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Unravelling how collaboration impacts success of invasive species management.

Published online: 16 Mar 2024

Authors: Abeysinghe, N. & O'Bryan, C. J. & Guerrero, A. M. & Rhodes, J. R. & McDonald-Madden, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Invasive species cause severe threats to biodiversity and the economy, but often across multi-actor landscapes. Therefore, collaboration among multipl...

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Unpredictability in seagrass restoration: analysing the role of positive feedback and environmental stress on Zostera noltii transplants.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Suykerbuyk, W. & Govers, L. L. & Bouma, T. J. & Giesen, W. B. J. T. & Jong, D. J. de & Voort, R. van de & Giesen, K. & Giesen, P. T. & Katwijk, M. M. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of key species in dynamic coastal ecosystems benefits from reduction in environmental stress. This can be realized by promoting positive f...

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Contrasting spatial pattern and pattern-forming processes in natural vs. restored shrublands.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Miller, B. P. & Perry, G. L. W. & Enright, N. J. & Lamont, B. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variation in the spatial arrangement of plants can lead to differences in the rates and trajectories of change in the composition, structure and funct...

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Tree ring-based metrics for assessing old-growth forest naturalness.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Filippo, A. di & Biondi, F. & Piovesan, G. & Ziaco, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Old-growth studies commonly emphasize structural and age conditions, selecting proxy indicators of long-term ecological processes. Transition dynamics...

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Are beavers welcome back in Scotland?

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Coz, D. & Young, J.

Content type: Blog

The beaver (Castor fiber) reintroduction which started in Scotland, UK, in 2008 was studied to understand if and how the reintroduction developed into...

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Restoring ecological function in temperate grassy woodlands: manipulating soil nutrients, exotic annuals and native perennial grasses through carbon supplements and spring burns.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Prober, S. M. & Thiele, K. R. & Lunt, I. D. & Koen, T. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological invasions are often associated with persistent changes to underlying ecological processes. Restoration of invaded communities is dependent ...

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When are extinctions simply bad luck? Rarefaction as a framework for disentangling selective and stochastic extinctions.

Published online: 25 Jul 2020

Authors: Smith, K. G. & Almeida, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A key challenge in conservation biology is that not all species are equally likely to go extinct when faced with a disturbance, but there are multiple...

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Bayesian state-space model of fin whale abundance trends from a 1991-2008 time series of line-transect surveys in the California Current.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Moore, J. E. & Barlow, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Estimating temporal trends in animal abundance is central to ecology and conservation, but obtaining useful trend estimates is challenging when animal...

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How to design multifunctional landscapes?

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Garibaldi, L. A. & Zermoglio, P. F. & Jobbágy, E. G. & Andreoni, L. & Urbina, A. O. de & Grass, I. & Oddi, F. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expansion of homogeneous landscapes has been a major driver of biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation. There is an urgent need for...

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The value of capturing diverse perspectives when setting decision triggers for threatened species management.

Published online: 19 Feb 2024

Authors: Hilton, M. & Walsh, J. C. & Maloney, R. F. & Hansen, N. A. & Cook, C. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation practitioners commonly work together in management teams, contributing expertise to the planning and decision-making associated with thre...

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