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The importance of transport hubs in stepping-stone invasions.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Floerl, O. & Inglis, G. J. & Dey, K. & Smith, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological invasions are characterized by occasional long-distance, human-assisted dispersal. Centres of human transportation that are connected by tr...

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The ecological challenge of immunocontraception: editor's introduction.

Published online: 10 Apr 2002

Authors: Barlow, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. The problems of vertebrate pests are greater now than ever before, with vertebrate control constrained by problems of humaneness, scale and environ...

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Biological control using sterilizing viruses: host suppression and competition between viruses in nonspatial models.

Published online: 10 Apr 2002

Authors: Hood, G. M. & Chesson, P. & Pech, R. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Research is currently underway to develop genetically engineered viruses that can sterilize pest animals. The technique, known as viral-vectored im...

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Exposure of non-target small mammals to rodenticides: short-term effects, recovery and implications for secondary poisoning.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Brakes, C. R. & Smith, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Monitoring of exposure to pesticides in many countries shows extensive exposure of predators to anticoagulant rodenticides, which are used to control ...

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Vegetation-site relationships of roadside plant communities in West Virginia, USA.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Rentch, J. S. & Fortney, R. H. & Stephenson, S. L. & Adams, H. S. & Grafton, W. N. & Anderson, J. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In mountainous regions, road construction is accompanied by large-scale physical disturbance associated with cut and fill operations that drastically ...

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Using selective food plants to maximize biological control of vineyard pests.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Begum, M. & Gurr, G. M. & Wratten, S. D. & Hedberg, P. R. & Nicol, H. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat manipulation is important for enhancing biological control of arthropod pests, but identification of selective food plants that benefit only n...

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Heterogeneous grazing causes local extinction of edible perennial shrubs: a matrix analysis.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Hunt, L. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population modelling and field measurements of births, growth and mortality were used to investigate the long-term change in abundance of Atriplex ves...

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The impact of a root-crown weevil and pasture competition on the winter annual Echium plantagineum.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Sheppard, A. W. & Smyth, M. J. & Swirepik, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Root-feeding insect herbivores may suppress their host populations by altering the competitive balances within the plant community of the host-plant. ...

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Quality of cavity microclimate as a factor influencing selection of maternity roosts by a tree-dwelling bat, Chalinolobus tuberculatus, in New Zealand.

Published online: 15 Aug 2001

Authors: Sedgeley, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cavity quality is important for the productivity and survival of many species of tree-dwelling wildlife. Intensive land management practices, such as ...

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A LANDSAT MSS-derived fire history of Kakadu National Park, monsoonal northern Australia, 1980-94: seasonal extent, frequency and patchiness.

Published online: 23 Jul 1997

Authors: Russell-Smith, J. & Ryan, P. G. & Durieu, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A 15-year fire history (1980-94) was assembled for Kakadu National Park, a 20 000 km2 World Heritage property in monsoonal northern Australia, based o...

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