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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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Control of parasite burdens in wild red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus through the indirect application of anthelmintics.

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Newborn, D. & Foster, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus populations in Britain exhibit cyclic fluctuations in abundance with periodic population crashes. Substantial evid...

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The biology of the white clover seed weevil Apion dichroum Bedel (Col. Curculionidae).

Published online: 02 Jul 1969

Authors: Freeman, B. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based largely on the author's summary. The bionomics of Apion dichroum Bedel in fields of white clover [Trifolium repens] in south-ea...

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Predator and scavenger movements among and within endangered seabird colonies: opportunities for pathogen spread.

Published online: 25 Jul 2020

Authors: Gamble, A. & Bazire, R. & Delord, K. & Barbraud, C. & Jaeger, A. & Gantelet, H. & Thibault, E. & Lebarbenchon, C. & Lagadec, E. & Tortosa, P. & Weimerskirch, H. & Thiebot, J. B. & Garnier, R. & Tornos, J. & Boulinier, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spatial structure of host communities is expected to constrain pathogen spread. However, predators and/or scavengers may connect distant host (sub...

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Resource availability and the persistence of seed-eating bird populations in agricultural landscapes: a mechanistic modelling approach.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Butler, S. J. & Mattison, E. H. A. & Glithero, N. J. & Robinson, L. J. & Atkinson, P. W. & Gillings, S. & Vickery, J. A. & Norris, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reductions in resource availability, associated with land-use change and agricultural intensification in the UK and Europe, have been linked with the ...

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Testing the link between perceived and actual risk of predation: mosquito oviposition site selection and egg predation by native and introduced fish.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Segev, O. & Verster, R. & Weldon, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

According to the threat-sensitivity hypothesis, prey avoidance behaviour should reflect the magnitude of predation risk. Since predation can strongly ...

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Assessing the effect of predator control on an endangered goose population subjected to predator-mediated food web dynamics.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Marolla, F. & Aarvak, T. & Øien, I. J. & Mellard, J. P. & Henden, J. A. & Hamel, S. & Stien, A. & Tveraa, T. & Yoccoz, N. G. & Ims, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Assessing the effectiveness of conservation actions to halt population declines is challenging when confounded by other factors. We assessed whether c...

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The diet of some predatory arthropods in cereal crops.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Sunderland, K. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The gut contents of 1206 arthropods of 26 species collected from pitfall traps in cereal crops in southern England in 1973 were examined under a binoc...

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Climatic variation in forage grasses. 3. Seasonal changes in growth and assimilation in climatic races of Lolium, Dactylis and Festuca.

Published online: 13 Jan 1968

Authors: Maccoll, D. & Cooper, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seasonal changes in relative growth rate (RGR) and its components, net assimilation rate (NAR) and leaf area ratio (LAR), were measured in Mediterrane...

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What is better for animal conservation translocation programmes: soft- or hard-release? A phylogenetic meta-analytical approach.

Published online: 17 Jun 2021

Authors: Resende, P. S. & Viana Junior, A. B. & Young, R. J. & Azevedo, C. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Animal conservation translocation is an important tool available to conservation biologists to address problems of isolated, declining or endangered p...

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