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Varying the spatial arrangement of synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles and companion plants to improve conservation biological control.

Published online: 17 Aug 2020

Authors: Jaworski, C. C. & Xiao Da & Xu QingXuan & Ramirez-Romero, R. & Guo XiaoJun & Wang Su & Desneux, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation biological control aims to control pests by promoting wild populations of natural enemies. One challenge is to attract and retain efficie...

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Human-habitat associations in the native distributions of alien bird species.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Cardador, L. & Blackburn, T. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The role of human tolerance is increasingly being proposed as a key driver of invasion success by alien species. Human-habitat associations may facili...

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Weighting effective number of species measures by abundance weakens detection of diversity responses.

Published online: 20 Jul 2020

Authors: Cao Yong & Hawkins, C. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effective number of species (ENS) has been proposed as a robust measure of species diversity that overcomes several limitations in terms of both d...

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Evaluating European LIFE conservation projects: improvements in survival of an endangered vulture.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Badia-Boher, J. A. & Sanz-Aguilar, A. & Riva, M. de la & Gangoso, L. & Overveld, T. van & García-Alfonso, M. & Luzardo, O. P. & Suarez-Pérez, A. & Donázar, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Long-lived avian scavengers are threatened worldwide and thus, are common targets of conservation plans. However, scientific evidence of both the f...

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Measuring the surrogacy potential of charismatic megafauna species across taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity on a megadiverse island.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Sibarani, M. C. & Marco, M. di & Rondinini, C. & Kark, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation organisations and governments often use charismatic megafauna as surrogates to represent broader biodiversity. While these species are pr...

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Ground-truthing of a fish-based environmental DNA metabarcoding method for assessing the quality of lakes.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Li JianLong & Hatton-Ellis, T. W. & Handley, L. J. L. & Kimbell, H. S. & Benucci, M. & Peirson, G. & Hänfling, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Accurate, cost-effective monitoring of fish is required to assess the quality of lakes under the European Water Framework Directive. Recent studies ha...

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Assessing the effect of predator control on an endangered goose population subjected to predator-mediated food web dynamics.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Marolla, F. & Aarvak, T. & Øien, I. J. & Mellard, J. P. & Henden, J. A. & Hamel, S. & Stien, A. & Tveraa, T. & Yoccoz, N. G. & Ims, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Assessing the effectiveness of conservation actions to halt population declines is challenging when confounded by other factors. We assessed whether c...

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Depth-to-water mediates bryophyte response to harvesting in boreal forests.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Bartels, S. F. & James, R. S. & Caners, R. T. & MacDonald, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Site moisture is an important component of the forest landscape for maintaining biodiversity, including forest-floor bryophytes. However, little is kn...

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Species richness of polypores can be increased by supplementing dead wood resource into a boreal forest landscape.

Published online: 20 Jul 2020

Authors: Elo, M. & Halme, P. & Toivanen, T. & Kotiaho, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To prevent local species extinction and to counteract population declines, we must ensure species have access to resources they require for life. This...

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The impact of uncertainty on cooperation intent in a conservation conflict.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Pollard, C. R. J. & Redpath, S. & Bussière, L. F. & Keane, A. & Thompson, des B. A. & Young, J. C. & Bunnefeld, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stakeholder cooperation can be vital in managing conservation conflicts. Laboratory experiments show cooperation is less likely in the presence of unc...

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