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The risks from H5N1 to wild birds from captive-reared mallard: Quick scoping review.

Published online: 07 Oct 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Donald, H.

Content type: White paper

This scoping review examined the potential risks of H5N1 dissemination into wild bird populations due to the release of captive-reared mallards. A com...

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Time to monitor livestock carcasses for biodiversity conservation and public health.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Mateo-Tomás, P. & Olea, P. P. & López-Bao, J. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Law enforcement and integration of environmental issues into other policies able to affect species and ecosystems are cornerstones for the effective p...

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Keep your distance: using Instagram posts to evaluate the risk of anthroponotic disease transmission in gorilla ecotourism.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: Hamme, G. van & Svensson, M. S. & Morcatty, T. Q. & Nekaris, K. A. I. & Nijman, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei trekking is a substantial source of revenue for the conservation of this threatened primate and its habitat...

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Trapping and vaccination of endangered Ethiopian wolves to control an outbreak of rabies.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Knobel, D. L. & Fooks, A. R. & Brookes, S. M. & Randall, D. A. & Williams, S. D. & Argaw, K. & Shiferaw, F. & Tallents, L. A. & Laurenson, M. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As outbreaks of infectious diseases have emerged as a threat to small populations, conservation managers are increasingly making decisions regarding w...

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Decision-making for mitigating wildlife diseases: from theory to practice for an emerging fungal pathogen of amphibians.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Canessa, S. & Bozzuto, C. & Grant, E. H. C. & Cruickshank, S. S. & Fisher, M. C. & Koella, J. C. & Lötters, S. & Martel, A. & Pasmans, F. & Scheele, B. C. & Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A. & Steinfartz, S. & Schmidt, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation science can be most effective in its decision-support role when seeking answers to clearly formulated questions of direct management rele...

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Challenging the conceptual framework of maintenance hosts for influenza A viruses in wild birds.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Caron, A. & Cappelle, J. & Gaidet, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The conceptual framework considering Anseriformes and Charadriiformes as the main maintenance hosts for influenza A viruses (IAV) in wild birds has sh...

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Estimating probabilities of active brucellosis infection in Yellowstone bison through quantitative serology and tissue culture.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Treanor, J. J. & Geremia, C. & Crowley, P. H. & Cox, J. J. & White, P. J. & Wallen, R. L. & Blanton, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Disease management along the boundaries of wildlife reserves is a growing conservation problem worldwide, as infected wildlife can migrate outside pro...

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Risk of contact between endangered African wild dogs Lycaon pictus and domestic dogs: opportunities for pathogen transmission.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Woodroffe, R. & Donnelly, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Infectious diseases seriously threaten the populations of many endangered mammals, including African wild dogs Lycaon pictus. Extinction risks may be ...

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Initial assessment of an introduced polyphagous alysiine parasitoid which attacks the Australian bushfly.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Hughes, R. D. & Woolcock, L. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the summer of 1973-74, about 1.8 million adults of the parasite Aphaereta aotea Hughes & Woolcock were released at six sites in New South Wales...

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Rearing background and exposure environment together explain higher survival of aquaculture fish during a bacterial outbreak.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Räihä, V. & Sundberg, L. R. & Ashrafi, R. & Hyvärinen, P. & Karvonen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Parasitic diseases represent one of the greatest challenges for aquaculture worldwide and there is an increasing emphasis on ecological solutions to p...

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