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Renewable energies and biodiversity: impact of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic sites on bat activity.

Published online: 15 Jan 2024

Authors: Tinsley, E. & Froidevaux, J. S. P. & Zsebők, S. & Szabadi, K. L. & Jones, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionfrThis link goes to a French section Renewable energy is growing at a rapid pace globally but as yet there has be...

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A feeding guild indicator to assess environmental change impacts on marine ecosystem structure and functioning.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Thompson, M. S. A. & Pontalier, H. & Spence, M. A. & Pinnegar, J. K. & Greenstreet, S. P. R. & Moriarty, M. & Hélaouët, P. & Lynam, C. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Integrating food web indicators into ecological status assessments is central to developing effective management measures that can improve degraded ec...

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Farmstead modernization adversely affects farmland birds.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Šálek, M. & Mayer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmland biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate and various conservation measures have been implemented to reverse this negative trend. Farmste...

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Influence of the biomass, botanical composition and sward height of annual pastures on foraging behaviour by sheep.

Published online: 25 Oct 1988

Authors: Arnold, G. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Merino sheep were given 24 h access to a plot that had 1 m2 patches of annual pasture that varied in biomass, height and botanical composition at Pert...

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Desert locust outbreaks in the Sahel: resource competition, predation and ecological effects of pest control.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Sánchez-Zapata, J. A. & Donázar, J. A. & Delgado, A. & Forero, M. G. & Ceballos, O. & Hiraldo, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The desert locust Schistocerca gregaria has been considered a major pest since ancient times, as locust swarms holding millions of insects move throug...

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Environmental variation across multiple spatial scales and temporal lags influences Hendra virus spillover.

Published online: 23 Dec 2023

Authors: Faust, C. L. & Castellanos, A. A. & Peel, A. J. & Eby, P. & Plowright, R. K. & Han, B. A. & Bharti, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pathogens can spill over and infect new host species by overcoming a series of ecological and biological barriers. Hendra virus (HeV) circulates in Au...

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Selective plant foraging and the top-down suppression of native diversity in a restored prairie.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Schneider, S. & Steeves, R. & Newmaster, S. & MacDougall, A. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Clarifying what species are being consumed at what times can improve our understanding of how anthropogenic change affects food web dynamics, with imp...

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Long-term impact of changes in sheep Ovis aries densities on the breeding output of the hen harrier Circus cyaneus.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Amar, A. & Davies, J. & Meek, E. & Williams, J. & Knight, A. & Redpath, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Livestock grazing is an important form of land use across the globe and changes in grazing pressure can have profound effects on vertebrate population...

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The Bernwood Population of Bechstein's Bats: A Non-Technical Summary of the Evidence.

Published online: 31 Jul 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Murphy, S. & Deykin, N. & Riley, J. & McArthur, T.

Content type: Reports

A single male Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii), one of the UK's rarest bat species, recorded in 2009 in south Buckinghamshire represented the firs...

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Habitat restoration benefits wild bees: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Tonietto, R. K. & Larkin, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinator conservation is of increasing interest in the light of managed honeybee (Apis mellifera) declines, and declines in some species of wild bee...

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