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Optimising monitoring for trend detection after 16 years of woodland-bird surveys.

Published online: 23 May 2021

Authors: Prowse, T. A. A. & O'Connor, P. J. & Collard, S. J. & Peters, K. J. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Long-term biodiversity monitoring programs provide important information about species' trajectories and broader environmental change. Often constrain...

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Grazing management of Woodwalton Fen: seasonal changes in the diet of cattle and rabbits.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Williams, O. B. & Wells, T. C. E. & Wells, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The species diversity of Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve in Huntingdon, England, was threatened by an increase in the coarse grasses Calamagros...

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Using dietary metabarcoding analyses to characterise waterbirds-agriculture interactions.

Published online: 11 Mar 2023

Authors: Corriveau, A. & Klaassen, M. & Garnett, S. T. & Kaestli, M. & Power, M. W. & Mousavi-Derazmahalleh, M. & Coghlan, M. L. & Christian, K. & Bunce, M. & Campbell, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Globally, the use of agricultural fields by waterbirds has increased, resulting in conflicts with farmers. Designing effective management strategies t...

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Matrix quality determines the strength of habitat loss filtering on bird communities at the landscape scale.

Published online: 13 Mar 2023

Authors: Souza Leite, M. de & Boesing, A. L. & Metzger, J. P. & Prado, P. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat loss represents a major threat to biodiversity, however, the modulation of its effects by the nonhabitat matrix surrounding habitat patches is...

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Seasonal and circadian patterns of herring gull (Larus smithsoniansus) movements reveal temporal shifts in industry and coastal island interaction.

Published online: 26 Sep 2023

Authors: Gutowsky, S. E. & Baak, J. E. & Craik, S. R. & Mallory, M. L. & Knutson, N. & D'Entremont, A. A. & Allard, K. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Anthropogenic food subsidies attract opportunistic generalists like gulls in high densities, which may lead to negative impacts on human communities a...

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Supplementing human observation with artificial intelligence impacts demographic estimates for a critically endangered lizard.

Published online: 21 Apr 2025

Authors: Jordan, E. A. & Ewen, J. & Hitchmough, R. & Moran, L. R. & Murrell, D. J. & Rowcliffe, J. M. & Adams, L. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Species conservation relies heavily on population estimates derived from capture-recapture analyses, which are liable to produce biased results if ind...

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Galliformes - barometers of the state of applied ecology and wildlife conservation in China.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: McGowan, P. J. K. & Zhang YanYun & Zhang ZhengWang

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human population pressure is placing huge demands on China's environment. In recent years, the Chinese government has established a suite of programme...

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Non-lethal control of wildlife: using chemical repellents as feeding deterrents for the European badger Meles meles.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Baker, S. E. & Ellwood, S. A. & Watkins, R. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-lethal methods of controlling wildlife foraging damage may offer conservation, ethical, legal and efficacy advantages over lethal control. Chemica...

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Restoration promotes recovery of woodland birds in agricultural environments: a comparison of 'revegetation' and 'remnant' landscapes.

Published online: 04 Aug 2022

Authors: Bennett, A. F. & Holland, G. J. & Haslem, A. & Stewart, A. & Radford, J. Q. & Clarke, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration in rural environments is a global challenge for the 21st century. Restoration measures - such as agri-environment activities, w...

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A comprehensive large-scale assessment of fisheries bycatch risk to threatened seabird populations.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Clay, T. A. & Small, C. & Tuck, G. N. & Pardo, D. & Carneiro, A. P. B. & Wood, A. G. & Croxall, J. P. & Crossin, G. T. & Phillips, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Incidental mortality (bycatch) in fisheries remains the greatest threat to many large marine vertebrates and is a major barrier to fisheries sustainab...

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