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Body shape is related to the attempt rate and passage success of brook trout at in-stream barriers.

Published online: 20 Jul 2020

Authors: Goerig, E. & Wasserman, B. A. & Castro-Santos, T. & Palkovacs, E. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ability to move between habitats has important implications for fitness in many species. In-stream barriers such as culverts can impede movements ...

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NatureScot Research Report 1268 - Scottish Entanglement Alliance (SEA) - understanding the scale and impacts of marine animal entanglement in the Scottish creel fishery.

Published online: 10 Oct 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: MacLennan, E. & Hartny-Mills, L. & Read, F. L. & Dolman, S. J. & Philp, A. & Dearing, K. E. & Jarvis, D. & Brownlow, A. C.

Content type: Reports

This report demonstrates an EMFF funded, two-year duration project that sought to assess the extent, scale and impact of marine animal entanglements i...

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NatureScot Research Report 1288 - Updated non-native species risk assessment of feral pigs in Scotland.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Content type: Reports

This paper describes a risk assessment study regarding the history, distribution, spread and environmental impact of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) as part o...

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Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Torabian, S. & Leffler, A. J. & Perkins, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Dung beetles have key roles in ecosystems including accelerating dung decomposition, improving nutrient cycling and influencing physical (such as stru...

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Individual and combined responses of stream ecosystems to multiple stressors.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Townsend, C. R. & Uhlmann, S. S. & Matthaei, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managers must understand the effects of stressors on ecosystems in order to identify thresholds of harm but, to be meaningful, thresholds will usually...

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Play biotopes put into practice-creating synergies between children and nature.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Hedblom, M. & Mårtensson, F. & Sang, Å. O. & Wiström, B. & Litsmark, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Global urbanisation reduces greenery and species richness (biodiversity) and limits opportunities for most children to gain experiences of nature. Dis...

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Responses of grassland invertebrates to management by cutting. IV. Positive responses of Auchenorhyncha.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Morris, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The increase in numbers of Auchenorhyncha following cutting of an Arrhenatherum grassland were recorded in a field experiment at a nature reserve in e...

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Effect of five species of earthworm on some soil properties.

Published online: 04 Jul 1984

Authors: Springett, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The casting and burrowing activities of Allolobophora caliginosa, A. longa, A. trapezoides, Lumbricus rubellus and Octolasion cyaneum were studied in ...

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Discovering how the public interact with, respond to, and talk about British woodlands.

Published online: 26 Sep 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Austen, G. E. & Dallimer Martin & Irvine, K. N. & Maund, P. R. & Fish, R. D. & Davies, Z. G.

Content type: Blog

The aim of this study is to find out if there were particular ways the public think and speak about biodiversity. This might be in response to how a s...

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Treat or threat? The Tilapia issue in the Amazonia of Ecuador.

Published online: 30 Jul 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Santafe-Troncosoa, V. & Loring, P. A.

Content type: Blog

This article contributes to streams of knowledge related to biocultural diversity, food tourism and the cultural impacts of introduced species. Specif...

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