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What do matrix population models reveal about the sustainability of non-timber forest product harvest?

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Schmidt, I. B. & Mandle, L. & Ticktin, T. & Gaoue, O. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding how management activities impact plant population dynamics is necessary to conserve at-risk species, control invasive species and sustai...

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Stable isotopes (δD) delineate the origins and migratory connectivity of harvested animals: the case of European woodpigeons.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Hobson, K. A. & Lormée, H. & Wilgenburg, S. L. van & Wassenaar, L. I. & Boutin, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Quantifying connectivity between breeding, stopover, and wintering locations is critical to the management and conservation of migratory animals. Mark...

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Retention forestry can maintain epiphytic lichens on living pine trees, but provides impoverished habitat for deadwood-associated lichens.

Published online: 21 Dec 2024

Authors: Nirhamo, A. & Hämäläinen, A. & Hämäläinen, K. & Kouki, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managing forests for timber yields reduces the amounts of old trees and deadwood, which has profound effects on species that are dependent on them. Re...

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Reducing wounding of game by shotgun hunting: effects of a Danish action plan on pink-footed geese.

Published online: 18 Jul 2007

Authors: Noer, H. & Madsen, J. & Hartmann, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shooting of game by shotgun inevitably leads to wounding of some individuals. Few attempts, however, have been made to quantify the numbers involved. ...

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Mixture of cultivars: pilot field trial of an ecological alternative to improve production or quality of wheat (Triticum aestivum).

Published online: 25 Jun 1995

Authors: Sarandon, S. J. & Sarandon, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field study in La Plata, Argentina, mixtures of wheat cultivars were tested as an ecological alternative to pure culture, for producing either a ...

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Testing the importance of harvest refuges for phenotypic rescue of trophy-hunted populations.

Published online: 28 Jul 2020

Authors: Poisson, Y. & Festa-Bianchet, M. & Pelletier, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sustainable exploitation must minimize its impact on the ecology and evolution of exploited wildlife. Intense phenotype-based selective harvests can i...

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Predator refuges for conservation biological control in an intermediately disturbed system: the rise and fall of a simple solution.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Liman, A. S. & Eklund, K. & Björkman, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managed systems harvested at intermediate time-scales have advantages over annual short-cycled systems in maintaining top-down control of insect herbi...

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Analyses of national mountain lion harvest indices yield ambiguous interpretations.

Published online: 15 Jun 2022

Authors: Elbroch, L. M. & Petracca, L. S. & O'Malley, C. & Robinson, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Wildlife managers make difficult decisions about how best to ensure sustainable wildlife populations. This is especially contentious in the absence of...

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Increased clonal growth in heavily harvested ecosystems failed to rescue ayahuasca lianas from decline in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.

Published online: 19 Feb 2024

Authors: Coe, M. A. & Gaoue, O. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing harvest and overexploitation of wild plants for non-timber forest products can significantly affect population dynamics of harvested popula...

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An initial assessment of the sustainability of waterbird harvest in the United Kingdom.

Published online: 11 Mar 2023

Authors: Ellis, M. B. & Cameron, T. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is a need to assess the sustainability of wild bird harvest in the United Kingdom (UK), and more widely, across Europe. Yet, data on populations...

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