A. & Grosvernier, P. & Matthey, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The growth of Sphagnum fallax was studied in a greenhouse experiment. Capitulum diaspores of S. fallax were cultivated on 5 different types of bare pe...

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Natural control of arthropods, with special reference to ants (Formicidae), by fungi in the tropical high forest of Ghana.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Evans, H. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Monthly totals of arthropods found killed by pathogenic fungi in collections from 5 X 4 quadrats in three forest types in Ghana were shown to be inver...

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Is unreliable science guiding bobcat management in Wyoming and other western U.S. states?

Published online: 24 Jan 2022

Authors: Murphy, S. M. & Eriksen-Meier, S. & Robertson, L. & Elbroch, L. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Wildlife managers require defensible and transparent population estimates to justify species management. Statistical population reconstruction (SPR) i...

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An international assessment of the barriers influencing the effectiveness of island ecosystem management.

Published online: 09 Mar 2023

Authors: Burt, A. & Nuno, A. & Turnbull, L. & Fleischer-Dogley, F. & Bunbury, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Island ecosystems are disproportionally impacted by biodiversity loss and as such their effective management is critical to global conservation effort...

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Predicting transient amplification in perturbed ecological systems.

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Townley, S. & Carslake, D. & Kellie-Smith, O. & McCarthy, D. & Hodgson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological systems are prone to disturbances and perturbations. For stage-structured populations, communities and ecosystems, measurements of system m...

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