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The River Otter Beaver Trial: Natural England's assessment of the trial and advice on the future of the beaver population (NEER018).

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Howe, C. V. & Crutchley, S. E.

Content type: Reports

The objective of this report is to assess the outcome of the River Otter Beaver Trial (ROBT) to inform the decision on whether the beavers are allowed...

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Hybrid apes in the anthropocene: burden or asset for conservation?

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Palmer, A. & Sommer, V. & Msindai, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Conservationists often view hybrid animals as problematic, at least if anthropogenic influence caused the intermixing to occur. However, critics propo...

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Ecosystem service trade-offs resulting from woody plant removal vary with biome, encroachment stage and removal method.

Published online: 21 May 2024

Authors: Ding JingYi & Eldridge, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant removal is used widely to restore systems encroached by woody plants and to improve ecosystem health and human well-being. However, the effects ...

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The demography of free-roaming dog populations and applications to disease and population control.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Morters, M. K. & McKinley, T. J. & Restif, O. & Conlan, A. J. K. & Cleaveland, S. & Hampson, K. & Whay, H. R. & Damriyasa, I. M. & Wood, J. L. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the demography of domestic dog populations is essential for effective disease control, particularly of canine-mediated rabies. Demograph...

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RHDV2 in Australia and implications for current rabbit biocontrol initiatives.

Published online: 24 Jan 2018

Published by: Australia, Rabbit Biocontrol Scientific Committee

Content type: Miscellaneous

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Escape responses of terrestrial and aquatic birds to drones: towards a code of practice to minimize disturbance.

Published online: 30 Nov 2020

Authors: Weston, M. A. & O'Brien, C. & Kostoglou, K. N. & Symonds, M. R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Advances in human technology can lead to widespread and rapid increases in interactions between wildlife and potentially disturbing stimuli. The recre...

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Birds are not the only ones impacted by guidance to cease bird feeding.

Published online: 22 Mar 2024

Authors: Dayer, A. A. & Pototsky, P. C. & Hall, R. J. & Hawley, D. M. & Phillips, T. B. & Bonter, D. N. & Dietsch, A. M. & Greig, E. & Hochachka, W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Humans have a particularly strong connection with birds, driving the enormous popularity of residential bird feeding in much of the world. We conducte...

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Repatriating leopards into novel landscapes of a South African province.

Published online: 12 Apr 2021

Authors: Power, R. J. & Venter, L. & Botha, M. V. & Bartels, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Leopards are often translocated away from where they are caught as non-lethal human-wildlife conflict mitigation. It is alleged that leopards fail to ...

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Social licence to cull: examining scepticism toward lethal wildlife removal in cities.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Essen, E. von & Redmalm, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

enThis link goes to a English sectionsvThis link goes to a English section The public may sometimes resist orders to cull wildlife, even when these po...

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A PIT-tag-based method for measuring individual bait uptake in small mammals.

Published online: 13 Jul 2021

Authors: Beatham, S. E. & Goodwin, D. & Coats, J. & Stephens, P. A. & Massei, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Rodents and other small mammals cause an increasing number of negative economic and environmental impacts worldwide. In the UK, the non-native grey sq...

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