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Full compliance with harvest regulations yields ecological benefits: Northern Gulf of California case study.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Ainsworth, C. H. & Morzaria-Luna, H. N. & Kaplan, I. C. & Levin, P. S. & Fulton, E. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Northern Gulf of California is an ecologically important marine area with a high degree of biodiversity, endemism and productivity. Mounting conse...

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Flow regulation reduces native plant cover and facilitates exotic invasion in riparian wetlands.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Catford, J. A. & Downes, B. J. & Gippel, C. J. & Vesk, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

River regulation and exotic plant invasion threaten riverine ecosystems, and the two often co-occur. By altering water regimes, flow regulation can fa...

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Evidence of widespread illegal hunting of waterfowl in England despite partial regulation of the use of lead shotgun ammunition.

Published online: 14 May 2022

Authors: Stroud, D. A. & Pain, D. J. & Green, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Shooting of birds using lead shotgun ammunition was legal for all quarry species in the UK until 1st September 1999, when the Environmental Protection...

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Sanitary versus environmental policies: fitting together two pieces of the puzzle of European vulture conservation.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Margalida, A. & Donázar, J. A. & Carrete, M. & Sánchez-Zapata, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Between 1996 and 2000 the appearance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy swiftly became one of the most serious public health and political crises con...

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Riparian arthropod responses to flow regulation and river channelization.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Paetzold, A. & Yoshimura, C. & Tockner, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Alterations to river flow and morphology widely impact riverine habitats. Little is known about the consequences of such alterations on riparian arthr...

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Ecosystem service trade-offs resulting from woody plant removal vary with biome, encroachment stage and removal method.

Published online: 21 May 2024

Authors: Ding JingYi & Eldridge, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant removal is used widely to restore systems encroached by woody plants and to improve ecosystem health and human well-being. However, the effects ...

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Predicting plant species' responses to river regulation: the role of water level fluctuations.

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Leyer, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One of the main targets of river regulation with dams and dykes is the stabilization of highly fluctuating water tables. While there is information ab...

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Widespread and major losses in multiple ecosystem services as a result of agricultural expansion in the Argentine chaco.

Published online: 04 Jan 2021

Authors: Barral, M. P. & Villarino, S. & Levers, C. & Baumann, M. & Kuemmerle, T. & Mastrangelo, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Where agriculture expands into tropical and subtropical forests, social-ecological impacts are typically strong. However, where and how frontier devel...

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Managers and shorebird biologists' perceptions of enforcement and voluntary compliance techniques to increase compliance with dog regulations on beaches.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Dayer, A. A. & Everly, J. & Comber, C. A. & Gore, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Disturbance to shorebirds by domestic dogs can cause direct and indirect bird mortality. Dog regulations to minimize disturbance are only effective if...

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Comparison of ammonia regulation in Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark: legal framework.

Published online: 25 Jul 2018

Authors: Anker, H. T. & Baaner, L. & Backes, C. & Keessen, A. & Möckel, S.

Content type: Bulletin

This comparative report is based on the findings in three national reports from Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands elaborated as part of a study of ...

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