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Assessing unintended human-mediated dispersal using visitation networks.

Published online: 30 Jul 2021

Authors: Runghen, R. & Mora, B. B. & Godoy-Lorite, A. & Stouffer, D. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Human visitors are associated with the unintended dispersal of weeds, seeds and pathogens across ecological communities. With the increasing popula...

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Short-term trends in great ape density in a community-based conservation area in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Published online: 30 Oct 2024

Authors: Hoek, Y. van der & Perre, F. van de & Fastré, C. & Kirkpatrick, L. & Ngobobo, U. & Tokunda, R. & Binyinyi, E. & Stoinski, T. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) constitute a biodiversity hotspot and provide habitat to two globally threatened great a...

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From parachuting to partnership: fostering collaborative research in protected areas.

Published online: 08 Apr 2025

Authors: Smit, I. P. J. & Fernández, R. J. & Menvielle, M. F. & Roux, D. J. & Singh, N. & Mabuza, S. & Mthombeni, B. M. & Macgregor, N. A. & Fritz, H. & Gandiwa, E. & Foxcroft, L. C. & Cook, C. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Research in protected areas (PAs) is often dominated by scientists from outside the conservation agencies managing them. This can potentially lead to ...

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Temporal shifts in dung beetle community structure within a protected area of tropical wet forest: a 35-year study and its implications for long-term conservation.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Escobar, F. & Halffter, G. & Solís, Á. & Halffter, V. & Navarrete, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Throughout much of the tropics, habitat loss is increasing and intensifying on the unprotected land surrounding conservation areas. The influence of t...

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Dog in the matrix: envisioning countrywide connectivity conservation for an endangered carnivore.

Published online: 21 Feb 2022

Authors: Rodrigues, R. G. & Srivathsa, A. & Divya Vasudev

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Elevated rates of anthropogenic impacts on land-use regimes have pushed terrestrial megafauna to the brink of extinction. Consequently, it is critical...

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Making adaptive management more user friendly to encourage manager buy-in.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Kuiper, T. & Ngwenya, N. & Kavhu, B. & Mandisodza-Chikerema, R. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Adaptive management, whereby monitoring is used to evaluate management interventions with uncertain outcomes, is theoretically well-developed but poor...

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Marine protected areas can benefit biodiversity even when bycatch species only partially overlap fisheries.

Published online: 13 Jul 2024

Authors: Erm, P. & Balmford, A. & Krueck, N. C. & Takashina, N. & Holden, M. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly relied upon to preserve biodiversity and ensure fisheries sustainability. Although recent analyses have...

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The chestnut forest concessions of the Peruvian Amazon: a success or a failure?

Published online: 04 Dec 2019

Authors: Willem, H. V. & Ingram, V. J. & Guariguata, M. R.

Content type: Bulletin

In the Department of Madre de Dios, Peru, the performance of concessions for chestnut extraction, established in 2000, has been contrasting both insid...

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Marine protected areas' positive effect on fish biomass persists across the steep climatic gradient of the Mediterranean Sea.

Published online: 24 Aug 2023

Authors: Frid, O. & Malamud, S. & Franco, A. di & Guidetti, P. & Azzurro, E. & Claudet, J. & Micheli, F. & Yahel, R. & Sala, E. & Belmaker, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The positive effect of fully protected marine protected areas (MPAs) on marine biodiversity, and specifically on fishes, has been widely documented. I...

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Challenges in the conservation of wide-ranging nomadic species.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Nandintsetseg, D. & Bracis, C. & Olson, K. A. & Böhning-Gaese, K. & Calabrese, J. M. & Chimeddorj, B. & Fagan, W. F. & Fleming, C. H. & Heiner, M. & Kaczensky, P. & Leimgruber, P. & Munkhnast, D. & Stratmann, T. & Mueller, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation of nomadic species presents significant conservation challenges because of unpredictability in their movements and space use. Long-term s...

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