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GenePools: Investigating the life that dwells in garden ponds.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Rees, H. C. & Baker, C. & Kane, S. & Owen, J.

Content type: Reports

This study describes the use of GenePools to determine the combination of citizen science with eDNA metabarcoding techniques to measure biodiversity w...

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Knowledge of nature and the nature of knowledge: student natural history knowledge and the significance of birds.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Gosler, A. G. & Tilling, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

We studied the natural history knowledge (NHK) of students (18-19 years), considering the salience of nature expressed through the knowledge of names ...

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Identifying hotpots of threats to marine megafauna.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Carneiro, A. P. B.

Content type: Miscellaneous

There is increased global awareness that the oceans are under threat. Marine megafauna such as seabirds, marine turtles, marine mammals, sharks and ra...

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Effect of a polychlorinated biphenyl on the survival and breeding of puffins.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Harris, M. P. & Osborn, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An implant of 30-35 mg of Aroclor 1254 was inserted beneath the skin of 108 wild puffins (Fratercula arctica). Although the concentration of PCB was i...

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Assessing the potential for offshore infrastructure as platforms for environmental monitoring.

Published online: 27 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Copley, V.

Content type: Reports

This project was established to investigate the feasibility of using offshore assets for hosting environmental monitoring sensors. The first phase of ...

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Low- and high-intensity fire in the riparian savanna: demographic impacts in an avian model species and implications for ecological fire management.

Published online: 06 Mar 2024

Authors: Teunissen, N. & McAlpine, H. & Cameron, S. F. & Murphy, B. P. & Peters, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change is driving changes in fire frequency and intensity, making it more urgent for conservation managers to understand how species and ecosy...

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Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl Special Protection Area: Conservation Advice Package [version 1].

Published online: 17 Mar 2023

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This conservation advice package describes the roles, responsibilities, conservation objectives, general site descriptions and information and operati...

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Bird population density estimated from acoustic signals.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Dawson, D. K. & Efford, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many animal species are detected primarily by sound. Although songs, calls and other sounds are often used for population assessment, as in bird point...

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Effects of silvicultural use of the herbicide glyphosate on breeding birds of regenerating clearcuts in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Published online: 10 Mar 1995

Authors: MacKinnon, D. S. & Freedman, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of habitat changes caused by the spraying of herbicides on the breeding birds of regenerating clearcut mixed woodland (comprising Picea ru...

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Nesting habitat selection by booted eagles Hieraaetus pennatus and implications for management.

Published online: 12 Jul 2000

Authors: Suárez, S. & Balbontín, J. & Ferrer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) is a poorly known and scarce raptor that breeds in Spain. In Doñana National Park (SW Spain) its population has...

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