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The proximity of rapeseed fields influences levels of forest damage by red deer.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Authors: Jarnemo, A. & Widén, A. & Månsson, J. & Felton, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Deer can show transitional use between agricultural fields and forests for foraging and shelter. Such transitional use may affect forest damage as nut...

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Beavers in licensed enclosures: licensees' objectives, opinions and experiences.

Published online: 05 Sep 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wilson, C.

Content type: Reports

The key aims of this research were to provide evidence on (i) the objectives, opinions and experiences of licensees and (ii) to understand human and E...

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Deforestation and the population decline of the army ant Dorylus wilverthi in western Kenya over the last century.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Peters, M. K. & Lung, T. & Schaab, G. & Wägele, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It is important to document changes in the population sizes of species to justify and implement conservation programmes. This is often hampered by the...

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Multiple-model stock assessment frameworks for precautionary management and conservation on fishery-targeted coastal dolphin populations off Japan.

Published online: 23 Dec 2021

Authors: Kanaji, Y. & Maeda, H. & Okamura, H. & Punt, A. E. & Branch, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stock assessment approaches are often oversimplified due to lack of biological knowledge and insufficient data. In spite of world-wide attention, fish...

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Management-based mitigation of the impacts of climate-driven woody encroachment in high elevation pasture woodlands.

Published online: 20 Sep 2022

Authors: Snell, R. S. & Peringer, A. & Frank, V. & Bugmann, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes of grazing pressure and climate have been identified as drivers of woody encroachment in subalpine pastures, but disentangling their relative ...

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NatureScot Research Report 1364 - Hebridean Cetacean Research Programme, 2021-2024.

Published online: 15 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Hartny-Mills, L. & Hampson, J. & Lomax, A.

Content type: Reports

This report presents findings from the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) Cetacean Research Programme, focusing on three years of surveys conduc...

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Genotypically diverse cultivar mixtures for insect pest management and increased crop yields.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Tooker, J. F. & Frank, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In modern crop production, each plant is often nearly genetically identical to its neighbours, allowing insect pests and pathogens to move easily from...

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Mousedeer densities in a tropical rainforest: the impact of selective logging.

Published online: 09 Jul 1997

Authors: Heydon, M. J. & Bulloh, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The responses of two frugivorous ungulates, the mousedeer species Tragulus javanicus klossi and T. napu borneanus, to mechanized selective logging in ...

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Exploring reservoir dynamics: a case study of rabies in the Serengeti ecosystem.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Lembo, T. & Hampson, K. & Haydon, D. T. & Craft, M. & Dobson, A. & Dushoff, J. & Ernest, E. & Hoare, R. & Kaare, M. & Mlengeya, T. & Mentzel, C. & Cleaveland, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Knowledge of infection reservoir dynamics is critical for effective disease control, but identifying reservoirs of multi-host pathogens is challenging...

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Ecological evidence links adverse biological effects to pesticide and metal contamination in an urban Australian watershed.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Kellar, C. R. & Hassell, K. L. & Long, S. M. & Myers, J. H. & Golding, L. & Rose, G. & Anupama Kumar & Hoffmann, A. A. & Pettigrove, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aquatic ecosystems near urban areas are often ecologically impaired, but causative factors are rarely identified. Effects may be revealed by consideri...

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