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Stubble height affects the use of stubble fields by farmland birds.

Published online: 23 Nov 2005

Authors: Butler, S. J. & Bradbury, R. B. & Whittingham, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the UK, overwintered stubbles are important foraging habitats for farmland birds, many of which are of current conservation concern. Maximizing the...

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Camera trapping and spatially explicit capture-recapture for themonitoring and conservation management of lions: insights from a globally important population in Tanzania.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Strampelli, P. & Searle, C. E. & Smit, J. B. & Henschel, P. & Mkuburo, L. & Ikanda, D. & Macdonald, D. W. & Dickman, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

(1.) Accurate and precise estimates of population status are required to inform and evaluate conservation management and policy interventions. Althoug...

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The effects of forestry on golden eagles on the island of Mull, western Scotland.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Whitfield, D. P. & McLeod, D. R. A. & Fielding, A. H. & Broad, R. A. & Evans, R. J. & Haworth, P. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The afforestation of previously open habitats continues to involve conservation organizations in assessing effects on important species. We investigat...

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Impacts of agrochemical intensification and spatial isolation on the assembly and reassembly of temporary pond metacommunities.

Published online: 15 Feb 2024

Authors: Pelinson, R. M. & Valente, B. R. S. & Shimabukuro, E. M. & Schiesari, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Since the Green Revolution, the management of agrochemicals has become a cornerstone of agriculture, allowing it to expand over terrestrial ecosystems...

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Changes attributable to pesticides in egg breakage frequency and eggshell thickness in some British birds.

Published online: 01 Jul 1970

Authors: Ratclife, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the author's summary. Since 1950, egg breakage has occurred with unprecedented frequency in the nests of peregrines (Falco ...

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When to end releases in reintroduction programmes: demographic rates and population viability analysis of bearded vultures in the Alps.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Schaub, M. & Zink, R. & Beissmann, H. & Sarrazin, F. & Arlettaz, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reintroductions are commonly used for re-establishing self-sustainable populations in formerly inhabited areas. Reintroductions are expensive, and thu...

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Influence of agricultural management, sward structure and food resources on grassland field use by birds in lowland England.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Atkinson, P. W. & Fuller, R. J. & Vickery, J. A. & Conway, G. J. & Tallowin, J. R. B. & Smith, R. E. N. & Haysom, K. A. & Ings, T. C. & Asteraki, E. J. & Brown, V. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural management of grassland in lowland Britain has changed fundamentally in the last 50 years, resulting in spatial and structural uniformity...

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Aphid predation by Harpalus rufipes (Degeer) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the laboratory and field.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Loughridge, A. H. & Luff, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ability of Harpalus rufipes (Deg.) to feed on aphids was studied in the laboratory in the UK and compared with evidence of predation on aphids in ...

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Urbanization focuses carnivore activity in remaining natural habitats, increasing species interactions.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Parsons, A. W. & Rota, C. T. & Forrester, T. & Baker-Whatton, M. C. & McShea, W. J. & Schuttler, S. G. & Millspaugh, J. J. & Kays, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Interspecific interactions can provoke temporal and spatial avoidance, ultimately affecting population densities and spatial distribution patterns. Th...

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The effects of predator exclusion and caging on cereal aphids in winter wheat.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Chambers, R. J. & Sunderland, K. D. & Wyatt, I. J. & Vickerman, G. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in numbers of cereal aphids (mainly Sitobion avenae (F.) and Metopolophium dirhodum (Wlk.) but including also Rhopalosiphum padi (L.)) were me...

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