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The effect of sapling density, heather height and season on browsing by mountain hares on birch.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Rao, S. J. & Iason, G. R. & Hulbert, I. A. R. & Elston, D. A. & Racey, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When mammalian herbivores are present at high densities their browsing activity can have a negative effect on establishment or regeneration of native ...

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Foraging by bats in cleared, thinned and unharvested boreal forest.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Patriquin, K. J. & Barclay, R. M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern silvicultural methods employ various styles of selective harvesting in addition to traditional clear-cutting. This can create a mosaic of patch...

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Effects of refuge availability on the population dynamics of Triatoma infestans in central Argentina.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Cecere, M. C. & Canale, D. M. & Gürtler, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As part of research on the control and mathematical modelling of transmission of Chagas disease, we tested the joint effects of refuge quantity and qu...

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Modelling wildlife-human relationships for social species with mixed-effects resource selection models.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Hebblewhite, M. & Merrill, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resource selection functions (RSF) have contributed to the conservation of species negatively affected by human activities. Despite these applications...

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The experimental treatment of the blackfly, Simulium posticatum in the Dorset Stour using the biologically produced insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis.

Published online: 11 Aug 1995

Authors: Welton, J. S. & Ladle, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Simulium posticatum causes a severe biting problem in the valley of the river Stour in Dorset, UK. Various control measures have been attempted includ...

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Ecology of Puumala hantavirus in Europe.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Henttonen, H. & Voutilainen, L. & Kallio, E. & Niemimaa, J. & Sironen, T. & Vapalahti, O.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

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Contrasting demographic responses to size-selective harvesting among neighbouring wild fish populations.

Published online: 23 Dec 2023

Authors: Matte, J. M. O. & Glaser, D. M. & Post, J. R. & Fraser, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sustainable harvesting of wild populations relies on evidence-based knowledge to predict harvesting outcomes for species and the ecosystems they inhab...

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Brown locust outbreaks and climate variability in southern Africa.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Todd, M. C. & Washington, R. & Cheke, R. A. & Kniveton, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The brown locust Locustana pardalina is a major agricultural pest in southern Africa, with populations periodically reaching plague proportions. Manag...

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Factors affecting the natural regeneration of Quercus in Scottish oakwoods. I. Competition from Pteridium aquilinum.

Published online: 08 Aug 1997

Authors: Humphrey, J. W. & Swaine, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Scottish upland, semi-natural oakwoods, natural regeneration of oak (Quercus petraea and Q. robur) is frequently lacking. This threatens the long-t...

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Does culling predatory gulls enhance the productivity of breeding common terns?

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Guillemette, M. & Brousseau, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large gulls (Larus) spp. are voracious predators of eggs and chicks of other colonial birds and may threaten rare or endangered species. We tested the...

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