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NatureScot Research Report 1279 - Analysis of Basking Shark Watch Database 1987 to 2020.

Published online: 13 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Pikesley, S. K. & Hawkes, L. A. & Witt, M. J. & Carruthers, M.

Content type: Reports

This report provides an update on the Basking Shark Watch (BSW) public sightings scheme, which has recorded 17,697 surface sightings of basking sharks...

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So far, yet so close: ecological connectivity between ABNJ and territorial waters.

Published online: 09 May 2019

Authors: Popova, E. & Bladon, A. & Mohammed, E. Y. & Vousden, D. & Sauer, W.

Content type: Bulletin

United Nations member states are negotiating a new International Legally Binding Instrument (ILBI) on the conservation and sustainable management of m...

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The bright green hotspot: outcomes of the Emerald Triangle Protected Forests Complex project, 2000-2016.

Published online: 23 May 2018

Content type: Bulletin

This report presents the encouraging results of a long-running project to improve transboundary management in the Emerald Triangle Protected Forests C...

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Timing is everything: survival of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar postsmolts during events of high salmon lice densities.

Published online: 01 Feb 2021

Authors: Bøhn, T. & Gjelland, K. Ø. & Serra-Llinares, R. M. & Finstad, B. & Primicerio, R. & Nilsen, R. & Karlsen, Ø. & Sandvik, A. D. & Skilbrei, O. T. & Elvik, K. M. S. & Skaala, Ø. & Bjørn, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Atlantic salmon in aquaculture act as reservoir hosts and vectors of parasites like salmon lice and this parasite is shown to harm wild salmonid popul...

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Plant diversity partitioning in grazed Mediterranean grassland at multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Golodets, C. & Kigel, J. & Sternberg, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grazing by large ungulates may affect plant species richness and diversity at multiple spatial and/or temporal scales, because grazing affects small-s...

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Large-scale habitat selection by agricultural steppe birds in Spain: identifying species-habitat responses using generalized additive models.

Published online: 13 Nov 2002

Authors: Suárez-Seoane, S. & Osborne, P. E. & Alonso, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Predictive models of species' distributions are used increasingly in ecological studies investigating features as varied as biodiversity, habitat sele...

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Savanna woody plants responses to mammalian herbivory and implications for management of livestock-wildlife landscape.

Published online: 07 Oct 2021

Authors: Kibet, S. & Nyangito, M. & MacOpiyo, L. & Kenfack, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The need to address wildlife conservation outside of protected areas has become more urgent than ever before to meet environmental and socio-economic ...

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A review of Uganda's national policies relevant to climate change adaptation and mitigation: insights from Mount Elgon.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Banana, A. Y. & Byakagaba, P. & Russell, A. J. M. & Waiswa, D. & Bomuhangi, A.

Content type: Bulletin

Climate change is expected to bring new challenges and opportunities for the livelihoods of rural communities in Uganda, where more than 80% of the po...

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Impacts of water level fluctuation on mesotrophic rich fens: acidification vs. eutrophication.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Cusell, C. & Lamers, L. P. M. & Wirdum, G. van & Kooijman, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water levels in areas with intensive agriculture have often been strictly controlled for decades. Recently, more natural fluctuating water levels have...

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Revisiting the pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis: long-term fire regimes and the structure of ant communities in a Neotropical savanna hotspot.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Maravalhas, J. & Vasconcelos, H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The idea that variable fire regimes (pyrodiversity) may increase habitat heterogeneity and, consequently, increase biodiversity at the landscape level...

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