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Kelp habitat fragmentation reduces resistance to overgrazing, invasion and collapse to turf dominance.

Published online: 03 Aug 2022

Authors: Reeves, S. E. & Kriegisch, N. & Johnson, C. R. & Ling, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Across many temperate coastlines worldwide, kelp habitat has degraded to be replaced by alternative reef-states with consequences to ecosystem functio...

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Using daily ration models and stable isotope analysis to predict biomass depletion by herbivores.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Inger, R. & Ruxton, G. D. & Newton, J. & Colhoun, K. & Mackie, K. & Robinson, J. A. & Bearhop, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Food availability is one of the major factors governing the distribution of animals. Because animal numbers can in turn regulate the availability of f...

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Relating juvenile migration timing and survival to adulthood in two species of threatened Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.).

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Scheuerell, M. D. & Zabel, R. W. & Sandford, B. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Migration timing in animals has important effects on life-history transitions. Human activities can alter migration timing of animals, and understandi...

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Institutional amnesia pushes fish spawning aggregations towards extirpation.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Fulton, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

How institutions create and manage knowledge has been explored in the context of management and business science. However, little effort has been made...

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Top-down control of a marine mesopredator: increase in native white-tailed eagles accelerates the extinction of an endangered seabird population.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Anker-Nilssen, T. & Fayet, A. L. & Aarvak, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bottom-up control is an important regulator of marine mesopredators such as seabirds. The prevalence of top-down control on these species is however l...

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Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl Special Protection Area: Conservation Advice Package [version 1].

Published online: 17 Mar 2023

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This conservation advice package describes the roles, responsibilities, conservation objectives, general site descriptions and information and operati...

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Local forage fish abundance influences foraging effort and offspring condition in an endangered marine predator.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Campbell, K. J. & Steinfurth, A. & Underhill, L. G. & Coetzee, J. C. & Dyer, B. M. & Ludynia, K. & Makhado, A. B. & Merkle, D. & Rademan, J. & Upfold, L. & Sherley, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the functional relationship between marine predators and their prey is vital to inform ecosystem-based management. However, collecting c...

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Where to fish in the forest? Tree characteristics and contiguous seagrass features predict mangrove forest quality for fishes and crustaceans.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Wanjiru, C. & Nagelkerken, I. & Rueckert, S. & Harcourt, W. & Huxham, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mangroves often support rich fish and crustacean communities, although faunal abundance and diversity show strong spatiotemporal variability. Consiste...

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A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology.

Published online: 27 Jul 2020

Authors: Carneiro, A. P. B. & Pearmain, E. J. & Oppel, S. & Clay, T. A. & Phillips, R. A. & Bonnet-Lebrun, A. S. & Wanless, R. M. & Abraham, E. & Richard, Y. & Rice, J. & Handley, J. & Davies, T. E. & Dilley, B. J. & Ryan, P. G. & Small, C. & Arata, J. & Arnould, J. P. Y. & Bell, E. & Bugoni, L. & Campioni, L. & Catry, P. & Cleeland, J. & Deppe, L. & Elliott, G. & Freeman, A. & González-Solís, J. & Granadeiro, J. P. & Grémillet, D. & Landers, T. J. & Makhado, A. & Nel, D. & Nicholls, D. G. & Rexer-Huber, K. & Robertson, C. J. R. & Sagar, P. M. & Scofield, P. & Stahl, J. C. & Stanworth Andrew & Stevens, K. L. & Trathan, P. N. & Thompson, D. R. & Torres, L. & Walker, K. & Waugh, S. M. & Weimerskirch, H. & Dias, M. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The identification of geographic areas where the densities of animals are highest across their annual cycles is a crucial step in conservation plannin...

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Carrying capacity in overwintering birds: when are spatial models needed?

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Goss-Custard, J. D. & Stillman, R. A. & Caldow, R. W. G. & West, A. D. & Guillemain, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We sometimes need to predict the maximum number of bird-days that can be supported by the food supply in a site used by migratory birds outside the br...

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