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NatureScot Research Report 1282 - Ardvar Woodlands SSSI/ SAC Herbivore Impact Assessment 2021.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Heaton, S. A.

Content type: Reports

This report details the methodology, results analysis and conclusions of a herbivore impact assessment (HIA) carried out on the seedlings and saplings...

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Importance of drainage channels for waders foraging on tidal flats: relevance for the management of estuarine wetlands.

Published online: 23 Nov 2005

Authors: Lourenço, P. M. & Granadeiro, J. P. & Palmeirim, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite covering a relatively small area on a global scale, estuarine tidal flats are vital to many aquatic bird species during much of the yearly cyc...

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Death detector: using vultures as sentinels to detect carcasses by combining bio-logging and machine learning.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: Rast, W. & Portas, R. & Shatumbu, G. I. & Berger, A. & Cloete, C. & Curk, T. & Götz, T. & Aschenborn, O. & Melzheimer, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bio-logging technologies allow scientists to remotely monitor animal behaviour and the environment. In this study, we used the combination of natural ...

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Modelling carcass disposal practices: implications for the management of an ecological service provided by vultures.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Dupont, H. & Mihoub, J. B. & Bobbé, S. & Sarrazin, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In many European countries, private companies are in charge of livestock carcass disposal. In agro-pastoral systems, however, scavengers such as vultu...

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Natural habitat does not mediate vertebrate seed predation as an ecosystem dis-service to agriculture.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Schäckermann, J. & Mandelik, Y. & Weiss, N. & Wehrden, H. von & Klein, A. & Kleijn, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spillover of beneficial organisms from natural habitats to croplands can improve agro-ecosystem services, but wildlife can also negatively influence a...

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Does provision of supplementary food to grey partridges Perdix perdix help their over-winter survival on upland hill farms in Northern England?

Published online: 01 Aug 2023

Authors: Warren, P. & Hornby, T. & Baines, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Grey partridge populations in the UK have declined dramatically since 1970. These birds are mainly associated with lowland cereal farms, but they are ...

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Observer Variation in the Use of a Method of Assessing Current Herbivore Impacts in Woodland.

Published online: 09 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Armstrong, H. M.

Content type: Reports

This study highlights the Woodland Herbivore Impact Assessment Method (WHIA) by comparing the results obtained by fifteen surveyors assessing the same...

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Potential consequences of discard reform for seabird communities.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Bicknell, A. W. J. & Oro, D. & Camphuysen, K. & Votier, S. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Upcoming reform of the European Union (EU) Common Fisheries Policy will be the biggest change in European fisheries management for a generation. A cen...

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Seasonal effects on the nutritional ecology of blackbuck Antilope cervicapra.

Published online: 22 Apr 1998

Authors: Jhala, Y. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seasonal food habits of the endangered blackbuck antelope Antilope cervicapra were studied by observing wild and captive blackbuck feeding in differen...

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The effect of supplementary winter seed food on breeding populations of farmland birds: evidence from two large-scale experiments.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Siriwardena, G. M. & Stevens, D. K. & Anderson, G. Q. A. & Vickery, J. A. & Calbrade, N. A. & Dodd, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Low winter food availability is probably critical in the declines of many farmland bird species in Europe, leading to the implementation of ameliorati...

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