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Climate, invasive species and land use drive population dynamics of a cold-water specialist.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Kovach, R. P. & Al-Chokhachy, R. & Whited, D. C. & Schmetterling, D. A. & Dux, A. M. & Muhlfeld, C. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change is an additional stressor in a complex suite of threats facing freshwater biodiversity, particularly for cold-water fishes. Research ad...

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MIT climate resilience planning: flood vulnerability study.

Published online: 10 Jul 2019

Authors: Strzepek, K. & Fant, C. & Preston, M. & Emanuel, K. & Goldberg, B.

Content type: Bulletin

The MIT Flood Vulnerability Study is one key part of a broader initiative led by the MIT Climate Resiliency Committee and the MIT Office of Sustainabi...

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FAR-sighted conservation.

Published online: 17 Jan 2023

Authors: Thomas, C. D. & Hill, J. K. & Ward, C. & Hatfield, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

(1). Conservation targets that reference historical expectations, such as maintaining specified areas of intact ecosystems, restoring degraded ones or...

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Can pasture-fed livestock farming practices improve the ecological condition of grassland in Great Britain?

Published online: 18 Feb 2023

Authors: Norton, L. R. & Maskell, L. C. & Wagner, M. & Wood, C. M. & Pinder, A. P. & Brentegani, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Livestock farming in Great Britain (GB) faces multiple pressures. Yet, grassland managed for livestock is the most extensive habitat in GB and is key ...

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Defining eradication units to control invasive pests.

Published online: 19 Jan 2005

Authors: Robertson, B. C. & Gemmell, N. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pest eradication is an important facet of conservation and ecological restoration and has been applied successfully to invasive rat species on offshor...

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Canadian Wildland Fire Strategy: a 10-year review and renewed call to action.

Published online: 22 Mar 2017

Published by: Canada, Canadian Council of Forest Ministers

Content type: Miscellaneous

Over the past 10 years, Canada has witnessed a serious and sustained increase in extreme wildland fire behaviour and wildland-urban interface (WUI) ev...

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Ecological traps for large-scale invasive species control: predicting settling rules by recolonising American mink post-culling.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Melero, Y. & Cornulier, T. & Oliver, M. K. & Lambin, X.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management programmes seeking to reduce the density of invasive species must overcome compensatory processes, such as recolonisation by dispersers fro...

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Related plant species respond similarly to chronic anthropogenic disturbance: implications for conservation decision-making.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Martínez-Blancas, A. & Paz, H. & Salazar, G. A. & Martorell, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many developing countries harbour large numbers of species that face little-understood, gradual changes in their environment, including chronic anthro...

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Vulnerability of moorland plant communities to environmental change: consequences of realistic species loss on functional diversity.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Sasaki, T. & Katabuchi, M. & Kamiyama, C. & Shimazaki, M. & Nakashizuka, T. & Hikosaka, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the consequences of realistic species loss on the functioning and persistence of vulnerable ecosystems is key to devising conservation s...

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Review of climate screening approaches and tools for agricultural investment: areas for action and opportunities to add value.

Published online: 06 Dec 2017

Authors: Brown, D. R.

Content type: Bulletin

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Climate Risk Management Flagship aims to enable the transition tow...

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