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Consequences of pastoral abandonment for the structure and diversity of the alpine avifauna.

Published online: 16 Jun 2004

Authors: Laiolo, P. & Dondero, F. & Ciliento, E. & Rolando, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is a long-term trend of depopulation of rural areas and pasture abandonment throughout the Alps. This trend peaked after the Second World War an...

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Deforestation and the population decline of the army ant Dorylus wilverthi in western Kenya over the last century.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Peters, M. K. & Lung, T. & Schaab, G. & Wägele, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It is important to document changes in the population sizes of species to justify and implement conservation programmes. This is often hampered by the...

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The importance of core habitat for a threatened species in changing landscapes.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Herse, M. R. & With, K. A. & Boyle, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat loss, fragmentation, and alteration of the landscape matrix are interdependent processes, collectively responsible for most recent species ext...

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A before-after control-impact experiment reveals that culling reduces the impacts of invasive deer on endangered peatlands.

Published online: 05 Mar 2024

Authors: Comte, S. & Bengsen, A. J. & Thomas, E. & Bennett, A. & Davis, N. E. & Brown, D. & Forsyth, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive deer have undesirable impacts on native ecosystems. Culling is commonly used to reduce those impacts, but is expensive and sometimes controve...

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Unpalatable plants facilitate tree sapling survival in wooded pastures.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Smit, C. & Ouden, J. den & Müller-Schärer, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In endangered wooded pasture ecosystems established tree saplings are frequently found in spatial association with protective structures, suggesting n...

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Improving the spatial inland wetland data for National Wetland Map 5 in South Africa to inform policy and decision-making.

Published online: 04 Sep 2019

Authors: Mbona, N. & Rivers-Moore, N. & Deventer, H. van & Skowno, A. & Kotze, D. & Dinala, K.

Content type: Bulletin

It is widely agreed that it is a high priority to achieve an accurate map of South Africa's wetlands. Such a map will provide a critical baseline into...

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Restoration of endangered fen communities: the ambiguity of iron-phosphorus binding and phosphorus limitation.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Emsens, W. J. & Aggenbach, C. J. S. & Smolders, A. J. P. & Zak, D. & Diggelen, R. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Low phosphorus (P) availability limits plant biomass production in fens, which is a prerequisite for the persistence of many endangered plant species....

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Conditions favouring Bromus tectorum dominance of endangered sagebrush steppe ecosystems.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Reisner, M. D. & Grace, J. B. & Pyke, D. A. & Doescher, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem invasibility is determined by combinations of environmental variables, invader attributes, disturbance regimes, competitive abilities of res...

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Tourism in protected areas can threaten wild populations: from individual response to population viability of the chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Kerbiriou, C. & Viol, I. le & Robert, A. & Porcher, E. & Gourmelon, F. & Julliard, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many protected areas are now faced with increasing pressure from visitors and tourism development. There is thus an urgent need for conservation biolo...

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Finite study areas and vital rates: sampling effects on estimates of spotted owl survival and population trends.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Zimmerman, G. S. & Gutiérrez, R. J. & Lahaye, W. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Evaluating the status of endangered wildlife depends upon well-designed field studies. Finances and logistics often constrain field studies to finite ...

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