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The importance of flavour in determining the feeding preferences of bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) for the buds of two pear cultivars.

Published online: 19 Mar 1986

Authors: Greig-Smith, P. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wild bullfinches feeding on the buds of orchard pear trees are known to prefer the cultivar 'Conference' to 'Doyenne du Comice', which differs in many...

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Niches for species: a multi-species model to guide woodland management.

Published online: 31 May 2020

Authors: Broome, A. & Rattey, A. & Bellamy, C.

Content type: Bulletin

To protect biodiversity in the face of environmental change, there is a need to designate and manage areas of habitat for rare and threatened species....

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Plant, herbivore and parasitoid community composition in native Nothofagaceae forests vs. exotic pine plantations.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Peralta, G. & Frost, C. M. & Didham, R. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Converting natural areas into land used for production causes dramatic changes in the configuration of landscapes. Both the loss and fragmentation of ...

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Primary rainforest amount at the landscape scale mitigates bird biodiversity loss and biotic homogenization.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Kormann, U. G. & Hadley, A. S. & Tscharntke, T. & Betts, M. G. & Robinson, W. D. & Scherber, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical conservation strategies traditionally focus on large tracts of pristine forests but, given rapid primary forest decline, understanding the ro...

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Applying a biocomplexity approach to modelling farmer decision-making and land use impacts on wildlife.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Malawska, A. & Topping, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The biocomplexity approach refers to a fully integrated social-ecological systems (SES) simulation that represents bidirectional feedbacks between soc...

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Changes in breeding success and abundance of ground-nesting moorland birds in relation to the experimental deployment of legal predator control.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Fletcher, K. & Aebischer, N. J. & Baines, D. & Foster, R. & Hoodless, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An 8-year-field experiment on moorland in northern England manipulated the abundance of legally controllable predators whilst maintaining consistent h...

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Transforming Practice: Checklists for Delivering Change.

Published online: 22 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Conservation Evidence

Authors: Amano, T. & Bako, L. & Best, M. & Boenisch, N. & Boersch-Supan, P. & Browne, D. & Buckley, Y. & Burgman, M. & Cadotte, M. W. & Canessa, S. & Cheng, S. H. & Christie, A. P. & Citegetse, G. & Cook, C. N. & Cooke, S. J. & Cranston, G. & Dicks, L. V. & Luz, A. de la & Dickson, I. & Downey, H. & Eklund, J. & Esmail, N. & Ferraro, P. J. & Field, A. & Fisher, M. & Freckleton, R. & Frick, W. & Godfray, H. C. J. & Grainger, M. J. & Green, R. & Hancock, M. & Hemming, V. & Hughes, J. & Irvine, R. & Jackson, H. A. & Keller, K. E. & Koricheva, J. & Latrémouille, C. & McBride, M. & McLean, A. R. & McPherson, T. & Morgan, W. H. & Muir, M. & Mukherjee, N. & O'Brien, D. & Ockendon, N. & Parks, D. & Petrovan, S. & Quinzin, M. & Randall, N. & Rezaie, A. M. & Roe, D. & Rose, D. & Rumpff, L. & Sahlin, U. & Salafsky, N. & Schindler, S. & Sheldon, T. & Simkins, A. T. & Smith, R. K. & Spencer, J. & Sutherland, W. J. & Tanshi, I. & Taylor, N. G. & Tew, E. R. & Thompson, D. B. A. & Thornton, A. & Tinsley-Marshall, P. & White, T. B. & Wilson, K. W. D. & Wintle, B. C. & Worthington, T. A. & Yamashita, H. & Young, L. C.

Content type: Book chapter

Delivering a revolution in evidence use in conservation requires a cultural change across society. For a wide range of groups (practitioners, knowledg...

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Behavioural insights for improved uptake of agricultural sustainability assessment tools.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: MacLeod, C. J. & Brandt, A. J. & Collins, K. & Moller, H. & Manhire, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Changing human behaviour to enhance agricultural sustainability outcomes is an ongoing challenge that urgently needs addressing. It requires identifyi...

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A network approach for managing ecosystem services and improving food and nutrition security on smallholder farms.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Timberlake, T. P. & Cirtwill, A. R. & Baral, S. C. & Bhusal, D. R. & Kedar Devkota & Harris-Fry, H. A. & Kortsch, S. & Myers, S. S. & Roslin, T. & Saville, N. M. & Smith, M. R. & Strona, G. & Memmott, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Smallholder farmers are some of the poorest and most food insecure people on Earth. Their high nutritional and economic reliance on home-grown produce...

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Stakeholder perspectives on nature, people and sustainability at Mount Kilimanjaro.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Masao, C. A. & Prescott, G. W. & Snethlage, M. A. & Urbach, D. & Rando, A. T. M. & Molina-Venegas, R. & Mollel, N. P. & Hemp, C. & Hemp, A. & Fischer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Effective approaches towards sustainability need to be informed by a diverse array of stakeholder perspectives. However, capturing these perspectives ...

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