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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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Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines.

Published online: 21 Feb 2025

Authors: Montabaranom, J. & Gillespie, D. & Longden, E. & Rapson, K. & Holoborodko, A. & Sparling, C. & Hastie, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tidally energetic habitats are used by a range of marine mammals, including pinnipeds. These areas are also important to the tidal energy industry, le...

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Invasion stress mitigates climate stress in a brackish marsh amphipod.

Published online: 03 Mar 2025

Authors: Haworth, L. E. & Nancollas, S. & Landa, S. N. & Todgham, A. E. & Tanner, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organisms in coastal brackish ecosystems face not only highly variable environmental conditions, but the intensity and stochasticity of these environm...

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The forgotten forests: incorporating temperate peat-forming wet woodlands as nature-based solutions into policy and practice.

Published online: 04 Jul 2024

Authors: Milner, A. M. & Baird, A. J. & Davidson, S. J. & Lines, E. R. & Abrahams, D. & Ahiable, C. A. E. & Barsoum, N. & Bryant, M. & Dear, E. & Diack, I. & Duley, E. & Noach, A. & Roland, T. P. & Smedley, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Peat-forming wet woodlands (forested wetlands) are naturally occurring carbon-dense ecosystems that have considerable potential to form an important p...

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The perceived ecological and human well-being benefits of ecosystem restoration.

Published online: 17 Apr 2024

Authors: Jurjonas, M. & May, C. A. & Cardinale, B. & Kyriakakis, S. & Pearsall, D. R. & Doran, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Traditionally, ecosystem restoration has focussed on standard ecological indicators like water or habitat quality, species population abundance or veg...

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Spatial restrictions hinder avoidance of choke species in an indigenous rights-based fishery.

Published online: 22 Mar 2024

Authors: English, P. A. & Picco, C. M. & Edwards, J. C. & Haggarty, D. R. & Forrest, R. E. & Anderson, S. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Nutrient-rich waters along the Pacific coast of North America support diverse fish communities that have helped sustain coastal peoples for millennia....

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Using salt marshes for coastal protection: effective but hard to get where needed most.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Marin-Diaz, B. & Wal, D. van der & Kaptein, L. & Martinez-Garcia, P. & Lashley, C. H. & Jong, K. de & Nieuwenhuis, J. W. & Govers, L. L. & Olff, H. & Bouma, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Salt marshes fronting coastal structures, such as seawalls and dikes, may offer important ecosystem-based coastal defence by reducing the wave loading...

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The impact of waterfowl foraging on the decomposition of rice straw: mutual benefits for rice growers and waterfowl.

Published online: 05 Jan 2001

Authors: Bird, J. A. & Pettygrove, G. S. & Eadie, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent legislation in California, USA, has restricted traditional open-field burning of rice straw residues, leading farmers to adopt alternative meth...

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

Published online: 16 May 2023

Authors: Rytwinski, T. & Lin, H. Y. & Harper, M. & Smokorowski, K. E. & Smith, A. & Reid, J. L. & Taylor, J. J. & Birnie-Gauvin, K. & Bradford, M. J. & Crossman, J. A. & Kavanagh, R. & Lapointe, N. W. R. & Turgeon, K. & Cooke, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

We conducted a systematic review on the impacts of natural causes of variation or changes in flow magnitude (resulting from climatic variability and b...

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Grassland nature reserves safeguard a high species richness and biomass of grasshoppers.

Published online: 01 Dec 2024

Authors: Poniatowski, D. & Weißgräber, V. & Drung, M. & Freienstein, F. M. & Kettermann, M. & Scherer, G. & Fartmann, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the course of land-use change, especially since the mid-20th century, the area of semi-natural (unimproved) grasslands has dramatically decreased. ...

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