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Wildlife farming: balancing economic and conservation interests in the face of illegal wildlife trade.

Published online: 09 Jul 2024

Authors: Meeks, D. & Morton, O. & Edwards, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Demand for wildlife and their products continues to grow, often despite increasingly militarised regulation and consumer awareness campaigns. We revie...

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Enhancing ecosystem services in apple orchards.

Published online: 27 Apr 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: Blog

This paper presents the results of a field study conducted in Spain, to evaluate the effectiveness of installing nest boxes for insectivorous birds in...

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Field Studies Guidance Note: Grid References for Biological Recording [version 2].

Published online: 06 Jan 2023

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Bell, C. & Brown, K. D. & Watts, O.

Content type: Educational material

This report is a guide for grid references for biological recording. A grid reference specifies a square of land, indicating a location through a seri...

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Nitrogen and establishment of a beetle for biological control of the floating weed Salvinia in Papua New Guinea.

Published online: 11 Jun 1985

Authors: Room, P. M. & Thomas, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A population of 570 adult beetles (Cyrtobagous sp.) released onto plants of Salvinia molesta in field cages declined to 40 adults over 7 months, and i...

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Effective control of biological invasions requires considering humans as a part of the invaded landscape.

Published online: 24 Aug 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Yletyinen, J. & Perry, G. L. W. & Burge, O. & Mason, N. & Stahlmann-Brown, P.

Content type: Blog

In this study, social survey data and social-ecological modelling were used to estimate how the success of controlling invasive plant species is influ...

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NatureScot Research Report 1265 - Biological analyses of underwater video footage collected from around the Isle of Arran (Firth of Clyde) in 2015.

Published online: 10 Oct 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Moore, C.

Content type: Reports

This report contributes to a long series of underwater video analyses commissioned by SNH since 2009. The primary aim of these studies is to improve k...

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Great tits can reduce caterpillar damage in apple orchards.

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Mols, C. M. M. & Visser, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The potential contribution of vertebrate predators to biological control in orchards has been largely overlooked to date. A few studies have shown tha...

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Biological control of cactus weeds: implications of hybridization between control agent biotypes.

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Hoffmann, J. H. & Impson, F. A. C. & Volchansky, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Results of recent research on Dactylopius opuntiae, a biological control agent for cactus weeds (Opuntia spp.) in South Africa and elsewhere, challeng...

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Large-scale disturbances, biological control and the dynamics of gorse populations.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Rees, M. & Hill, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Simulation and analytical models were developed for gorse Ulex europaeus. The simulation model incorporated spatially local density-dependent competit...

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A modelling analysis of the successful biological control of Sitona discoideus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Microctonus aethiopoides (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in New Zealand.

Published online: 02 May 1996

Authors: Barlow, N. D. & Goldson, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Simple models were developed to explore the interaction between the curculionid lucerne (Medicago sativa) pest Sitona discoideus and its introduced br...

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