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Personality, sex and capture biases: challenges for predator monitoring and management.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Authors: Johnstone, K. C. & Price, C. & Garvey, P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The behaviour of vertebrate pests, such as invasive species and nuisance native animals, towards control devices present a major challenge for wildlif...

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Giant anteaters as bad omens: determinants and implications of wildlife superstitions.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Catapani, M. L. & Desbiez, A. L. J. & Morsello, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Superstitious beliefs threaten wildlife species, yet they have received limited attention in the scientific literature. Through a mixed-method approac...

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Plant extracts and chemically triggered positive rheotaxis in Biomphalaria glabrata (Say), snail intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni (Sambon).

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Bousfield, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

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Physiological condition of adult cabbage root fly (Erioischia brassicae (Bouche)) attracted to host-plants.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Hawkes, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The author has found that the stages in the ovarian cycle of female of Hylemya (Erioischia) brassicae (Bch.) can be numbered in a similar way to that ...

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What motivates backyard conservation behaviours?

Published online: 20 Oct 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Woolley, C. K. & Hartleya, S. & Nelsona, N. J. & Shanahan, D. F.

Content type: Blog

This study explored what different backyard conservation activities appeal to different sorts of people in New Zealand, and what motivates participati...

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Seasonal biology and ecology in New Zealand of Microctonus aethiopoides (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of Sitona spp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with special emphasis on atypical behaviour.

Published online: 21 Sep 1990

Authors: Goldson, S. L. & Proffitt, J. R. & McNeill, M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The seasonal biology and ecology of Microtonus aethiopoides, a parasitoid of the lucerne pest Sitona discoideus, were studied in laboratory and field ...

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Missing the people for the trees: identifying coupled natural-human system feedbacks driving the ecology of Lyme disease.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: MacDonald, A. J. & Larsen, A. E. & Plantinga, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Infectious diseases are rapidly emerging and many are increasing in incidence across the globe. Processes of land-use change, notably habitat loss and...

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Individual traits are associated with pro-environmental behaviour: environmental sensitivity, nature connectedness and consideration for future consequences.

Published online: 15 Jul 2024

Authors: Dunne, H. & Lionetti, F. & Pluess, M. & Setti, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Despite growing concern about climate change, there remains a significant gap between individuals' environmental concern and their actual behaviour. H...

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A qualitative exploration of the contribution of blue space to well-being in the lives of people with severe mental illness.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Wright, K. & Eden, S. & Hancox, A. & Windget, D. & Elliott, L. & Glossop, Z. & Johnston, G. & Johnston, R. I. & Lobban, F. & Lodge, C. & Palmier-Claus, J. & Parkin, S. & White, P. C. L. & Bell, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The majority of research into the mental health benefits of blue space (outdoor places where water is a central feature) has focussed on the associati...

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Influence of the biomass, botanical composition and sward height of annual pastures on foraging behaviour by sheep.

Published online: 25 Oct 1988

Authors: Arnold, G. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Merino sheep were given 24 h access to a plot that had 1 m2 patches of annual pasture that varied in biomass, height and botanical composition at Pert...

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