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Effects of fire on pollinators and pollination.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Brown, J. & York, A. & Christie, F. & McCarthy, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increased incidence of landscape fire and pollinator declines with co-extinctions of dependent plant species are both globally significant. Fire can a...

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The relationship between yellowhammer breeding performance, arthropod abundance and insecticide applications on arable farmland.

Published online: 03 May 2006

Authors: Hart, J. D. & Milsom, T. P. & Fisher, G. & Wilkins, V. & Moreby, S. J. & Murray, A. W. A. & Robertson, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The UK population of yellowhammers has declined since the mid-1980s. Concurrent increases in the use of pesticides are believed to have reduced the av...

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Adaptive management and targeting of agri-environment schemes does benefit biodiversity: a case study of the corn bunting Emberiza calandra.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Perkins, A. J. & Maggs, H. E. & Watson, A. & Wilson, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agri-environment schemes (AES) are the main European policy response to biodiversity loss caused by agricultural intensification. Maximizing their eff...

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Multi-level functional responses for wildlife conservation: the case of threatened caribou in managed boreal forests.

Published online: 20 Jun 2012

Authors: Moreau, G. & Fortin, D. & Couturier, S. & Duchesne, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The selection for particular habitat patches can vary as a function of local and regional levels of anthropogenic disturbance. Although such functiona...

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Can local ecological knowledge establish conservation baselines for the critically endangered blue-crowned laughingthrush?

Published online: 13 Sep 2024

Authors: Gleave, R. A. & Papworth, S. K. & Bauman, D. & Portugal, S. J. & Zhang WeiWei & Liu YiKang & Cao ZhiMing & Cheng XiaoJin & Turvey, S. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Designing conservation interventions for rare species can be hindered by a lack of relevant data. Local ecological knowledge (LEK) has potential to pr...

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Wildlife following people: a multidisciplinary assessment of the ancient colonization of the Mediterranean basin by a long-lived raptor.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Moleón, M. & Graciá, E. & García, N. & Gil-Sánchez, J. M. & Godinho, R. & Beja, P. & Palma, L. & Real, J. & Hernández-Matías, A. & Muñoz, A. R. & Arrondo, E. & Sánchez-Zapata, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Modern humans widely shaped present ecosystems through intentional and unintentional geographical redistribution of wildlife, both in historical and p...

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Mass-migrating bumblebees: an overlooked phenomenon with potential far-reaching implications for bumblebee conservation.

Published online: 19 Apr 2022

Authors: Fijen, T. P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bumblebees are one of the most commonly studied pollinators, but they are declining in large parts of their distribution. Whether bumblebees can cope ...

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Commons are cared for: coexistence between humans and wild birds on the island of Kihnu, Estonia.

Published online: 23 May 2025

Authors: Kalle, R. & Svanberg, I. & Leas, M. & Prakofjewa, J. & Sartori, M. & Danto, A. & Schiavone, A. & Pehlak, H. & Plaan, J. & Pieroni, A. & Sõukand, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Local knowledge is an essential dimension of humanity's relationship with the environment. Investigating the interdependence between humans and wild b...

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Interactions between the fauna of citrus trees in Trinidad and the ants Atta cephalotes and Azteca sp.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Jutsum, A. R. & Cherrett, J. M. & Fisher, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In citrus orchards in Trinidad, the presence of the ant Azteca sp. on a tree was negatively correlated with the presence of nests of the termite Nasut...

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Non-random extinctions dominate plant community changes in abandoned coppices.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Kopecký, M. & Hédl, R. & Szabó, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The plant community structure of European lowland forests has changed dramatically in the twentieth century, leading to biodiversity decline at variou...

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