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Brexit: plant and animal biosecurity inquiry. A response from the British Ecological Society to the Lord's EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: White paper

This paper presents the response from the British Ecological Society to the Lord's EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee, addressing the following q...

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Effect of culling on individual badger Meles meles behaviour: potential implications for bovine tuberculosis transmission.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Ham, C. & Donnelly, C. A. & Astley, K. L. & Jackson, S. Y. B. & Woodroffe, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Culling wildlife as a form of disease management can have unexpected and sometimes counterproductive outcomes. In the UK, badgers Meles meles are cull...

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Avian vulnerability to wind farm collision through the year: insights from lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) tracked from multiple breeding colonies.

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Authors: Thaxter, C. B. & Ross-Smith, V. H. & Bouten, W. & Clark, N. A. & Conway, G. J. & Masden, E. A. & Clewley, G. D. & Barber, L. J. & Burton, N. H. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Wind energy generation has become an important means to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and mitigate against human-induced climate change, but coul...

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Seasonal shifts and complementary use of pollen sources by two bees, a lacewing and a ladybeetle species in European agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 02 Sep 2020

Authors: Bertrand, C. & Eckerter, P. W. & Ammann, L. & Entling, M. H. & Gobet, E. & Herzog, F. & Mestre, L. & Tinner, W. & Albrecht, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Continuous availability of food resources, such as pollen, is vital for many insects that provide pollination and pest control services to agriculture...

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High ecosystem service delivery potential of small woodlands in agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 20 Jul 2020

Authors: Valdés, A. & Lenoir, J. & Frenne, P. de & Andrieu, E. & Brunet, J. & Chabrerie, O. & Cousins, S. A. O. & Deconchat, M. & Smedt, P. de & Diekmann, M. & Ehrmann, S. & Gallet-Moron, E. & Gärtner, S. & Giffard, B. & Hansen, K. & Hermy, M. & Kolb, A. & Roux, V. le & Liira, J. & Lindgren, J. & Martin, L. & Naaf, T. & Paal, T. & Proesmans, W. & Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Wulf, M. & Verheyen, K. & Decocq, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Global forest loss and fragmentation have strongly increased the frequency of forest patches smaller than a few hectares. Little is known about the...

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When are extinctions simply bad luck? Rarefaction as a framework for disentangling selective and stochastic extinctions.

Published online: 25 Jul 2020

Authors: Smith, K. G. & Almeida, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A key challenge in conservation biology is that not all species are equally likely to go extinct when faced with a disturbance, but there are multiple...

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Predicting reintroduction costs for wildlife populations under anthropogenic stress.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Hilbers, J. P. & Huijbregts, M. A. J. & Schipper, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In conservation decision-making, it is important to have information not only on the likely effectiveness of conservation actions, but also on the cor...

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Structure and function in two tropical gallery forest communities: implications for forest conservation in fragmented systems.

Published online: 23 Sep 1998

Authors: Kellman, M. & Tackaberry, R. & Rigg, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Composition, growth and turnover of trees were examined in 2 species-rich tropical gallery forests in the Mountain Pine Ridge Savanna of Belize during...

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Linking agri-environment scheme habitat area, predation and the abundance of chick invertebrate prey to the nesting success of a declining farmland bird.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Authors: McHugh, N. M. & White, P. J. C. & Moreby, S. & Szczur, J. & Stoate, C. & Leather, S. R. & Holland, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Across Europe, farmland bird populations have continued to decline since the 1970s owing to the intensification of farming practices. Studies of su...

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Modelling habitat suitability for a potential flagship species, the hooded capuchin, of the Paraguayan Upper Paraná Atlantic forest.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Authors: Smith, R. L. & Lusseau, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The hooded capuchin (Sapajus cay) is an adaptable, generalist primate species found throughout eastern Paraguay with preferences for the Paraguayan Up...

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