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The relative abundance of birds on set-aside and neighbouring fields in summer.

Published online: 24 May 2000

Authors: Henderson, I. G. & Cooper, J. & Fuller, R. J. & Vickery, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Set-aside is arable land rested from normal intensive operations, usually providing, in summer, a relatively sparse, weedy or grass-dominated sward wi...

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Improving assessments of data-limited populations using life-history theory.

Published online: 19 Jun 2021

Authors: Horswill, C. & Manica, A. & Daunt, F. & Newell, M. & Wanless, S. & Wood, M. & Matthiopoulos, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Predicting how populations may respond to climate change and anthropogenic pressures requires detailed knowledge of demographic traits, such as surviv...

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Conservation of European hares Lepus europaeus in Britain: is increasing habitat heterogeneity in farmland the answer?

Published online: 19 Jan 2005

Authors: Smith, R. K. & Jennings, N. V. & Robinson, A. & Harris, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification has had dramatic effects on farmland biodiversity and has caused declines in many taxa. Habitat changes are thought to be...

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Are old varieties less productive than modern ones? Dismantling a myth.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Carranza, G. & Guzmán, G. I. & Torremocha, E. & Aguilera, E. & González de Molina, M.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Breeding programs of the Green Revolution based their success on increasing the production of harvestable biomass, in relation with non-commercial par...

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Landscape ecology of house mouse outbreaks in southeastern Australia.

Published online: 18 Jul 2007

Authors: Singleton, G. R. & Tann, C. R. & Krebs, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

House mouse Mus domesticus outbreaks in the grain-growing areas of south-eastern Australia occur irregularly and may be local or widespread, covering ...

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Studies of factors affecting the formation of hopper bands of the red locust (Nomadacrís septemfasciata) in an outbreak area.

Published online: 01 Jul 1970

Authors: Dean, G. J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the author's summary. Studies were carried out in 1958-62 on some of the factors that affect the formation of bands of hopp...

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A framework for integrating control methods against the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus in Australia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Norton, G. A. & Sutherst, R. W. & Maywald, G. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Information from modelling and empirical studies on Boophilus microplus (Can.) in Australia was earlier used to produce guidelines to analyse field pr...

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Grazing management can counteract the impacts of climate change-induced sea level rise on salt marsh-dependent waterbirds.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Clausen, K. K. & Stjernholm, M. & Clausen, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change-induced rises in sea level threaten to drastically reduce the areal extent of important salt marsh habitats for large numbers of waterf...

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Growth, abundance and distribution of larval tabanids in experimentally fertilized plots on a Massachusetts salt marsh.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Meany, R. A. & Valiela, I. & Teal, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Larvae of Tabanus nigrovittatus Macq. and Chrysops fuliginosus Wied., 2 of the 4 species of tabanid that breed in the Great Sippewissett Marsh in Mass...

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Factors affecting the population density of the corncrake Crex crex in Britain and Ireland.

Published online: 10 Aug 1996

Authors: Green, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The population of the corncrake (Crex crex) in Britain and Ireland has been declining for more than a century. Corncrakes breed in hay and silage mead...

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