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Least-cost path analysis for urban greenways planning: a test with moths and birds across two habitats and two cities.

Published online: 05 May 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: Miscellaneous

This paper demonstrates the effectiveness of Least-cost path analysis (LCP) in modelling functional corridors in France. For both moths and passerine ...

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Using, and generating, evidence to improve conservation translocations.

Published online: 28 Apr 2021

Published by: Evidence in Conservation Teaching Initiative

Authors: Dalrymple, S. E. & McNeill, M. & Branwood, H. & Bellis, J.

Content type: Educational material

This paper describes the evidences in conservation teaching initiative. The paper presents an introduction to translocation for conservation, its defi...

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Tolerance of heavy metals and the reclamation of industrial waste.

Published online: 12 Jan 1970

Authors: Gadgil, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Zn and Cu tolerance of populations of Agrostis tenuis, A. stolonifera, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Festuca rubra and F. ovina was tested on root growth...

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Every restoration is unique: testing year effects and site effects as drivers of initial restoration trajectories.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Stuble, K. L. & Fick, S. E. & Young, T. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The outcomes of restoration efforts are contingent on the specifics of the restoration practices utilized, but also on uncontrolled contingencies such...

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Local extinction of British farmland birds and the prediction of further loss.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Gates, S. & Donald, P. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The populations of many UK farmland birds declined between 1970 and 1990, frequently accompanied by contractions in breeding ranges. Ornithological at...

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Survival of perennial grass seedlings under intensive grazing in semi-arid rangelands.

Published online: 25 Aug 1987

Authors: Salihi, D. O. & Norton, B. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The hypothesis that intensive grazing practices, such as short-duration grazing, benefit seedling survival through hoof action of the trampling animal...

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The introduction of native plant species on industrial waste heaps: a test of immigration and other factors affecting primary succession.

Published online: 15 Apr 1994

Authors: Ash, H. J. & Gemmell, R. P. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Industrial waste heaps in NW England have become colonized by interesting floras which include regionally uncommon species. However, the range of spec...

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Predicting secondary succession in wetland mesocosms on the basis of autecological information on seeds and seedlings.

Published online: 14 Oct 1994

Authors: Stockey, A. & Hunt, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A variety of autecological attributes of seeds and seedlings (seed weight, germination rate, germination percentage, absolute growth and RGR variation...

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Offshore Demonstration Site Demand and Feasibility Study.

Published online: 05 Aug 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Reynolds, J. & Niddrie-Webb, S. & Varney, C.

Content type: Reports

In late 2022, Opergy was commissioned by Natural England to conduct a desk-based research study assessing the demand and feasibility of an offshore de...

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A model simulating mating behaviour of Spodoptera littoralis.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Symmons, P. M. & Rosenberg, L. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A computer model was developed simulating the mating behaviour and population increase of adults of Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) in an isolated grou...

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