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Time to independence and predator-prey relationships of wild-born, captive-raised cheetahs released into private reserves in Namibia.

Published online: 15 Aug 2024

Authors: Marker, L. & Schmidt-Küntzel, A. & Walker, E. H. & Nghikembua, M. & Cristescu, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Reintroduction programmes are an important tool for the conservation of threatened and endangered carnivores, but their effectiveness has rarely been ...

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Polyphagy complicates conservation biological control that targets generalist predators.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Prasad, R. P. & Snyder, W. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of beetle banks to conserve predatory beetles for the control of pest Diptera was studied in Washington, USA. Locally, the community of predat...

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Local forage fish abundance influences foraging effort and offspring condition in an endangered marine predator.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Campbell, K. J. & Steinfurth, A. & Underhill, L. G. & Coetzee, J. C. & Dyer, B. M. & Ludynia, K. & Makhado, A. B. & Merkle, D. & Rademan, J. & Upfold, L. & Sherley, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the functional relationship between marine predators and their prey is vital to inform ecosystem-based management. However, collecting c...

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Diversity and invasion within a predator community: impacts on herbivore suppression.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Hogg, B. N. & Daane, K. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management strategies to enhance ecosystem services in agroecosystems often seek to increase predator biodiversity. Invaders commonly dominate predato...

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Evidence that dingoes limit abundance of a mesopredator in eastern Australian forests.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Johnson, C. N. & VanDerwal, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aggressive behaviour of top predators may have strong effects on the distribution and abundance of mesopredator species. Such interactions between pre...

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Living where the food is: web location by linyphiid spiders in relation to prey availability in winter wheat.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Harwood, J. D. & Sunderland, K. D. & Symondson, W. O. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spiders form a major component of the generalist predator fauna, potentially able to restrict pest population growth, but their populations may be foo...

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Hen harriers on a Scottish grouse moor: multiple factors predict breeding density and productivity.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Baines, D. & Richardson, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Predator density and productivity can be influenced by ecological and anthropogenic factors. Given the controversy over predators impacting on prey of...

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Biocontrol in insecticide sprayed crops does not benefit from semi-natural habitats and recovers slowly after spraying.

Published online: 08 Sep 2020

Authors: Gagic, V. & Hulthen, A. D. & Marcora, A. & Wang XiaoBei & Jones, L. & Schellhorn, N. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To enhance biological pest control in crop fields, it is recommended to increase semi-natural area on farm and decrease insecticide spraying. While th...

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Spatial aggregation of herbivores and predators enhances tri-trophic cascades in paddy fields: rice monoculture versus rice-fish co-culture.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Wan NianFeng & Cavalieri, A. & Siemann, E. & Dainese, M. & Li WenWei & Jiang JieXian

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rice-fish co-culture system has a history of more than 2,000 years in Asia and has been recognized as one of FAO's Globally Important Agricultural Her...

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Influence of vegetation clutter on the capacity of ground foraging bats to capture prey.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Rainho, A. & Augusto, A. M. & Palmeirim, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The management of the habitat of insectivorous species often targets increasing the availability of arthropod prey. However, this may be hindered by l...

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