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Habitat area, quality and connectivity: striking the balance for efficient conservation.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Hodgson, J. A. & Moilanen, A. & Wintle, B. A. & Thomas, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population viability can depend on habitat area, habitat quality, the spatial arrangement of habitats (aggregations and connections) and the propertie...

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A Survey of the Black Hairstreak Butterfly in North Buckinghamshire: The results of surveys of the distribution of Black Hairstreak, Satyrium pruni in a complex of woodlands in the Bernwood Area.

Published online: 28 Jul 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Bernhard, T. & Steven, G.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the findings from surveys conducted to support a proposal for designating a new Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the...

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Edge effect on breeding forest birds along a power-line corridor.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Kroodsma, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In an oak/hickory forest in E. Tennessee, observations in 1975, 1977 and 1979 showed an apparent tendency for some bird species to establish territori...

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Variation in the rates of increase of Glossina morsitans centralis and their relevance to control.

Published online: 03 Jun 1986

Authors: Allsopp, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Glossina control operations are more likely to succeed if timed to exploit periods of natural vulnerability. One measure of a population's condition i...

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Responses of Lumbricidae to saline inundation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Piearce, T. G. & Piearce, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

At two localities in northwest England that had recently been inundated by the sea, the decline in the density, biomass and species spectrum of Lumbri...

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Dung as an insect food source: dung beetles as competitors of other coprophagous fauna and as targets for predators.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Macqueen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The coprophagous insects of Australia are discussed in relation to the constituents of cattle dung and the requirements of the insects. The effect of ...

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Measuring the cost of resistance to Puccinia coronata CDA in Avena fatua.

Published online: 14 Jul 1987

Authors: Burdon, J. J. & Müller, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In greenhouse and field plot experiments, 15 oat lines selected from a natural population in Canberra were compared. Genotypes susceptible to P. coron...

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Simulation modelling of red-winged blackbird impact on grain crops.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Wiens, J. A. & Dyer, M. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Preliminary estimates suggested that maize contributed 30% of the toal food biomass consumed by the birds during the post-breeding roosting phase, and...

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Low temperature growth in a controlled environment of Trifolium repens plants from northern latitudes.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Ollerenshaw, J. H. & Baker, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variation in low temp. growth of several types of white clover collected in N. Britain and sites where low temp. adapted white clover plants may be fo...

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Improving the value of field margins as foraging habitat for farmland birds.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Douglas, D. J. T. & Vickery, J. A. & Benton, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Uncropped field margins are important foraging habitats on farmland for many declining bird species and are a key component of Agri-Environment Scheme...

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