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High carbon stock forests provide co-benefits for tropical biodiversity.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Deere, N. J. & Guillera-Arroita, G. & Baking, E. L. & Bernard, H. & Pfeifer, M. & Reynolds, G. & Wearn, O. R. & Davies, Z. G. & Struebig, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Carbon-based policies provide powerful opportunities to unite tropical forest conservation with climate change mitigation. However, their effectivenes...

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Hedgerow trees and extended-width field margins enhance macro-moth diversity: implications for management.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Merckx, T. & Marini, L. & Feber, R. E. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Improving the effectiveness of agri-environment schemes is essential for reversing declines in farmland biodiversity. Crucial to achieving this is ide...

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After the 'black summer' fires: faunal responses to megafire depend on fire severity, proportional area burnt and vegetation type.

Published online: 18 Apr 2024

Authors: Miritis, V. & Dickman, C. R. & Nimmo, D. G. & Doherty, T. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change and human activities have disrupted historical fire regimes, leading to complex and far-reaching impacts on global ecosystems. Despite ...

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Recent grazing reduces reptile richness but historic grazing filters reptiles based on their functional traits.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Val, J. & Travers, S. K. & Oliver, I. & Koen, T. B. & Eldridge, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grazing by mammalian herbivores can alter vegetation structure and composition. It can therefore affect critical habitat features used by native wildl...

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Attempts to control tuberculosis in cattle by removing infected badgers: constraints imposed by live test sensitivity.

Published online: 18 Nov 1999

Authors: Woodroffe, R. & Frost, S. D. W. & Clifton-Hadley, R. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When tuberculosis outbreaks have occurred in cattle in the UK, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) has culled badgers (Meles meles)...

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Environmental context and herbivore traits mediate the strength of associational effects in a meta-analysis of crop diversity.

Published online: 09 Nov 2023

Authors: Hahn, P. G. & Cammarano, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Crop diversification offers a promising solution to meet expanding global food demands while maintaining ecosystem services. Diversification strategie...

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Humans drive spatial variation in mortality risk for a threatened wolf population in a Canis hybrid zone.

Published online: 14 Jul 2024

Authors: Benson, J. F. & Mahoney, P. J. & Wheeldon, T. J. & Thompson, C. A. & Ward, M. E. & McLaren, A. A. D. & Desy, G. E. & Fryxell, J. M. & Patterson, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large carnivores often exhibit high survival rates in protected areas, whereas intentional and unintentional human-caused mortality may be greater in ...

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Is habitat linearity important for small mammal communities on farmland?

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: Tattersall, F. H. & Macdonald, D. W. & Hart, B. J. & Johnson, P. & Manley, W. & Feber, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmland is readily divisible into linear habitats such as hedges, and nonlinear habitats such as fields and woodlots. In agricultural landscapes, con...

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The effect of interrow plant cover on populations of the cabbage root fly, Delia brassicae (Wiedemann).

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Ryan, J. & Ryan, M. F. & McNaeidhe, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effect of cover (intersown clover or lettuce or artificial material) on egg populations of Delia brassicae (Wied.) on cabbage crops was investigat...

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Do changes in the frequency, magnitude and timing of extreme climatic events threaten the population viability of coastal birds?

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Pol, M. van de & Ens, B. J. & Heg, D. & Brouwer, L. & Krol, J. & Maier, M. & Exo, K. M. & Oosterbeek, K. & Lok, T. & Eising, C. M. & Koffijberg, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change encompasses changes in both the means and the extremes of climatic variables, but the population consequences of the latter are intrins...

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