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Do wildlife crossing structures mitigate the barrier effect of roads on animal movement? A global assessment.

Published online: 18 Jun 2024

Authors: Soanes, K. & Rytwinski, T. & Fahrig, L. & Huijser, M. P. & Jaeger, J. A. G. & Teixeira, F. Z. & Ree, R. van der & Grift, E. A. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The widespread impacts of roads on animal movement have led to the search for innovative mitigation tools. Wildlife crossing structures (tunnels or br...

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Ex situ cultivation entails high risk of seed dormancy loss on short-lived wild plant species.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Ensslin, A. & Vyver, A. van de & Vanderborght, T. & Godefroid, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in life-history traits such as seed dormancy during cultivation of wild plant species in ex situ facilities could jeopardize conservation acti...

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Cause for caution: response to forum contribution by van der Meer and Folmer.

Published online: 05 Mar 2024

Authors: Piersma, T. & Koolhaas, A. & Gils, J. A. van & Dekinga, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Triggered by the disappearance of the bivalve-eating red knots Calidris canutus from feeding areas in the western Dutch Wadden Sea after these interti...

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Assessing river biotic condition at a continental scale: a European approach using functional metrics and fish assemblages.

Published online: 03 May 2006

Authors: Pont, D. & Hugueny, B. & Beier, U. & Goffaux, D. & Melcher, A. & Noble, R. & Rogers, C. & Roset, N. & Schmutz, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The need for sensitive biological measures of aquatic ecosystem integrity applicable at large spatial scales has been highlighted by the implementatio...

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What are the links between tree-based farming and dietary quality for rural households? A review of emerging evidence in low- and middle-income countries.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Vansant, E. C. & Mausch, K. & Ickowitz, A. & McMullin, S. & Karanja, A. & Rasmussen, L. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

In most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), conventional agricultural policy promotes specialized production systems of carbohydrate-rich crops ...

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Reducing risky interactions: identifying barriers to the successful management of human-wildlife conflict in an urban parkland.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Griffin, L. L. & Haigh, A. & Conteddu, K. & Andaloc, M. & McDonnell, P. & Ciuti, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Managing activities that result in human-wildlife conflict is a challenging goal for modern scientists and managers. In recent years, the self-motivat...

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Are weed population dynamics chaotic?

Published online: 13 Nov 2002

Authors: Freckleton, R. P. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There have been suggestions that the population dynamics of weeds may show chaotic dynamics, and that therefore it will not be possible to predict the...

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Effects of habitat amount and isolation on biodiversity in fragmented traditional orchards.

Published online: 29 Sep 2010

Authors: Bailey, D. & Schmidt-Entling, M. H. & Eberhart, P. & Herrmann, J. D. & Hofer, G. & Kormann, U. & Herzog, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat fragmentation is a major threat to biodiversity and can lead to the loss of both species and ecosystem services, but fragmentation effects var...

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How do natural changes in flow magnitude affect fish abundance and diversity in temperate regions? A systematic review protocol.

Published online: 29 Sep 2021

Authors: Birnie-Gauvin, K. & Rytwinski, T. & Harper, M. & Taylor, J. J. & Smith, A. & Smokorowski, K. E. & Turgeon, K. & Bradford, M. J. & Cooke, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Natural flow regimes play important roles in maintaining the ecological integrity and diversity of aquatic ecosystems. Wildlife has adapted over ti...

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Abundance of an economically important nematode parasite increased in Puget Sound between 1930 and 2016: evidence from museum specimens confirms historical data.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Howard, I. & Davis, E. & Lippert, G. & Quinn, T. P. & Wood, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Does disturbance increase or decrease parasite transmission among wildlife hosts? Ecologists cannot answer this controversial question, in part becaus...

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