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Combining optimization and simulation modelling to measure the cumulative impacts of prescribed fire and wildfire on vegetation species diversity.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Chick, M. P. & York, A. & Sitters, H. & Stefano, J. di & Nitschke, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Growth-stage optimization (GSO) offers a new approach to biodiversity conservation in fire-prone regions by estimating the optimal distribution of veg...

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Optimization of salt marsh management at the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, through use of structured decision making.

Published online: 11 Sep 2019

Authors: Neckles, H. A. & Lyons, J. E. & Nagel, J. L. & Adamowicz, S. C. & Mikula, T. & Guiteras, S. T. & Mitchell, L. R.

Content type: Bulletin

Structured decision making is a systematic, transparent process for improving the quality of complex decisions by identifying measurable management ob...

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Designing an optimal large-scale reintroduction plan for a critically endangered species.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Canessa, S. & Salgado-Rojas, J. & Villero, D. & Brotons, L. & Amat, F. & Guinart, D. & Solórzano, S. & López, L. & Comas, X. & Hermoso, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Optimization methods are routinely used for landscape-level conservation planning, but still underused in supporting species recovery programs. A poss...

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Economic and not ecological variables shape the sparing-sharing trade-off in a mixed cropping landscape.

Published online: 20 May 2022

Authors: Segre, H. & Carmel, Y. & Shwartz, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The framework of land sparing versus land sharing provides a useful analytical tool to address the crop-production/biodiversity trade-off. Despite mul...

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Riparian reforestation on the landscape scale: navigating trade-offs among agricultural production, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.

Published online: 03 Aug 2022

Authors: Witing, F. & Forio, M. A. E. & Burdon, F. J. & Mckie, B. & Goethals, P. & Strauch, M. & Volk, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stream-riparian networks are subject to multiple human pressures that threaten key functions of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, drive habitat and ...

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A general optimal adaptive framework for managing a threatened species.

Published online: 25 Oct 2022

Authors: Nicol, S. & Ferrer-Mestres, J. & Lloyd, H. & Brazill-Boast, J. & Gorrod, E. & Chades, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Managers must determine which interventions best protect threatened species when the outcomes of interventions are uncertain. Adaptive management i...

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Survival of perennial grass seedlings under intensive grazing in semi-arid rangelands.

Published online: 25 Aug 1987

Authors: Salihi, D. O. & Norton, B. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The hypothesis that intensive grazing practices, such as short-duration grazing, benefit seedling survival through hoof action of the trampling animal...

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Monitoring species abundance and distribution at the landscape scale.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Jones, J. P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance and distribution of a species are affected by processes which operate at multiple scales. Large-scale dynamics are increasingly recogniz...

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Sustainable use and trade of beef in Colombia: towards the operationalization of the legal framework.

Published online: 15 Mar 2017

Authors: Vliet, N. van & Gomez, J. & Restrepo, S. & Andrade, G. & García, C. & Fa, J. E. & Webb, G. & Cooney, R. & Child, B. & Nasi, R.

Content type: Bulletin

Evidence suggests that rural communities throughout Colombia consider meat as both culturally and nutritionally important. Thus, this paper explores v...

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A benthic substrate classification method for seabed images using deep learning: application to management of deep-sea coral reefs.

Published online: 23 Dec 2023

Authors: Jackett, C. & Althaus, F. & Maguire, K. & Farazi, M. & Scoulding, B. & Untiedt, C. & Ryan, T. & Shanks, P. & Brodie, P. & Williams, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Protecting deep-sea coral-based vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) from human impacts, particularly bottom trawling, is a major conservation challeng...

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