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Natural area managers use fire and grazing to achieve nature conservation/production goals and to prevent the loss of life and property. Yet, little i...

Urbanization represents a major threat to biodiversity world-wide because it causes permanent degradation and fragmentation of biologically rich natur...

It is important to document changes in the population sizes of species to justify and implement conservation programmes. This is often hampered by the...

Monitoring the abundance and spatial structure of invasive alien plant populations is important for designing and measuring the efficacy of long-term ...

Conflict between humans and animals, generated by behaviours like crop raiding, can represent a major threat to the survival and conservation of prote...

Non-invasive techniques have long been used to estimate wildlife population abundance and density. However, recent technological breakthroughs have fa...

Alternative farming practices such as set-aside and agroforestry are likely to be of continuing interest to European agriculture but may have associat...

In apple orchards, the use of pesticides such as pyrethroids for the control of lepidopteran and dipteran pests can severely disturb natural equilibri...

This research, carried out in two phases, is a response to questions raised regarding the validity of surveys based on artificial nest boxes, position...

Habitat restoration at a landscape scale is key to reversing the loss of biodiversity arising from habitat destruction. In landscapes that are intensi...