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Diurnal Lepidoptera: sensitive indicators of cultivated and abandoned grassland.

Published online: 04 Jun 1986

Authors: Erhardt, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies were made in the Tavetsch Valley in the subalpine region of central Switzerland, of the day-active Lepidoptera faunas in different types of cu...

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Wigeon (Anas penelope L.) conservation and salting pasture management at Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserve, Somerset.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Cadwalladr, D. A. & Owen, M. & Morley, J. V. & Cook, R. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Observations indicated that this species of duck, as well as sheep, grazed Puccinellia maritima/Agrostis stolonifera swards in preference to Festuca r...

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Focus on improving how nature is conserved and by whom instead of how much to protect.

Published online: 20 Jan 2022

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Dawson, N. & Carvalho, W. D. & Bezerra, J. S. S. & Todeschini, F. & Tabarelli, M. & Mustina, K.

Content type: Blog

This study focused on Catimbau National Park in the Caatinga dry forest of northeast Brazil. The study explored how the park was set up, and discussed...

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Can species-poor grassland be diversified? A case study of lowland hay meadow restoration at Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion, Wales.

Published online: 09 May 2020

Authors: Shellswell, C. H. & Squire, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

As part of the 'Save Our Magnificent Meadows' project, a two hectare field was converted to hay meadow on the National Trust's Llanerchaeron Estate in...

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Restoration of a floodplain meadow in Wiltshire, UK through application of green hay and conversion from pasture to meadow management.

Published online: 10 May 2020

Authors: Hosie, C. & Jones, E. & Rothero, E. C. & Wallace, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

In July 2010 green hay from a species-rich donor field was used to diversify a species-poor floodplain meadow (the receiver field), which had previous...

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A comparison of Eurasian red squirrel distribution in different fragmented landscapes.

Published online: 28 Jan 2000

Authors: Rodríguez, A. & Andrén, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Simple logistic regression models empirically derived in other fragmented landscapes (in the Netherlands and Italy) were explored for their ability to...

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Forest stand dynamics of a short-stature tree species: ecological knowledge for sustainable forest management.

Published online: 04 Oct 2024

Authors: Fajardo, A. & Moreno-Meynard, P. & Soto, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Worldwide, the implementation of forest management guidelines has tried to mimic natural forest dynamics. The Oliver forest stand dynamics model has b...

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The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure.

Published online: 08 Oct 2024

Authors: Clark-Wolf, T. J. & Holt, K. A. & Johansson, E. & Nisi, A. C. & Rafiq, K. & West, L. & Boersma, P. D. & Hazen, E. L. & Moore, S. E. & Abrahms, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A major obstacle to preventing and reversing biodiversity loss in the Anthropocene lies in the scarcity of tools and data for monitoring the health an...

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European bird declines: do we need to rethink approaches to the management of abundant generalist predators?

Published online: 28 Nov 2020

Authors: McMahon, B. J. & Doyle, S. & Gray, A. & Kelly, S. B. A. & Redpath, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bird species are declining across Europe. Current European policy, that is, the Birds and Habitats Directives, focus on habitat management as a way of...

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Configurational crop heterogeneity increases within-field plant diversity.

Published online: 21 Dec 2020

Authors: Alignier, A. & Solé-Senan, X. O. & Robleño, I. & Baraibar, B. & Fahrig, L. & Giralt, D. & Gross, N. & Martin, J. L. & Recasens, J. & Sirami, C. & Siriwardena, G. & Baillod, A. B. & Bertrand, C. & Carrié, R. & Hass, A. & Henckel, L. & Miguet, P. & Badenhausser, I. & Baudry, J. & Bota, G. & Bretagnolle, V. & Brotons, L. & Burel, F. & Calatayud, F. & Clough, Y. & Georges, R. & Gibon, A. & Girard, J. & Lindsay, K. & Minano, J. & Mitchell, S. & Patry, N. & Poulin, B. & Tscharntke, T. & Vialatte, A. & Violle, C. & Yaverscovski, N. & Batáry, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing landscape heterogeneity by restoring semi-natural elements to reverse farmland biodiversity declines is not always economically feasible or...

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