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Individual-plant selectivity by sheep in drylands scales-up at plant population level and controls the forage supply and its accessibility.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Oñatibia, G. R. & Aguiar, M. R. & Oesterheld, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Diet selectivity by domestic herbivores controls plant community structure and dynamics and may induce rangeland degradation, particularly in drylands...

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Alteration of plant species assemblages can decrease the transmission potential of malaria mosquitoes.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Ebrahimi, B. & Jackson, B. T. & Guseman, J. L. & Przybylowicz, C. M. & Stone, C. M. & Foster, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Knowledge of the link between a vector population's pathogen-transmission potential and its biotic environment can generate more realistic forecasts o...

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Methods of enhancing botanical diversity within field margins of intensively managed grassland: a 7-year field experiment.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Fritch, R. A. & Sheridan, H. & Finn, J. A. & Kirwan, L. & Huallacháin, D. Ó.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increased intensification in agricultural grasslands has led to well-documented declines in the associated flora. Manipulation of field margins for bi...

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Landscape-specific thresholds in the relationship between species richness and natural land cover.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Simmonds, J. S. & Rensburg, B. J. van & Tulloch, A. I. T. & Maron, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Thresholds in the relationship between species richness and natural land cover can inform landscape-level vegetation protection and restoration target...

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Increased bird sound diversity in vineyards enhances visitors' tour experience.

Published online: 14 Dec 2024

Authors: Zielonka, N. B. & Tubman, V. & Dicks, L. V. & Butler, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Biodiversity is rapidly declining, reducing the quantity and quality of human interactions with nature and constraining its contribution to human heal...

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Modelling the control of bovine tuberculosis in badgers in England: culling and the release of lactating females.

Published online: 13 May 1998

Authors: Smith, G. C. & Cheeseman, C. L. & Clifton-Hadley, R. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simulation model was used to evaluate the effect of different levels of culling on 6 badger social groups in an attempt to reduce or eradicate tuber...

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Factors affecting lynx predation on sheep in the French Jura.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Stahl, P. & Vandel, J. M. & Ruette, S. & Coat, L. & Coat, Y. & Balestra, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. In regions where sheep are kept in fenced pastures and do not graze unattended in carnivore habitats, sheep losses vary greatly between sites and l...

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The effect of grassland gap size on establishment, growth and flowering of the endangered Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides (Asteraceae).

Published online: 23 Jul 1997

Authors: Morgan, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To determine the effect of grassland gap size on patterns of seedling recruitment and juvenile establishment of the endangered composite Rutidosis lep...

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Disease transmission between and within species, and the implications for disease control.

Published online: 24 Mar 2004

Authors: Caley, P. & Hone, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Disease transmission can occur between and within species for diseases with multiple hosts. If these diseases are undesirable, for economic or health ...

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Modelling multi-species and multi-mode contact networks: implications for persistence of bovine tuberculosis at the wildlife-livestock interface.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Wilber, M. Q. & Pepin, K. M. & Campa, H. C., III & Hygnstrom, S. E. & Lavelle, M. J. & Xifara, T. & Vercauteren, K. C. & Webb, C. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Individual- and species-level heterogeneity in contact rates can alter the ability of a pathogen to invade a host community. Many pathogens have multi...

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