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Nursery-propagated plants from seed: a novel tool to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of seagrass restoration.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Balestri, E. & Lardicci, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seagrasses and the valuable ecosystem services they provide are threatened world-wide by impacts of human activity. Numerous revegetation efforts have...

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Railways redistribute plant species in mountain landscapes.

Published online: 25 Oct 2021

Authors: Irfan Rashid & Haq, S. M. & Lembrechts, J. J. & Khuroo, A. A. & Pauchard, A. & Dukes, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The significant portion of global terrestrial biodiversity harboured in the mountains is under increasing threat from various anthropogenic impacts. P...

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Benefits and challenges of reviewing across knowledge systems: 'gourmet omnivore' pigs foraging in the wild.

Published online: 15 Dec 2024

Authors: Molnár, Z. & Demeter, L. & Szabados, K. & Kiš, A. & Ajvazović, M. & Runjanin, B. & Mandušić, V. & Biró, M. & Öllerer, K. & Marinkov, J. & Ulicsni, V. & Babai, D. & Katona, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Evidence-based conservation can benefit substantially from multiple knowledge sources and different knowledge systems. While traditional ecological kn...

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The ecological challenge of immunocontraception: editor's introduction.

Published online: 10 Apr 2002

Authors: Barlow, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. The problems of vertebrate pests are greater now than ever before, with vertebrate control constrained by problems of humaneness, scale and environ...

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Improved detection of mass effect species assembly for applied metacommunity thinking.

Published online: 13 Jun 2022

Authors: Bried, J. T. & Vilmi, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dispersal mass effects pose major challenges and opportunities for applied metacommunity ecology. A recent paper in Journal of Applied Ecology (https:...

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The biodiversity audit approach challenges regional priorities and identifies a mismatch in conservation.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Dolman, P. M. & Panter, C. J. & Mossman, H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite a strong uptake of evidence-based approaches, conservation often proceeds from a grossly incomplete understanding of species priorities. To op...

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Uncovered pathways: modelling dispersal dynamics of ship-mediated marine introduced species.

Published online: 06 Mar 2021

Authors: Letschert, J. & Wolff, M. & Kluger, L. C. & Freudinger, C. & Ronquillo, J. & Keith, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Marine traffic is the main vector for marine non-indigenous species (NIS) that may hitchhike in ballast water tanks or attached to vessel hulls. Under...

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Testing applied nucleation as a strategy to facilitate tropical forest recovery.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Zahawi, R. A. & Holl, K. D. & Cole, R. J. & Reid, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Active forest restoration typically involves planting trees over large areas; this practice is costly, however, and establishing homogeneous plantatio...

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Using spatial heterogeneity to extrapolate species richness: a new method tested on Ecuadorian cloud forest birds.

Published online: 03 May 2006

Authors: O'Dea, N. & Whittaker, R. J. & Ugland, K. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

For most ecological assemblages, compiling complete inventories of species is difficult, if not impossible. Various methods have been developed to est...

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Prioritizing barrier removal to improve functional connectivity of rivers.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Branco, P. & Segurado, P. & Santos, J. M. & Ferreira, M. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Freshwater systems are severely impacted by connectivity reduction due to the construction of dams and weirs. The breach of this longitudinal connecti...

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