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NatureScot Research Report 1279 - Analysis of Basking Shark Watch Database 1987 to 2020.

Published online: 13 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Pikesley, S. K. & Hawkes, L. A. & Witt, M. J. & Carruthers, M.

Content type: Reports

This report provides an update on the Basking Shark Watch (BSW) public sightings scheme, which has recorded 17,697 surface sightings of basking sharks...

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NatureScot Research Report 1280 - Inshore Wintering Waterfowl in Moray Firth Special Protection Area - 2019/20 digital aerial surveys and comparative analyses of aerial and shore-based surveys.

Published online: 17 Nov 2024

Published by: NatureScot

Authors: Scott, M. S. & Humphries, G. & Irvin, C. & Peters-Grundy, R. & Vilela, R. & Southward, B. & Thompson, K.

Content type: Reports

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NatureScot Opinion Survey 2022.

Published online: 23 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Stewart, D. & Eccleston, J.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the findings from a nationally representative online survey of the Scottish adult population in November 2022, which was designed...

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Modelling the long-term sustainability of indigenous hunting in Manu National Park, Peru: landscape-scale management implications for Amazonia.

Published online: 05 Aug 2009

Authors: Levi, T. & Shepard, G. H., Jr. & Ohl-Schacherer, J. & Peres, C. A. & Yu, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Widespread hunting throughout Amazonia threatens the persistence of large primates and other vertebrates. Most studies have used models of limited val...

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Riparian reserves protect butterfly communities in selectively logged tropical forest.

Published online: 27 Jul 2022

Authors: Montejo-Kovacevich, G. & Marsh, C. J. & Smith, S. H. & Peres, C. A. & Edwards, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Selective logging is the most widespread habitat disturbance in tropical forests. Primary forest set-asides along riparian zones are mandated in many ...

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Seascape connectivity of temperate fishes between estuarine nursery areas and open coastal reefs.

Published online: 04 Aug 2022

Authors: Swadling, D. S. & Knott, N. A. & Taylor, M. D. & Coleman, M. A. & Davis, A. R. & Rees, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While estuaries are considered valuable nurseries for many harvested fish species, little quantitative data exist about the spatial scales over which ...

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Responses of grassland invertebrates to management by cutting. IV. Positive responses of Auchenorhyncha.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Morris, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The increase in numbers of Auchenorhyncha following cutting of an Arrhenatherum grassland were recorded in a field experiment at a nature reserve in e...

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Changes in the vegetation at Coom Rigg Moss national nature reserve within the period 1958-86.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Chapman, S. B. & Rose, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The area surrounding Coom Rigg Moss (a peatland National Nature Reserve) was planted with conifers in the 1950s. The results of surveys conducted in 1...

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NatureScot opinion survey 2023.

Published online: 23 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: McGregor, D. & Strachan, V.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the findings from a nationally representative online survey of the Scottish adult population in November 2023, which was designed...

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Nature Nurtures: Wild Walks Pilot.

Published online: 15 May 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Montgomery, L. & Fox, E. & McNally, L. & Benjamin-Wand, B. & Fatinikun, R.

Content type: Reports

Greenspace access, engagement and nature connection are all key factors that support physical and mental health and wellbeing. Although this is widely...

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