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NatureScot Research Report 1275 - Time series analysis to determine change in maerl beds.

Published online: 21 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Doggett, M. & Morris-Webb, L. & Baldock, L.

Content type: Reports

This report evaluates methods for monitoring the recovery of maerl beds, a sensitive and declining habitat protected in several Marine Protected Areas...

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NatureScot Research Report 1297 - Developing tools for monitoring lichens & other sessile organisms.

Published online: 21 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Bhatti, N. R. & Cornulier, T. & Mitchell, R. J. & Potts, J. M. & Britton, A. J. & Woodin, S. J. & Genney, D. R.

Content type: Reports

This report discusses the use of occupancy modeling to improve the accuracy of species population estimates, focusing on lichens as a case study. It h...

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Fal & Helford SAC subtidal sediment data analysis report 2017.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Johnson, G. & Burrows, F. & Crabtree, R. & Warner, I.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this project was to analyse sediment infauna data to quantify any changes in community composition at the Fal and Helford Special Area of C...

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Monitoring carnivore populations at the landscape scale: occupancy modelling of tigers from sign surveys.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Karanth, K. U. & Gopalaswamy, A. M. & Kumar, N. S. & Srinivas Vaidyanathan & Nichols, J. D. & MacKenzie, D. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Assessing spatial distributions of threatened large carnivores at landscape scales poses formidable challenges because of their rarity and elusiveness...

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A basin-scale application of environmental DNA assessment for rare endemic species and closely related exotic species in rivers: a case study of giant salamanders in Japan.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Fukumoto, S. & Ushimaru, A. & Minamoto, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To prevent the invasion of exotic species causing a decline in an endangered endemic species, it is important to determine the distribution of both sp...

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Improved detection of an alien invasive species through environmental DNA barcoding: the example of the American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Dejean, T. & Valentini, A. & Miquel, C. & Taberlet, P. & Bellemain, E. & Miaud, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Alien invasive species (AIS) are one of the major causes of biodiversity loss and global homogenization. Once an AIS becomes established, costs of con...

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West of Walney Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Monitoring Report 2018: Marine Protected Area (MPA) Monitoring Programme.

Published online: 10 May 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Mitchell, P. & McIlwaine, P. & Arosio, R. & Hogg, O. & Clare, D.

Content type: Reports

This report is one of a series of Marine Protected Area (MPA) monitoring reports delivered to Defra by the Marine Protected Areas Group (MPAG). The pu...

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A plant trait analysis of responses to grazing in a long-term experiment.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Bullock, J. M. & Franklin, J. & Stevenson, M. J. & Silvertown, J. & Coulson, S. J. & Gregory, S. J. & Tofts, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There are few long-term experimental studies of plant community responses to changes in grazing intensity. Here we report species' changes in a mesotr...

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NatureScot Research Report 1295 - Youth Survey on NatureScot's Corporate Plan 2022-2026.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Gardner, A. & Webster, C.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the findings of a survey which examined young people's views on nature in Scotland. The survey was undertaken to ensure that Natu...

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A double-observer method for reducing bias in faecal pellet surveys of forest ungulates.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Jenkins, K. J. & Manly, B. F. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Faecal surveys are used widely to study variations in abundance and distribution of forest-dwelling mammals when direct enumeration is not feasible. T...

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