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Canada's commercial seal hunt: past, present, and future.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Published by: International Fund for Animal Welfare

Content type: Miscellaneous

This booklet discusses Canada's commercial seal hunt in spring on the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador and Gulf of St. Lawrence, in order to obtain ...

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An analysis of management strategies for cattle tick (Boophilus microplus) control in Australia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Sutherst, R. W. & Norton, G. A. & Barlow, N. D. & Conway, G. R. & Birley, M. & Comins, H. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The performance of three control methods for Boophilus microplus (Can.) in Australia, acaricides, pasture spelling and tick resistant cattle, was asse...

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The diet of grey seals from the south-western North Sea assessed from analyses of hard parts found in faeces.

Published online: 31 Aug 1990

Authors: Prime, J. H. & Hammond, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To assess variation in the diet of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the south-western North Sea, faeces were collected from Donna Nook, Lincolnshire...

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Field effects of ivermectin residues on dung beetles.

Published online: 12 Apr 1995

Authors: Lumaret, J. P. & Galante, E. & Lumbreras, C. & Mena, J. & Bertrand, M. & Bernal, J. L. & Cooper, J. F. & Kadiri, N. & Crowe, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects and the persistence of a single sc injection of ivermectin (Ivomec) to steers, at the recommended dose rate of 200 µg/kg body weight, were...

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Prey density and rates of predation by tits (Parus spp.) on larvae of codling moth (Cydia pomonella) under bark.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Solomon, M. E. & Glen, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a cider-apple orchard near Bristol, England, in late January 1972 (Experiment 1) and December 1972 (Experiment 2), fully grown larvae of Cydia pomo...

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Changes in the abundance of farmland birds in relation to the timing of agricultural intensification in England and Wales.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Chamberlain, D. E. & Fuller, R. J. & Bunce, R. G. H. & Duckworth, J. C. & Shrubb, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over the past three decades changes in agricultural management have resulted in increased crop and grass production. This intensification has been acc...

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Grape moth density in Bordeaux vineyards depends on local habitat management despite effects of landscape heterogeneity on their biological control.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Rusch, A. & Delbac, L. & Thiéry, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological control of crop pests is a major ecosystem service affected by several variables acting at multiple spatial scales. Among these variables, ...

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An experimental study of the effects of sheep grazing on vegetation change in a species-poor grassland and the role of seedling recruitment into gaps.

Published online: 14 Oct 1994

Authors: Bullock, J. M. & Clear-Hill, B. & Dale, M. P. & Silvertown, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An experiment was set up in 1986 on a species-poor grassland in Oxfordshire to determine the effect of sheep grazing management on vegetation change a...

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Long-term impact of changes in sheep Ovis aries densities on the breeding output of the hen harrier Circus cyaneus.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Amar, A. & Davies, J. & Meek, E. & Williams, J. & Knight, A. & Redpath, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Livestock grazing is an important form of land use across the globe and changes in grazing pressure can have profound effects on vertebrate population...

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Estimating group size and population density of Eurasian badgers Meles meles by quantifying latrine use.

Published online: 03 Jan 2002

Authors: Tuyttens, F. A. M. & Long, B. & Fawcett, T. & Skinner, A. & Brown, J. A. & Cheeseman, C. L. & Roddam, A. W. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation issues and a potential role in disease transmission generate the continued need to census Eurasian badgers Meles meles, but direct counts...

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