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Subarctic afforestation: effects of forest plantations on ground-nesting birds in lowland Iceland.

Published online: 13 Nov 2022

Authors: Pálsdóttir, A. E. & Gill, J. A. & Alves, J. A. & Pálsson, S. & Méndez, V. & Ewing, H. & Gunnarsson, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Planting forests is a commonly suggested measure to mitigate climate change. The resulting changes in habitat structure can greatly influence the dive...

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Nonlinear response of the soil seed bank and its role in plant community regeneration with increased grazing disturbance.

Published online: 11 Nov 2022

Authors: An, H. & Baskin, C. C. & Ma MiaoJun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The soil seed bank represents valuable rebuilding capital that may rescue an ecosystem from state transition once vegetation has crossed an apparent t...

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A comparison of approaches for including connectivity in systematic conservation planning.

Published online: 11 Nov 2022

Authors: Hanson, J. O. & Vincent, J. & Schuster, R. & Fahrig, L. & Brennan, A. & Martin, A. E. & Hughes, J. S. & Pither, R. & Bennett, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plans for expanding protected area systems (prioritizations) often aim to facilitate connectivity. To achieve this, many approaches-based on different...

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Activity of forest specialist bats decreases towards wind turbines at forest sites.

Published online: 11 Nov 2022

Authors: Ellerbrok, J. S. & Delius, A. & Peter, F. & Farwig, N. & Voigt, C. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Worldwide, wind turbines are increasingly being built at forest sites to meet the goals of national climate strategies. Yet, the impact on biodiversit...

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Outcome Indicator Framework for England's 25 Year Environment Plan: 2022. Technical background document for: D5 Conservation status of our native species.

Published online: 10 Nov 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wilkins, T. & Wilson, R. & Brown, A.

Content type: Reports

This report sets out the approach and methods adopted to inform development of the 25 Year Environment Plan Outcome Indicator, D5: 'Conservation statu...

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Whole feature assessment pilot evaluation report: SSSI Monitoring and Evaluation - 2021 Pilots.

Published online: 10 Nov 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Cooper, C.

Content type: Reports

In 2018, following several years of review, Natural England (NE) decided to change the way site of special scientific interest (SSSI) condition is mon...

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Environmental variables for distribution modelling of UK marine megafauna species.

Published online: 10 Nov 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wilkinson, D. & Quinn, J.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this report is to summarize the environmental predictor variables regularly used in distribution models for marine megafauna species around...

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Marine birds: vision-based wind turbine collision mitigation.

Published online: 10 Nov 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Martin, G. R.

Content type: Reports

In this paper, marine birds (38 species from Anseriformes (ducks and geese); Podicipediformes (grebes); Charadriiformes (gulls and auks); Suliformes (...

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Investigating effects of shipping on common scoter and red-throated diver distributions in Liverpool Bay SPA.

Published online: 10 Nov 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Burt, M. L. & Mackenzie, M. L. & Bradbury, G. & Darke, J.

Content type: Reports

This report outlines the statistical analysis and modelling undertaken to understand how different aspects of shipping (i.e. ship size and distance to...

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Functional rarity and evolutionary uniqueness of threatened species across different scales and habitats in a Central European flora.

Published online: 07 Nov 2022

Authors: Sfair, J. C. & Lososová, Z. & Chytrý, M. & Bello, F. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the potential extinction of threatened species, communities and species pools could become functionally and phylogenetically impoverished, especi...

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