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Optimizing ecological surveys for conservation.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Hanson, J. O. & McCune, J. L. & Chadès, I. & Proctor, C. A. & Hudgins, E. J. & Bennett, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation decisions must be made with limited funding and incomplete information. Ecological surveys can help reduce uncertainty and, in turn, pote...

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Shifting up a gear with iDNA : from mammal detection events to standardised surveys.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Abrams, J. F. & Hörig, L. A. & Brozovic, R. & Axtner, J. & Crampton-Platt, A. & Mohamed, A. & Wong, S. T. & Sollmann, R. & Yu, D. W. & Wilting Andreas

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Invertebrate-derived DNA (iDNA), in combination with high throughput sequencing, has been proposed as a cost-efficient and powerful tool to survey ...

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Integrated modelling of seabird-habitat associations from multi-platform data: a review.

Published online: 13 Jun 2022

Authors: Matthiopoulos, J. & Wakefield, E. & Jeglinski, J. W. E. & Furness, R. W. & Trinder, M. & Tyler, G. & Mccluskie, A. & Allen, S. & Braithwaite, J. & Evans, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Quantifying current and future overlap between human activities and wildlife is a core and growing aim of ecological study, spurring ever more spatial...

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The conservation impact of botanical drones: documenting and collecting rare plants from vertical cliffs and other hard-to-reach areas.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Nyberg, B. & Bairos, C. & Brimhall, M. & Deans, S. M. & Hanser, S. & Heintzman, S. & Kitalong, A. H. & Sequeira, M. M. de & Nobert, N. & Rønsted, N. & Soaladaob, N. & Wood, K. R. & Williams, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

A high percentage of island floras are at risk of extinction and have been reduced to relic populations, often in remote hard-to-reach areas. Uncrewed...

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Biodiversity citizen science: outcomes for the participating citizens.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Peter, M. & Diekötter, T. & Höffler, T. & Kremer, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Citizen science (CS) is regarded as a promising format in environmental and sustainability education as well as in science education. CS projects ofte...

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Pattern and process of a floodplain forest, Vermont, USA: predicted responses of vegetation to perturbation.

Published online: 08 Aug 1997

Authors: Hughes, J. W. & Cass, W. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The potential diversity of vegetation in a lowland floodplain forest in North Ferrisburg, Vermont was evaluated as a way of predicting the range of po...

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Species data for understanding biodiversity dynamics: the what, where and when of species occurrence data collection.

Published online: 08 Apr 2021

Authors: Petersen, T. K. & Speed, J. D. M. & Grøtan, V. & Austrheim, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. The availability and quantity of observational species occurrence records have greatly increased due to technological advancements and the rise of ...

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Potential implications of the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources for the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. A submission from CGIAR to the Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Published online: 10 Oct 2018

Authors: Halewood, M. & Lopez Noriega, I & Ellis, D. & Roa, C. & Rouard, M. & Sackville Hamilton, R.

Content type: Miscellaneous

The Secretary of the CBD called on relevant organizations and stakeholders "to submit views and relevant information on any potential implications of ...

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Wild foods from forests: quantities collected across Zambia.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Steel, E. A. & Bwembelo, L. & Mulani, A. & Siamutondo, A. L. M. & Banda, P. & Gumbo, D. & Moombe, K. & Ickowitz, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Forests provide an immense range of benefits to people, many of which are not prioritized by forest policy because they are difficult to quantify. Wil...

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Revised Disease Risk Analysis for the Conservation Translocation of the Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) to England.

Published online: 12 Apr 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Common, S. & Sainsbury, A. W. & Donald, H.

Content type: Reports

In a disease risk analysis (DRA) on the conservation translocation of free-living beavers from either Norway or Great Britain, or those housed in eith...

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