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Disturbance ecology in human societies.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Pausas, J. G. & Leverkus, A. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

We define societal disturbances as discrete events that abruptly disrupt the functioning of human societies. There is a variety of such events, includ...

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Salvage logging and subsequent post-windthrow management diminish forest bird communities for two decades.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Authors: Walesiak, M. & Michielsen, R. & Mikusiński, G. & Żmihorski, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Post-disturbance forest management is known to impair biodiversity, including bird communities, but most studies focus on short-term effects of salvag...

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NatureScot Research Report 1226 - Trapping feral pigs in corral traps and drop nets as possible population management tools - practical lessons and assessment of animal welfare in a pilot study.

Published online: 13 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Green, P.

Content type: Reports

This report updates on the management of wild boar/Eurasian wild pigs/feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in the UK, highlighting their increasing numbers and pot...

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The eradication of tsetse in the Chad river system of Northern Nigeria.

Published online: 22 May 1965

Authors: Davies, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rivers in Northern Nigeria flowing north-eastwards into Lake Chad traverse, as they pass through the Sudan Savannah zone, wide seasonal flood-plains t...

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The role of agroforestry in restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest: opportunities and challenges for smallholder farmers.

Published online: 01 Sep 2022

Authors: Shennan-Farpón, Y. & Mills, M. & Souza, A. & Homewood, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Restoring the degraded Atlantic Forest is one of the biggest conservation challenges in Brazil. In a biome with high human presence, understanding the...

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Power, profits and policy: a reality check on the Prunus africana bark trade.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Cunningham, A. B. & Tientcheu, M. L. A. & Anoncho, V. F. & Nkuinkeu, R. & Sunderland, T.

Content type: Bulletin

After 42 years of international trade in wild harvested medicinal bark from Africa and Madagascar, the example of Prunus africana holds several lesson...

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Non-invasive mark-resight surveys for brown bears: incorporating spatial information to improve landscape-scale monitoring of density and distribution.

Published online: 24 Nov 2023

Authors: Schmidt, J. H. & Deacy, W. W. & Hughes, L. J. & Schertz, D. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Effective wildlife monitoring and management are reliant on unbiased estimators of population parameters. Most standard survey approaches ignore spati...

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Creating patches of native flowers facilitates crop pollination in large agricultural fields: mango as a case study.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Carvalheiro, L. G. & Seymour, C. L. & Nicolson, S. W. & Veldtman, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As cropland increases, fields become progressively isolated from pollinators, leading to declines in pollinator-dependent crop productivity. With the ...

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Bat Earned Recognition Monitoring and Evaluation Report: Assessment and Accreditation and Licensing.

Published online: 10 Jan 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Sherwood, M. & Bellini, L. & Murray, S.

Content type: Reports

The Bat Earned Recognition (BER) pilot programme was developed in March 2021 in partnership between Natural England, the Chartered Institute of Ecolog...

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A study of the ecology of Acacia metllifera, A. seyal and Balanites aegyptiaca in relation to land-clearing.

Published online: 05 Mar 1967

Authors: Adams, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two different vegetation communities, Acacia mellifera bushland and associated grassland in a drier, more northerly zone, and A. seyall Balanites aegy...

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