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Resource selection and landscape change reveal mechanisms suppressing population recovery for the world's most endangered antelope.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Ali, A. H. & Ford, A. T. & Evans, J. S. & Mallon, D. P. & Hayes, M. M. & King, J. & Amin, R. & Goheen, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding how bottom-up and top-down forces affect resource selection can inform restoration efforts. With a global population size of <500 ind...

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Increasing biodiversity in urban green spaces through simple vegetation interventions.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Threlfall, C. G. & Mata, L. & Mackie, J. A. & Hahs, A. K. & Stork, N. E. & Williams, N. S. G. & Livesley, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cities are rapidly expanding world-wide and there is an increasing urgency to protect urban biodiversity, principally through the provision of suitabl...

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Spatial and temporal patterns of heather use by sheep and red deer within natural heather/grass mosaics.

Published online: 24 Feb 1999

Authors: Hester, A. J. & Baillie, G. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fragmentation of heather and conversion to grass under heavy grazing is a widespread phenomenon. In the British uplands it is attributed in particular...

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How will predicted land-use change affect waterfowl spring stopover ecology? Inferences from an individual-based model.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Beatty, W. S. & Kesler, D. C. & Webb, E. B. & Naylor, L. W. & Raedeke, A. H. & Humburg, D. D. & Coluccy, J. M. & Soulliere, G. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, overexploitation and climate change pose familiar and new challenges to conserving natural populations throughout...

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Patterns and thresholds of grazing-induced changes in community structure and ecosystem functioning: species-level responses and the critical role of species traits.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Li WenHuai & Xu FengWei & Zheng ShuXia & Taube, F. & Bai YongFei

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Overgrazing has resulted in widespread decline in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in grasslands world-wide in recent decades. However, few stud...

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Functional diversity loss with increasing livestock grazing intensity in drylands: the mechanisms and their consequences depend on the taxa.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Chillo, V. & Ojeda, R. A. & Capmourteres, V. & Anand, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Overgrazing is one of the main drivers of desertification in drylands, and livestock production is expected to increase in the next decades. The analy...

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Adaptive restoration of sand-mined areas for biological conservation.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Cummings, J. & Reid, N. & Davies, I. & Grant, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Adaptive management approaches to ecological restoration are current best practice. The usefulness of such an approach was tested in this study by imp...

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Grassland-breeding waders: identifying key habitat requirements for management.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Smart, J. & Gill, J. A. & Sutherland, W. J. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat loss and degradation of wetland ecosystems, principally through large-scale drainage and conversion to arable farmland, have been implicated i...

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Relative performance of native and exotic grass species in response to amendment of drastically disturbed serpentine substrates.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: O'Dell, R. E. & Claassen, V. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Limited information exists on approaches to effectively revegetate severely disturbed, barren, subgrade (unconsolidated parent material) serpentine su...

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Vehicle traffic shapes grizzly bear behaviour on a multiple-use landscape.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Northrup, J. M. & Pitt, J. & Muhly, T. B. & Stenhouse, G. B. & Musiani, M. & Boyce, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Roads cause functional habitat loss, alter movement patterns and can become ecological traps for wildlife. Many of the negative effects of roads are l...

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