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Habitat enhancements rescue bee body size from the negative effects of landscape simplification.

Published online: 25 Aug 2020

Authors: Grab, H. & Brokaw, J. & Anderson, E. & Gedlinske, L. & Gibbs, J. & Wilson, J. & Loeb, G. & Isaacs, R. & Poveda, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The negative effects of landscape simplification on bee communities are well documented. To reverse these effects, flowering habitat enhancements are ...

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The ecology and evolution of human-wildlife cooperation.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Cram, D. L. & Wal, J. E. M. van der & Uomini, N. & Cantor, M. & Afan, A. I. & Attwood, M. C. & Amphaeris, J. & Balasani, F. & Blair, C. J. & Bronstein, J. L. & Buanachique, I. O. & Cuthill, R. R. T. & Jewel Das & Daura-Jorge, F. G. & Deb, A. & Dixit, T. & Dlamini, G. S. & Dounias, E. & Gedi, I. I. & Gruber, M. & Hoffmann, L. S. & Holzlehner, T. & Isack, H. A. & Laltaika, E. A. & Lloyd-Jones, D. J. & Lund, J. & Machado, A. M. S. & Mahadevan, L. & Moreno, I. B. & Nwaogu, C. J. & Pierotti, R. & Rucunua, S. A. & Santos, W. F. dos & Serpa, N. & Smith, B. D. & Hari Sridhar & Tolkova, I. & Tun, T. & Valle-Pereira, J. V. S. & Wood, B. M. & Wrangham, R. W. & Spottiswoode, C. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Human-wildlife cooperation is a type of mutualism in which a human and a wild, free-living animal actively coordinate their behaviour to achieve a com...

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Giant anteaters as bad omens: determinants and implications of wildlife superstitions.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Catapani, M. L. & Desbiez, A. L. J. & Morsello, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Superstitious beliefs threaten wildlife species, yet they have received limited attention in the scientific literature. Through a mixed-method approac...

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Environment Act Habitat Target - Definitions and Descriptions [version 1].

Published online: 29 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Hall, R. & Jones, R. & Hurford, L. & Edwards, J.

Content type: Reports

This paper was prepared jointly by Defra and Natural England, and sets out how the habitat targets will be defined and measured. This information serv...

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Dung and nest surveys: estimating decay rates.

Published online: 04 Feb 2004

Authors: Laing, S. E. & Buckland, S. T. & Burn, R. W. & Lambie, D. & Amphlett, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper describes the methods, using data on red deer (Cervus elaphus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations at the Abernethy Forest in Sc...

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The ecology of wildlife disease surveillance: demographic and prevalence fluctuations undermine surveillance.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Walton, L. & Marion, G. & Davidson, R. S. & White, P. C. L. & Smith, L. A. & Gavier-Widen, D. & Yon, L. & Hannant, D. & Hutchings, M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildlife disease surveillance is the first line of defence against infectious disease. Fluctuations in host populations and disease prevalence are a k...

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Modelling Chlamydia-koala interactions: coexistence, population dynamics and conservation implications.

Published online: 16 Sep 1998

Authors: Augustine, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) and Chlamydia psittaci population dynamics was developed to examine interactions between Chlamydia transmiss...

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Grazing by mountain hares Lepus timidus L., red deer Cervus elaphus L. and red grouse Lagopus l. scoticus on heather moorland in north-east Scotland.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Hewson, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mountain hares had a similar pattern of feeding throughout the year on a rich moor overlying base-rich rocks where hares were abundant and a poor moor...

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Food preferences of rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus L. at Holkham sand dunes, Norfolk.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Bhadresa, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The proportion of leaf epidermis of 20 plant species in rabbit faecal pellets collected from Holkham sand dunes was compared with the proportions of t...

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Market dynamics of bushmeat species in Equatorial Guinea.

Published online: 29 Sep 1995

Authors: Juste, J. & Fa, J. E. & Perez del Val, J. & Castroviejo, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wild animals are an important protein source in many countries in West Africa. Studies of numbers and fluctuations of game species entering markets ca...

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