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Grazer effects on soil carbon storage vary by herbivore assemblage in a semi-arid grassland.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Chang Qing & Wang Ling & Ding ShiWen & Xu TongTong & Li ZhiQiang & Song XuXin & Zhao Xuan & Wang DeLi & Pan DuoFeng

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Accounting for 10%-30% of global soil organic carbon, grassland soils potentially present a large reservoir for storing atmospheric CO2. Livestock gra...

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Taxonomic distinctness and environmental assessment.

Published online: 20 Jan 1999

Authors: Warwick, R. M. & Clarke, K. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The objectives of this paper were to test the performance of the taxonomic distinctness index, Δ+, in a number of environmental impact scenarios, to e...

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A taxonomic distinctness index and its statistical properties.

Published online: 20 Jan 1999

Authors: Clarke, K. R. & Warwick, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper explores the statistical sampling properties of Δ, the taxonomic diversity index, and Δ*, the taxonomic distinctness index. Taxonomic diver...

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Role of domestic shipping in the introduction or secondary spread of nonindigenous species: biological invasions within the Laurentian Great Lakes.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Briski, E. & Wiley, C. J. & Bailey, S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The most effective way to manage invasive species is to prevent their introduction via vector regulation. While progress has been made in the manageme...

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An environmental oestrogen disrupts fish population dynamics through direct and transgenerational effects on survival and fecundity.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Schwindt, A. R. & Winkelman, D. L. & Keteles, K. & Murphy, M. & Vajda, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increased need for water and projected declines in precipitation due to climate change could leave waterways increasingly dominated by wastewater effl...

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A model of bovine tuberculosis in the badger Meles meles: the inclusion of cattle and the use of a live test.

Published online: 24 Sep 2001

Authors: Smith, G. C. & Cheeseman, C. L. & Wilkinson, D. & Clifton-Hadley, R. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An individual-based stochastic simulation model was used to investigate the control of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in the European badger Meles meles by ...

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Estimation of badger abundance using faecal DNA typing.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Wilson, G. J. & Frantz, A. C. & Pope, L. C. & Roper, T. J. & Burke, T. A. & Cheeseman, C. L. & Delahay, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildlife management and conservation programmes often require accurate information on population density, but this can be difficult to obtain, particu...

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The relative importance of food and seawater as sources of copper and zinc to talitrid amphipods (Crustacea; Amphipoda; Talitridae).

Published online: 27 Oct 1995

Authors: Weeks, J. M. & Rainbow, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Orchestia gammarellus and O. mediterranea were shown to accumulate copper and zinc from a range of copper- and zinc-enriched algal food. Accumulation ...

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Host culling as an adaptive management tool for chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer: a modelling study.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Wasserberg, G. & Osnas, E. E. & Rolley, R. E. & Samuel, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Emerging wildlife diseases pose a significant threat to natural and human systems. Because of real or perceived risks of delayed actions, disease mana...

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The effect on winter wheat of grazing by brent geese Branta bernicla.

Published online: 15 Dec 1990

Authors: Summers, R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Brent geese fed on fields of winter wheat at Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk from Nov. to Mar., and particularly during Dec. to Feb. On undisturbed fields t...

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