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Insights from five decades of monitoring habitat and breeding populations of American woodcock.

Published online: 15 Sep 2020

Authors: Gutowsky, S. E. & Gutowsky, L. F. G. & Milton, G. R. & Mallory, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Habitat loss and degradation are contributing to severe declines in many North American bird species. For American woodcock Scolopax minor ('woodcock'...

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Governance characteristics and feelings of safety are associated with attitudinal success in community-based natural resource management & conservation organizations in northern Kenya.

Published online: 06 Nov 2024

Authors: Walker, L. A. & Gohil, D. & Hedges, J. & Mulder, M. B. & King, J. & Currie, T. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

For Community-based Conservation (CBC) projects to be effective in the long-term, they need to receive the support of the communities involved. Assess...

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Early-season mass-flowering crop cover dilutes wild bee abundance and species richness in temperate regions: a quantitative synthesis.

Published online: 16 Jun 2024

Authors: Riggi, L. G. A. & Raderschall, C. A. & Fijen, T. P. M. & Scheper, J. & Smith, H. G. & Kleijn, D. & Holzschuh, A. & Aguilera, G. & Badenhausser, I. & Bänsch, S. & Beyer, N. & Blitzer, E. J. & Bommarco, R. & Danforth, B. & González-Varo, J. P. & Grab, H. & Provost, G. le & Poveda, K. & Potts, S. G. & Rundlöf, M. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Tscharntke, T. & Vilà, M. & Westphal, C. & Berggren, Å. & Lundin, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinators benefit from increasing floral resources in agricultural landscapes, which could be an underexplored co-benefit of mass-flowering crop cul...

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Fisheries bycatch mitigation measures as an efficient tool for the conservation of seabird populations.

Published online: 26 Jul 2022

Authors: Dasnon, A. & Delord, K. & Chaigne, A. & Barbraud, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The impact of industrial fisheries on marine biodiversity is conspicuous in large pelagic vertebrate's fisheries bycatch. In seabirds, this led to the...

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Remote sensing for rangeland conservation monitoring: impacts of livestock removal after 15 years.

Published online: 27 Nov 2024

Authors: Retallack, A. & Rifai, S. & Finlayson, G. & Ostendorf, B. & Lewis, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Degradation from overgrazing of global arid rangelands is of significant concern for this widespread terrestrial ecosystem, and the people who rely on...

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Estimating mosquito abundance and population suppression in an incompatible insect technique study.

Published online: 11 Jan 2024

Authors: Griffin, L. & Pagendam, D. & Drovandi, C. & Trewin, B. & Beebe, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aedes aegypti (L.) is an invasive mosquito responsible for vectoring diseases such as dengue, Zika and Chikungunya. Dengue affects a large proportion ...

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Assessing the exposure of UK habitats to 20th- and 21st-century climate change, and its representation in ecological monitoring schemes.

Published online: 18 Jan 2024

Authors: Wilson, O. J. & Pescott, O. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change is a significant driver of contemporary biodiversity change. Ecological monitoring schemes can be crucial in highlighting its consequen...

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A comparison of approaches for including connectivity in systematic conservation planning.

Published online: 11 Nov 2022

Authors: Hanson, J. O. & Vincent, J. & Schuster, R. & Fahrig, L. & Brennan, A. & Martin, A. E. & Hughes, J. S. & Pither, R. & Bennett, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plans for expanding protected area systems (prioritizations) often aim to facilitate connectivity. To achieve this, many approaches-based on different...

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Applying fault tree analysis to biological invasions identifies optimal targets for effective biosecurity.

Published online: 21 Nov 2022

Authors: Gallardo, B. & Sutherland, W. J. & Martin, P. & Aldridge, D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The management of invasive species requires analytical tools that can synthesise the increasing and complex information generated through risk assessm...

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NatureScot Research Report 1281 - Approaches to monitoring wintering waterfowl in Marine Protected Areas - Moray Firth pilot study winter 2019/20.

Published online: 13 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Graham, J. & Thompson, K.

Content type: Reports

This report summarizes a program aimed at investigating methods for monitoring inshore wintering waterfowl in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), using the...

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