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Body condition and ranging behaviour of blackface hill sheep in relation to lamb survival.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Hewson, R. & Verkaik, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Factors affecting the production and survival of lambs, including vulnerability to predation, were studied in a flock of about 850 Blackface hill shee...

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Are fish sensitive to trawling recovering in the Northeast Atlantic?

Published online: 25 Nov 2020

Authors: Rindorf, A. & Gislason, H. & Burns, F. & Ellis, J. R. & Reid, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The protection of sensitive species from overfishing is a key aspect of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management. We use life-history parameters...

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Acidity fluctuations at a broadland site in Norfolk.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Gosling, L. M. & Baker, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In November 1970 the acidity of Calthorpe broad in Norfolk, and some adjacent ditches, changed abruptly from near-neutrality to just above pH 3. Most ...

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Population dynamics and larval establishment of Sitona discoideus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand lucerne.

Published online: 08 Jun 1988

Authors: Goldson, S. L. & Frampton, E. R. & Proffitt, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population data on Sitona discoideus collected from young lucerne in Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1982-86 were analysed using life tables. Manipulated ...

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Biological-based habitat classification approaches promote cost-efficient monitoring: an example using seabed assemblages.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Cooper, K. M. & Bolam, S. G. & Downie, A. L. & Barry, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seabed habitat maps can help facilitate the management of marine environments. A variety of approaches exist for seabed habitat classification. Most p...

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What does urbanization actually mean? A framework for urban metrics in wildlife research.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Moll, R. J. & Cepek, J. D. & Lorch, P. D. & Dennis, P. M. & Tans, E. & Robison, T. & Millspaugh, J. J. & Montgomery, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Extensive research has demonstrated that urbanization strongly alters ecological processes, often perniciously. However, quantifying the magnitude of ...

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Implications of overfishing of frugivorous fishes for cryptic function loss in a neotropical floodplain.

Published online: 22 Jul 2021

Authors: Araujo, J. M. & Correa, S. B. & Penha, J. & Anderson, J. & Traveset, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many frugivorous animals act simultaneously as seed predators and dispersers, and shifts in the abundance and mean phenotype of the frugivore populati...

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American eel personality and body length influence passage success in an experimental fishway.

Published online: 27 Dec 2021

Authors: Mensinger, M. A. & Brehm, A. M. & Mortelliti, A. & Blomberg, E. J. & Zydlewski, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Millions of dams impair watershed connectivity across the globe and have severely affected migratory fish populations. Fishways offer upstream passage...

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Evaluation of farm programmes in the 2014 US farm bill: a review of the literature.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Content type: Bulletin

Main changes to US farm programmes under the 2014 Farm Bill aim to strengthen instruments for risk management, both in commodity and in crop insurance...

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Fuzzy cognitive mapping for predicting hydromorphological responses to multiple pressures in rivers.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Lorenz, S. & Martinez-Fernández, V. & Alonso, C. & Mosselman, E. & García de Jalón, D. & González del Tánago, M. & Belletti, B. & Hendriks, D. & Wolter, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Different pressures often co-occur in rivers and act simultaneously on important processes and variables. This complicates the diagnosis of hydromorph...

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