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Collateral benefits of targeted supplementary feeding on demography and growth rate of a threatened population.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Fenn, S. R. & Bignal, E. M. & Trask, A. E. & McCracken, D. I. & Monaghan, P. & Reid, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effective evidence-based conservation requires full quantification of the impacts of targeted management interventions on focal populations. Such impa...

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Differences in the capture rate of cage-trapped red foxes Vulpes vulpes and an evaluation of rabies control measures in Britain.

Published online: 17 Oct 2001

Authors: Baker, P. J. & Harris, S. & Robertson, C. P. J. & Saunders, G. & White, P. C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Methods used to control canids may differ in their relative effectiveness and how they 'sample' age and sex classes. However, there is little informat...

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Population responses to sterility imposed on female European rabbits.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Williams, C. K. & Davey, C. C. & Moore, R. J. & Hinds, L. A. & Silvers, L. E. & Kerr, P. J. & French, N. & Hood, G. M. & Pech, R. P. & Krebs, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Additional methods are needed in Australia to control the European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus, which continues to destroy valued native flora. A con...

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Population structure of the rare, long-lived perennial Gentiana pneumonanthe in relation to vegetation and management in the Netherlands.

Published online: 14 Oct 1994

Authors: Oostermeijer, J. G. B. & Veer, R. van't & Nijs, J. C. M. den

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Analysis of population age-state spectra of Gentiana pneumonanthe in a variety of vegetation types (principally wet heathlands and unmanured hay meado...

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Habitat utilization in a stratified upland landscape by two lagomorphs with different feeding strategies.

Published online: 10 Aug 1996

Authors: Hulbert, I. A. R. & Iason, G. R. & Racey, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) are summer grazers that switch to browse in winter, while rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) eat mostly grasses throughout...

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Assessing the population impacts and cost-effectiveness of a conservation translocation.

Published online: 02 Oct 2021

Authors: Yackulic, C. B. & Haverbeke, D. R. van & Dzul, M. & Bair, L. & Young, K. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managers often move, or translocate, organisms into habitats that are assumed to be suitable; however, the consequences of these translocations are us...

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The impacts of management interventions on the sociality of African lions (Panthera leo): implications for lion conservation.

Published online: 15 Jun 2022

Authors: McEvoy, O. K. & Ferreira, S. M. & Parker, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

African lion (Panthera leo) populations normally consist of several neighbouring prides and multiple adult males or groups of males that interact comp...

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Effects of intensive harvesting on moose reproduction.

Published online: 03 Nov 2000

Authors: Laurian, C. & Ouellet, J. P. & Courtois, R. & Breton, L. & St-Onge, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It has been hypothesized that a balanced adult sex ratio is necessary for the full participation of ungulate females in reproduction and therefore hig...

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Predicting reintroduction costs for wildlife populations under anthropogenic stress.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Hilbers, J. P. & Huijbregts, M. A. J. & Schipper, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In conservation decision-making, it is important to have information not only on the likely effectiveness of conservation actions, but also on the cor...

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The distribution and population regulation of the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus on field boundaries of pastoral farmland.

Published online: 29 Jun 1995

Authors: Montgomery, W. I. & Dowie, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The population characteristics and distribution of wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) were investigated along field margins of farmland in Northern Irela...

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