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Impacts of forest fragmentation on species richness: a hierarchical approach to community modelling.

Published online: 05 Aug 2009

Authors: Zipkin, E. F. & DeWan, A. & Royle, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species richness is often used as a tool for prioritizing conservation action. One method for predicting richness and other summaries of community str...

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How we talk about hatcheries: what discourses can tell us about conflict over the River Wye salmon stocking debate, and why some disagreements get worse over time.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Harrison, H. L. & Kochalski, S. & Arlinghaus, R. & Aas, Ø.

Content type: Blog

Stakeholders with shared interests in fish conservation often disagree about which specific conservation measures are appropriate, leading to conflict...

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Soil seed banks and the potential restoration of forested wetlands after farming.

Published online: 04 Feb 2004

Authors: Middleton, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in farming practice provide an opportunity to restore once extensive forested wetlands on agricultural land. In some parts of the world, howev...

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Emerging risks of non-native species escapes from aquaculture: call for policy improvements in China and other developing countries.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Ju RuiTing & Li Xiao & Jiang JiaJia & Wu JiHua & Liu JianGuo & Strong, D. R. & Li Bo

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Global aquaculture relies heavily on the farming of non-native aquatic species (hereafter, NAS). NAS escapes from aquaculture facilities can result in...

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Identifying a pathway towards recovery for depleted wild Pacific salmon populations in a large watershed under multiple stressors.

Published online: 08 Sep 2022

Authors: Chalifour, L. & Holt, C. & Camaclang, A. E. & Bradford, M. J. & Dixon, R. & Finn, R. J. R. & Hemming, V. & Hinch, S. G. & Levings, C. D. & MacDuffee, M. & Nishimura, D. J. H. & Pearson, M. & Reynolds, J. D. & Scott, D. C. & Spremberg, U. & Stark, S. & Stevens, J. & Baum, J. K. & Martin, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) support coastal and freshwater ecosystems, economies and cultures, but many populations have declined. We used prio...

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Impacts of herbivory by ecological replacements on an island ecosystem.

Published online: 08 Sep 2022

Authors: Moorhouse-Gann, R. J. & Vaughan, I. P. & Cole, N. C. & Goder, M. & Tatayah, V. & Jones, C. G. & Mike, D. & Young, R. P. & Bruford, M. W. & Rivers, M. C. & Hipperson, H. & Russo, I. R. M. & Stanton, D. W. G. & Symondson, W. O. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of ecological replacements (analogue species to replace extinct taxa) to restore ecosystem functioning is a promising conservation tool. Howev...

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Protecting our streams by defining measurable targets for riparian management in a forestry context.

Published online: 21 May 2024

Authors: Kuglerová, L. & Muotka, T. & Chellaiah, D. & Jyväsjärvi, J. & Richardson, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Generally, governments and industry have implemented some degree of protection to reduce the impacts of forestry on aquatic ecosystems. Here, we consi...

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Validation of reflex indicators for measuring vitality and predicting the delayed mortality of wild coho salmon bycatch released from fishing gears.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Raby, G. D. & Donaldson, M. R. & Hinch, S. G. & Patterson, D. A. & Lotto, A. G. & Robichaud, D. & English, K. K. & Willmore, W. G. & Farrell, A. P. & Davis, M. W. & Cooke, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effective management of fish and wildlife populations benefits from an understanding of the effects of stressors on individual physiology. While physi...

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Impacts of an aggressive riparian invader on community structure and ecosystem functioning in stream food webs.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Hladyz, S. & Åbjörnsson, K. & Giller, P. S. & Woodward, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bioassessment in running waters has focused primarily on the impacts of organic pollution on community structure. Other stressors (e.g. invasive speci...

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Population biology of the freshwater snail Biomphalaria pfeifferi in the Zimbabwe highveld.

Published online: 02 Jun 1995

Authors: Woolhouse, M. E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The population dynamics of Biomphalaria pfeifferi were studied at 4 river sites in the Zimbabwe highveld for periods of 4 to 28 months during 1986 to ...

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