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Foraging choices of vampire bats in diverse landscapes: potential implications for land-use change and disease transmission.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Streicker, D. G. & Allgeier, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Latin America, the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus is the primary reservoir of rabies, a zoonotic virus that kills thousands of livestock annu...

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Capturing individual-level parameters of influenza A virus dynamics in wild ducks using multistate models.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Avril, A. & Grosbois, V. & Latorre-Margalef, N. & Gaidet, N. & Tolf, C. & Olsen, B. & Waldenström, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Disease prevalence in wildlife is governed by epidemiological parameters (infection and recovery rates) and response to infection, both of which vary ...

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Shifting more-than-human relationships amidst social-ecological disturbance.

Published online: 13 Nov 2024

Authors: Visnic, O. & Maurer, M. & Yoon, L. & Cook, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Social-ecological disruptions, such as changing climate, extreme weather-related events and the COVID-19 pandemic, can have cascading and long-term co...

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Caretaking, accomplishment and connection to nature: the 'gardening triad' and its role in new community gardeners' engagement, and social and emotional well-being.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Authors: Alaimo, K. & Coringrato, E. & Lacy, K. & Hébert, J. R. & Beavers, A. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Understanding how activities in natural settings, such as gardening, improve health and well-being is important for designing nature-based health inte...

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Deforestation changes the effectiveness of bed nets for malaria control.

Published online: 27 Jan 2025

Authors: Estifanos, T. K. & Fisher, B. & Ricketts, T. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Land use changes such as deforestation and the degradation of tropical forests can be key drivers of infectious disease, including malaria. However, p...

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The influence of environmental factors and management on stands of Phragmites australis. I. Effects of burning, frost and insect damage on shoot density and shoot size.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Toorn, J. van der & Mook, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The viability of a common reed, Phragmites australis, was determined in an experimental field in the Netherlands over a period of 5 years, the aim bei...

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South Somerset SSSIs: a study of neutral grassland succession.

Published online: 23 Jul 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Gibson, C. W. D.

Content type: Reports

This report details studies of fields of known ages and past treatment within a narrow compass of countryside in Somerset, near the border with Dorset...

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Roads and forest edges facilitate yellow fever virus dispersion.

Published online: 12 Mar 2022

Authors: Prist, P. R. & Tambos, L. R. & Mucci, L. F. & Pinter, A. & Souza, R. P. de & Muylaert, R. de L. & Rhodes, J. R. & Comin, C. H. & Costa, L. da F. & D'Agostini, T. L. & Deus, J. T. de & Pavão, M. & Port-Carvalho, M. & Saad, L. del C. & Sallum, M. A. M. & Spinola, R. M. F. & Metzger, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landscape connectivity is important for a wide range of ecological processes, including to disease spread, once it describes the degree to which lands...

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Making sense of wildlife habitat use on active oil sands mines: quasi-experiments, occupancy models, trends assessments and upland habitat reclamation.

Published online: 19 Aug 2024

Authors: Hawkes, V. C. & Gibeau, P. & Challenger, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Intensive resource extraction activity in the oil sands of Canada alters the quantity, structure and distribution of native ecosystems, which in turn ...

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Nature and well-being: the association of nature engagement and well-being during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Phillips, T. B. & Wells, N. M. & Brown, A. H. & Tralins, J. R. & Bonter, D. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Numerous studies have shown the positive association between nature engagement and well-being. During the early phases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, nat...

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