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Environmental impact prediction using neural network modelling. An example in wildlife damage.

Published online: 30 Jun 1999

Authors: Spitz, F. & Lek, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The development and validation of an artificial neural network (ANN) in modelling wildlife (wild boar) damage to cultivated fields, a particular insta...

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Climate and exotic pasture area in landscape determines invasion of forest fragments by two invasive grasses.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Butler, S. & McAlpine, C. & Fensham, R. & House, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To date, there has been a focus on biological aspects of invasion rather than landscape-scale processes within human-modified landscapes. Applying a m...

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South Somerset SSSIs: a study of neutral grassland succession.

Published online: 23 Jul 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Gibson, C. W. D.

Content type: Reports

This report details studies of fields of known ages and past treatment within a narrow compass of countryside in Somerset, near the border with Dorset...

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The impact of human disturbance on the breeding success of nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus on heathlands in south Dorset, England.

Published online: 22 Jul 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Murison, G.

Content type: Reports

The effects on birds of human disturbance through recreation is an issue of conservation concern. With the passage of the Countryside and Rights of Wa...

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Manipulating plant microbiomes in the field: native mycorrhizae advance plant succession and improve native plant restoration.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Koziol, L. & Bauer, J. T. & Duell, E. B. & Hickman, K. & House, G. L. & Schultz, P. A. & Tipton, A. G. & Wilson, G. W. T. & Bever, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The plant microbiome is critical to plant health and is degraded with anthropogenic disturbance. However, the value of re-establishing the native micr...

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Cryptic population decrease due to invasive species predation in a long-lived seabird supports need for eradication.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Oppel, S. & Clark, B. L. & Risi, M. M. & Horswill, C. & Converse, S. J. & Jones, C. W. & Osborne, A. M. & Stevens, K. & Perold, V. & Bond, A. L. & Cuthbert, R. & Cooper, J. & Ryan, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive species are one of the greatest drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide, and the eradication of invasive species from islands is a highly effi...

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The early effects of excluding sheep from high-level grasslands in the north Pennines.

Published online: 18 Jan 1965

Authors: Welsh, D. & Rawes, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of exclosure for 7 years on the botanical composition of 3 high-altitude Pennine grasslands were assessed by using vertical-pomi-quadrat a...

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Modelling habitat selection and distribution of the critically endangered Jerdon's courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus in scrub jungle: an application of a new tracking method.

Published online: 16 Jun 2004

Authors: Panchapakesan Jeganathan & Green, R. E. & Norris, K. & Vogiatzakis, I. N. & Bartsch, A. & Wotton, S. R. & Bowden, C. G. R. & Griffiths, G. H. & Pain, D. & Rahmani, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Jerdon's courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus is a nocturnally active cursorial bird that is only known to occur in a small area of scrub jungle in Andhra ...

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Maritime international trade and bioinvasions: a three-year long survey of small mammals in autonomous port of Cotonou, Benin.

Published online: 13 Jul 2024

Authors: Badou, S. & Missihoun, A. A. & Agbangla, C. & Gauthier, P. & Houéménou, G. & Dossou, H. J. & Etougbétché, J. & Adamjy, T. & Tchabi, A. & Faton, L. & Hima, K. & Evenamia, C. & Diagne, C. & Besnard, A. & Dalecky, A. & Dobigny, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

International trade has been favouring the dissemination of a wide suite of invasive alien species. Upstream prevention through the monitoring of entr...

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Variable coverage in an autocidal gravid ovitrap intervention impacts efficacy of Aedes aegypti control.

Published online: 01 Nov 2021

Authors: Juarez, J. G. & Chaves, L. F. & Garcia-Luna, S. M. & Martin, E. & Badillo-Vargas, I. & Medeiros, M. C. I. & Hamer, G. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Control of the arboviral disease vector Aedes aegypti has shown variable levels of efficacy around the globe. We evaluated an Autocidal Gravid Ovitrap...

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