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Is invasion success explained by enemy release?

Published online: 07 Nov 2020

Authors: Roznik, E.

Content type: Blog

Identifying the mechanisms underlying biological invasions can inform the management of invasive species. The enemy release hypothesis (ERH) suggests ...

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Risk of contact between endangered African wild dogs Lycaon pictus and domestic dogs: opportunities for pathogen transmission.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Woodroffe, R. & Donnelly, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Infectious diseases seriously threaten the populations of many endangered mammals, including African wild dogs Lycaon pictus. Extinction risks may be ...

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Long-term heavy grazing increases community-level foliar fungal diseases by shifting plant composition.

Published online: 30 Apr 2022

Authors: Liu Yong & Duan DongDong & Jiang FeiFei & Tian Zhen & Feng XiaoXuan & Wu NaNa & Hou FuJiang & Kardol, P. & Nan ZhiBiao & Chen Tao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In grasslands, the interactions of foliar fungal diseases and their host plants are largely dependent on grazing by large herbivores. However, the rel...

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Paradoxes and synergies: optimizing management of a deadly virus in an endangered carnivore.

Published online: 02 Jul 2022

Authors: Gilbertson, M. L. J. & Onorato, D. & Cunningham, M. & Vandewoude, S. & Craft, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pathogen management strategies in wildlife are typically accompanied by an array of uncertainties such as the efficacy of vaccines or potential uninte...

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A framework for integrating control methods against the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus in Australia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Norton, G. A. & Sutherst, R. W. & Maywald, G. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Information from modelling and empirical studies on Boophilus microplus (Can.) in Australia was earlier used to produce guidelines to analyse field pr...

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Estimating landscape spread of a low-prevalence disease using multiple surveillance methods.

Published online: 18 Jun 2024

Authors: Feuka, A. & Pandey, A. & Cosgrove, M. & Moriarty, M. & Duffiney, A. & Campa, H., III & Vercauteren, K. & Pepin, K. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Diseases occurring at low prevalence in free-ranging wildlife can be difficult to study and predict at a landscape scale. This problem is compounded b...

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Density matters: how population dynamics of house mice (Mus musculus) inform the epidemiology of Leptospira.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Authors: Moinet, M. & Abrahão, C. R. & Gasparotto, V. P. O. & Wilkinson, D. A. & Vallée, E. & Benschop, J. & Russell, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rodents are maintenance hosts of numerous pathogens, and both their density and the pathogen prevalence determine the risk they pose to other animals ...

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Early treatment of white-nose syndrome is necessary to stop population decline.

Published online: 05 Nov 2022

Authors: Grider, J. & Thogmartin, W. E. & Grant, E. H. C. & Bernard, R. F. & Russell, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Since its introduction to North America, white-nose syndrome has been associated with declines greater than 90% in several bat species, prompting the ...

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NatureScot Research Report 1291 - Review of chough management between populations - a comparison of the biotic and abiotic factors influencing chough populations across the UK and Irish range.

Published online: 13 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Norfolk, D. & Siriwardena, G.

Content type: Reports

This report provides an update on the status, drivers of change, and management effects concerning the Scottish chough population and other relevant p...

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NatureScot Research Report 1331 - An analysis of Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme data to improve understanding of the impact of the 2022 Avian Influenza outbreak on raptors and raptor populations in Scotland.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Wilson, W. W. & Wetherhill, A. S. & Wernham, C. V.

Content type: Reports

This report provides an update on the impact of the 2021 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak on raptor species in Scotland using data fr...

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