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Modelling wildlife-human relationships for social species with mixed-effects resource selection models.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Hebblewhite, M. & Merrill, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resource selection functions (RSF) have contributed to the conservation of species negatively affected by human activities. Despite these applications...

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Soil drainage facilitates earthworm invasion and subsequent carbon loss from peatland soil.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Wu XinWei & Cao Rui & Wei Xue & Xi XinQiang & Shi PeiLi & Eisenhauer, N. & Sun ShuCun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human activities have been a significant driver of environmental changes with tremendous consequences for carbon (C) dynamics. Peatlands are critical ...

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Post-war changes in arable farming and biodiversity in Great Britain.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Robinson, R. A. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agriculture represents the dominant land use throughout much of western Europe, and a significant part of European biodiversity is associated with thi...

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Comparing strategies for controlling an African pest rodent: an empirically based theoretical study.

Published online: 03 Jan 2002

Authors: Stenseth, N. C. & Leirs, H. & Mercelis, S. & Mwanjabe, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Small rodents in general and the multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis [Praomys natalensis]) in particular cause major economic losses in natural gras...

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Insect seed-predator networks respond positively to restoration on a tropical island.

Published online: 02 Dec 2024

Authors: Costa, A. & Heleno, R. & Dufrene, Y. & Huckle, E. & Mendes, S. B. & Whittington, A. E. & Veen, F. J. F. van & Kaiser-Bunbury, C. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When non-native species invade ecosystems, coevolved plant-animal interactions and associated ecological functions are altered, often to the detriment...

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Vegetation community selection by ungulates on the Isle of Rhum. II. Vegetation community selection.

Published online: 31 Mar 1990

Authors: Gordon, I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The seasonal pattern of vegetation community use and selection by free-ranging cattle, red deer, goats and ponies on the Isle of Rhum, Scotland in 198...

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birds and insects respond differently to combinations of semi-natural features in farm landscapes.

Published online: 05 Nov 2022

Authors: Hall, M. A. & Nimmo, D. G. & Bennett, A. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Semi-natural features among farmland have a key role in maintaining wildlife in rural landscapes. Practical conservation requires knowledge of which c...

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Within-year and among-year variation in impacts of targeted conservation management on juvenile survival in a threatened population.

Published online: 20 Dec 2021

Authors: Fenn, S. R. & Bignal, E. M. & Bignal, S. & Trask, A. E. & McCracken, D. I. & Monaghan, P. & Reid, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Overall impacts of targeted conservation interventions on population growth rate (λ) will depend on within-year and among-year variation in exposure o...

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Linking agricultural policies to population trends of Swedish farmland birds in different agricultural regions.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Wretenberg, J. & Lindström, Å. & Svensson, S. & Pärt, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The widespread declines of farmland birds have generally been linked to agricultural intensification. We tested the hypotheses that (i) changes in agr...

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The relative effects of raptor predation and shooting on overwinter mortality of grey partridges in the United Kingdom.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Watson, M. & Aebischer, N. J. & Potts, G. R. & Ewald, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Factual information is key to resolving conflicts between raptor conservation and gamebird management, especially when the conservation status of one ...

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