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Can multi-species shark longline fisheries be managed sustainably using size limits? Theoretically, yes. Realistically, no.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Smart, J. J. & White, W. T. & Baje, L. & Chin, A. & D'Alberto, B. M. & Grant, M. I. & Mukherji, S. & Simpfendorfer, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Size limits are a common fisheries management strategy that are applied to many fisheries and species. Most size limits use a minimum legal size to pr...

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Participation for protection: how collaboration between local communities, government agencies, and researchers can protect native species from invasive species.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Caceres-Escobar, H. & Kark, S. & Atkinson, S. C. & Possingham, H. P. & Davis, K. J.

Content type: Blog

This article describes a six-step framework that includes local ecological, economic and social knowledge to select the best management strategies to ...

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Do introduced apex predators suppress introduced mesopredators? a multiscale spatiotemporal study of dingoes and feral cats in Australia suggests not.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Fancourt, B. A. & Cremasco, P. & Wilson, C. & Gentle, M. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The role of apex predators in structuring ecosystems through the suppression of mesopredator activity and abundance is receiving increasing attention,...

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Prioritizing sites for terrestrial invasive alien plant management in urban ecosystems.

Published online: 24 Oct 2022

Authors: Potgieter, L. J. & Shrestha, N. & Cadotte, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Rapid urbanization is placing increased pressure on natural, restored and designed ecosystems to provide services to growing human populations. The es...

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Too young to die: mapping nursery areas for early juveniles of the endangered sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) to inform conservation in the Mediterranean Sea.

Published online: 15 Feb 2024

Authors: Barbato, M. & Zampieri, C. & D'Acunto, S. & Pennino, M. G. & Barausse, A. & Mazzoldi, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Globally, elasmobranch species have been declining in abundance due to fishery activities. This conservation issue calls for effective management stra...

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The relevance of ecological status to ecosystem functions and services in a large boreal lake.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Tolonen, K. T. & Hämäläinen, H. & Lensu, A. & Meriläinen, J. J. & Palomäki, A. & Karjalainen, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental conventions aim to protect ecosystem structures and functions to provide goods and services for mankind. The degree of aquatic ecosystem...

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Abandoned pastures cannot spontaneously recover the attributes of old-growth savannas.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Cava, M. G. B. & Pilon, N. A. L. & Ribeiro, M. C. & Durigan, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Active restoration strategies have been recommended to recover Neotropical savannas in abandoned lands, but no studies have investigated the trajector...

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Near-to-nature logging influences fungal community assembly processes in a temperate forest.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Bässler, C. & Ernst, R. & Cadotte, M. & Heibl, C. & Müller, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As the Earth's biota enters the sixth great mass extinction event recorded in the history of the planet, it is predicted that the erosion of biodivers...

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Community reorganization stabilizes freshwater ecosystems in intensively managed agricultural fields.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Schiesari, L. & Saito, V. & Ferreira, J. & Freitas, L. S. & Goebbels, A. J. & Leite, J. P. C. B. & Oliveira, J. C. & Pelinson, R. M. & Querido, B. B. & Carmo, J. & Espíndola, E. L. G. & Guedes-Munin, N. C. & Montagner, C. & Rossetto, R. & Taniwaki, R. & Martinelli, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sustainable intensification may depend on associating precision farming with the harnessing of ecological principles in crop fields, and integrating f...

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Roads increase population growth rates of a native leaf-cutter ant in Neotropical savannahs.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Vieira Neto, E. H. M. & Vasconcelos, H. L. & Bruna, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A challenge in applied ecology is understanding the responses of native species to roads, which are ubiquitous drivers of environmental heterogeneity....

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