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Changes in the users of the social-ecological system around a reciprocal human-dolphin relationship.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Cantor, M. & Santos-Silva, B. & Daura-Jorge, F. G. & Machado, A. M. S. & Peterson, D. & Da-Rosa, D. X. & Simões-Lopes, P. C. & Valle-Pereira, J. V. S. & Zank, S. & Hanazaki, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

In contrast to many contemporary negative human-nature relationships, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities have stewarded nature through cultural ...

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Targeted prey fields determine foraging effort thresholds of a marine diver: important cues for the sustainable management of fisheries.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: McInnes, A. M. & Ryan, P. G. & Lacerda, M. & Pichegru, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding functional relationships between seabirds and prey can play an important role in the sustainable management of fisheries that compete fo...

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Institutional amnesia pushes fish spawning aggregations towards extirpation.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Fulton, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

How institutions create and manage knowledge has been explored in the context of management and business science. However, little effort has been made...

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Disentangling global market drivers for cephalopods to foster transformations towards sustainable seafood systems.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Ainsworth, G. B. & Pita, P. & Rodrigues, J. G. & Pita, C. & Roumbedakis, K. & Fonseca, T. & Castelo, D. & Longo, C. & Power, A. M. & Pierce, G. J. & Villasante, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Aquatic food systems are important contributors to global food security to satisfy an intensifying demand for protein-based diets, but global economic...

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Estimating enhanced fish production on restored shellfish reefs using automated data collection from underwater videos.

Published online: 13 Jul 2024

Authors: Connolly, R. M. & Herrera, C. & Rasmussen, J. & Buelow, C. A. & Sievers, M. & Jinks, K. I. & Brown, C. J. & Lopez-Marcano, S. & Sherman, C. D. H. & Martínez-Baena, F. & Martin, B. & Baring, R. & Reeves, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shellfish reefs across the world have been heavily degraded by mechanical harvesting, disease and declining water quality. In southern Australia, wher...

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Optimized fishing through periodically harvested closures.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Carvalho, P. G. & Jupiter, S. D. & Januchowski-Hartley, F. A. & Goetze, J. & Claudet, J. & Weeks, R. & Humphries, A. & White, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Periodically harvested closures are a widespread, centuries-old form of fisheries management that protects fish between pulse harvests and can generat...

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Re-evaluating the sensitivity of habitats to climate change.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Staddon, P. & Thompson, P. & Short, C.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the results of an expert led assessment that refines the understanding of the sensitivity of habitats to climate change. Using th...

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Effects of predator control on behaviour of an apex predator and indirect consequences for mesopredator suppression.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Brook, L. A. & Johnson, C. N. & Ritchie, E. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Apex predators can benefit ecosystems through top-down control of mesopredators and herbivores. However, apex predators are often subject to lethal co...

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A decision support tool to prioritize ballast water compliance monitoring by ranking risk of non-indigenous species establishment.

Published online: 08 Mar 2021

Authors: Bradie, J. N. & Bailey, S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite the availability of research which has direct applications to environmental management, there is often a disconnect between scientific researc...

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Mechanisms driving avoidance of non-native plants by lizards.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Valentine, L. E. & Roberts, B. & Schwarzkopf, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Introduced plant species modify the environment and alter ecological interactions in communities, often to the detriment of native fauna, but the caus...

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