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Nature's stewards: how local buy-in can help tackle wildlife crime in Uganda.

Published online: 25 May 2016

Authors: Travers, H. & Roe, D. & Plumptre, A. & Baker, J. & Rwetsiba, A. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Bulletin

High levels of illegal resource use in two of Uganda's national parks show the need to rethink current approaches to combatting wildlife crime. Our re...

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Grazers on the plains: challenges and prospects for large herbivores in Central Asia.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Mallon, D. P. & Jiang ZhiGang

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Twelve species of large herbivores dwell on the steppes of Central Asia and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Three of these species once occurred in vast he...

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Experimental harvest of waterfowl eggs informs management by indigenous peoples.

Published online: 26 Mar 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Herse, M. R. & Tylianakis, J. M. & Scott, N. J. & Brown, D. & Cranwell, I. & Henry, J. & Pauling, C. & McIntosh, A. R. & Gormley, A. M. & Lyver, P. O.

Content type: Blog

An experiment was conducted by the Māori tribe Ngāi Tahu and researchers (Māori and non-Māori) in Aotearoa/New Zealand, to assess how customary egg ha...

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Ecological and evolutionary effects of selective harvest of non-lactating female ungulates.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Rughetti, M. & Festa-Bianchet, M. & Ccircumflex˜té, S. D. & Hamel, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Female ungulates are often selectively harvested according to their reproductive status. Because ungulate population growth depends heavily on adult f...

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Movements and feeding ecology of white-fronted geese at the New Grounds, Slimbridge.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Owen, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

During 3 seasons from 1968 to 1971 movement and feeding habits of European white-fronted geese (Anser a. albifrons Scopoli) were studied in the New Gr...

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Market dynamics of bushmeat species in Equatorial Guinea.

Published online: 29 Sep 1995

Authors: Juste, J. & Fa, J. E. & Perez del Val, J. & Castroviejo, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wild animals are an important protein source in many countries in West Africa. Studies of numbers and fluctuations of game species entering markets ca...

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The ecology of Acacia albida on mantle soils in Zalingei, Jebel Marra, Sudan.

Published online: 15 Jul 1968

Authors: Radwanski, S. A. & Wickens, G. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the basement complex country of the area, ranges of rocky hills are separated by a deeply weathered pedeplain dissected by seasonal watercourses. I...

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The ecology of Acacia albida on mantle soils in Zalingei, Jebel Marra, Sudan.

Published online: 13 Jan 1968

Authors: Radwanski, S. A. & Wickens, G. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the above area it is common practice to grow sorghum and other crops under trees of A. albida, which is leafless during the rainy season. Crop yiel...

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Effectiveness of regulations intended to reduce the use of lead shotgun ammunition in and over coastal intertidal and riparian habitats in Scotland.

Published online: 28 May 2024

Authors: Green, R. E. & Goater, R. & Hodgson, D. & Lang, I. & Orr-Ewing, D. C. & Pickett, D. & Swann, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

The use of lead shot for hunting in wetlands is banned in many countries because ingestion of spent shot causes lead poisoning of wildfowl. In Scotlan...

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Predation of overwintering larvae of codling moth (Cydia pomonella (L.)) by birds.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Solomon, M. E. & Glen, D. M. & Kendall, D. A. & Milsom, N. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In investigations in cider-apple orchards in southern England in winter 1971-73, groups of up to 30 larvae of Cydia pomonella (L.) were allowed to spi...

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