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Flying without fear: shooting disturbance has little effect on site preferences in a conflict goose species.

Published online: 07 Oct 2024

Authors: McIntosh, A. L. S. & Langley, L. P. & Hilton, G. M. & Shaw, J. M. & Bearhop, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human-modified landscapes have created opportunities for numerous taxa. Agricultural expansion has proven advantageous for several Arctic-breeding goo...

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Management of urban wetlands for conservation can reduce aquatic biodiversity and increase mosquito risk.

Published online: 22 Nov 2020

Authors: Hanford, J. K. & Webb, C. E. & Hochuli, D. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Global wetland loss means constructed urban wetlands are an increasingly valuable resource for conservation. However, priorities for managing urban we...

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eDNA detection of Cipangopaludina chinensis in the UK, 2022: Pevensey Levels, Sussex and Southampton Common, Hampshire.

Published online: 08 Oct 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Rees, H. C. & Kane, S. D. & Measures, G. H.

Content type: Reports

Based on eDNA and manual survey data carried out in 2021 and 2022 at the Pevensey Levels, Sussex, Natural England has erected four coffer dams in the ...

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Enhancing invertebrate food resources for skylarks in cereal ecosystems: how useful are in-crop agri-environment scheme management options?

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Smith, B. & Holland, J. & Jones, N. & Moreby, S. & Morris, A. J. & Southway, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

UK agri-environment schemes rarely address within-crop biodiversity yet this habitat is used almost exclusively by some taxa. With the removal of set-...

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Detecting impacts and setting restoration targets in arid-zone rivers: aquatic micro-invertebrate responses to reduced floodplain inundation.

Published online: 29 Aug 2007

Authors: Jenkins, K. M. & Boulton, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water extraction from arid-zone rivers increases the time between floods across their floodplain wetlands. Less frequent flooding in Australian arid-z...

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A model of bovine tuberculosis in the badger Meles meles: an evaluation of different vaccination strategies.

Published online: 14 Jul 2004

Authors: Wilkinson, D. & Smith, G. C. & Delahay, R. J. & Cheeseman, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In recent years bovine tuberculosis (TB) incidence in cattle has been increasing in south-west England. The European badger Meles meles is implicated ...

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The importance of arable habitat for farmland birds in grassland landscapes.

Published online: 03 Jan 2002

Authors: Robinson, R. A. & Wilson, J. D. & Crick, H. Q. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over the last 25 years, populations of seed-eating birds have declined severely over most of western Europe. Local extinctions have occurred in grassl...

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The potential of fallow management to promote steppe bird conservation within the next EU common agricultural policy reform.

Published online: 23 Jul 2021

Authors: Sanz-Pérez, A. & Sardà-Palomera, F. & Bota, G. & Sollmann, R. & Pou, N. & Giralt, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification promoted by the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has driven the decline of farmland and steppe bird populations....

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Using adaptive management to determine requirements of re-introduced populations: the case of the New Zealand hihi.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Armstrong, D. P. & Castro, I. & Griffiths, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Adaptive management involves the development of predictive models, strategic manipulation of management actions to gain information, and subsequent up...

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Long-term responses of Mediterranean birds to forest fuel management.

Published online: 20 Jun 2012

Authors: Santana, J. & Porto, M. & Gordinho, L. & Reino, L. & Beja, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mechanical management of forest fuels is increasingly used in the Euro-Mediterranean region in response to the abandonment of traditional agroforestry...

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