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An integrated approach to measure hunting intensity and assess its impacts on mammal populations.

Published online: 30 Nov 2020

Authors: Dobbins, M. & Sollmann, R. & Menke, S. & Zambrano, A. A. & Broadbent, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Unsustainable hunting of wildlife is one of the greatest threats to diverse and healthy forests, yet our understanding of hunting activity is limited ...

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Using multi-scale spatial models of dendritic ecosystems to infer abundance of a stream salmonid.

Published online: 04 Oct 2024

Authors: Lu XinYi & Kanno, Y. & Valentine, G. P. & Rash, J. M. & Hooten, M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding patterns of species abundance is essential for planning landscape-level conservation. The complex hierarchies of dendritic ecosystems re...

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Estimating marine protected area network benefits for reef sharks.

Published online: 24 Nov 2020

Authors: Martín, G. & Espinoza, M. & Heupel, M. & Simpfendorfer, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Animal movement has direct applications in spatial management and conservation planning, yet it is rarely taken into account for the design of natural...

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Fine-scale environmental heterogeneity and conservation management: beach-cast wrack creates microhabitats for thermoregulation in shorebirds.

Published online: 18 Jun 2021

Authors: Davis, T. J. & Keppel, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation management to protect coastal ecosystems sometimes overlooks site-specific fine-scale heterogeneity. For example, while habitat loss is a...

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Comparing the precision and cost-effectiveness of faecal pellet group count methods.

Published online: 19 Jan 2005

Authors: Campbell, D. & Swanson, G. M. & Sales, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Faecal pellet group (FPG) count data are widely used to estimate animal abundance, with two alternative methods normally employed. Faecal accumulation...

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Land-use intensity impacts habitat selection of ground-nesting farmland birds in the Netherlands.

Published online: 20 Jan 2023

Authors: Li YuHong & Piersma, T. & Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W. & Howison, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

(1). Agricultural intensification has modified grassland habitats, causing serious declines in farmland biodiversity including breeding birds. Until n...

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Low-intensity agriculture increases farmland bird abundances in France.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Doxa, A. & Bas, Y. & Paracchini, M. L. & Pointereau, P. & Terres, J. M. & Jiguet, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmland biodiversity continues to decline mainly because of agricultural intensification and land abandonment. Agri-environment schemes can be design...

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Quantifying historical changes in habitat availability for endangered species: use of pixel- and object-based remote sensing.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Pringle, R. M. & Syfert, M. & Webb, J. K. & Shine, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Establishing medium- to long-term trends in habitat availability for endangered species is important for determining the causes of historical populati...

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Evidence that dingoes limit abundance of a mesopredator in eastern Australian forests.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Johnson, C. N. & VanDerwal, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aggressive behaviour of top predators may have strong effects on the distribution and abundance of mesopredator species. Such interactions between pre...

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The efficacy of wildlife fences for keeping reindeer outside a chronic wasting disease risk area.

Published online: 25 Oct 2022

Authors: Mysterud, A. & Rød-Eriksen, L. & Hildebrand, A. & Meås, R. & Gudmundsson, A. F. & Rolandsen, C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Emerging wildlife diseases often comeswith negative cultural and economic impact. Limiting disease spread is a recurrent goal and challenge, but th...

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