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Remote sensing-based predictors improve distribution models of rare, early successional and broadleaf tree species in Utah.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Zimmermann, N. E. & Edwards, T. C., Jr. & Moisen, G. G. & Frescino, T. S. & Blackard, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Compared to bioclimatic variables, remote sensing predictors are rarely used for predictive species modelling. When used, the predictors represent typ...

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Spatial replicates as an alternative to temporal replicates for occupancy modelling when surveys are based on linear features of the landscape.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Charbonnel, A. & D'Amico, F. & Besnard, A. & Blanc, F. & Buisson, L. & Némoz, M. & Laffaille, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Occupancy estimates can inform biodiversity managers about the distribution of elusive species, such as the Pyrenean desman Galemys pyrenaicus, a smal...

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Validation of a spatial simulation model of a spreading alien plant population.

Published online: 10 Oct 2001

Authors: Higgins, S. I. & Richardson, D. M. & Cowling, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In this paper we describe the process of parameterizing and validating a spatial demographic model of a spreading alien plant population. The model, a...

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Farm-scale spatiotemporal dynamics of predatory beetles in arable crops.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Holland, J. M. & Thomas, C. F. G. & Birkett, T. & Southway, S. & Oaten, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spatial dynamics of farmland invertebrates can provide essential information relevant to their management for pest control and biodiversity conser...

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A national-scale model of linear features improves predictions of farmland biodiversity.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Sullivan, M. J. P. & Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Newson, S. E. & Scholefield, P. & Brereton, T. & Oliver, T. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modelling species distribution and abundance is important for many conservation applications, but it is typically performed using relatively coarse-sc...

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Models for the herbicidal control of the seed bank of Avena sterilis: the effects of spatial and temporal heterogeneity and of dispersal.

Published online: 29 Oct 1995

Authors: González-Andujar, J. L. & Perry, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A metapopulation neighbourhood model of the seed bank of an annual plant, that included the effects of heterogeneity in space and time, of stochastic ...

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Monitoring carnivore populations at the landscape scale: occupancy modelling of tigers from sign surveys.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Karanth, K. U. & Gopalaswamy, A. M. & Kumar, N. S. & Srinivas Vaidyanathan & Nichols, J. D. & MacKenzie, D. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Assessing spatial distributions of threatened large carnivores at landscape scales poses formidable challenges because of their rarity and elusiveness...

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Modelling landscape-scale habitat use using GIS and remote sensing: a case study with great bustards.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Osborne, P. E. & Alonso, J. C. & Bryant, R. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many species are adversely affected by human activities at large spatial scales and their conservation requires detailed information on distributions....

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Can managers inform models? Integrating local knowledge into models of red deer habitat use.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Irvine, R. J. & Fiorini, S. & Yearley, S. & McLeod, J. E. & Turner, A. & Armstrong, H. & White, P. C. L. & Wal, R. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many ecologically based wildlife-habitat models provide only limited explanations of the observed data because they do not take account of the way in ...

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Assessing spatial patterns of disease risk to biodiversity: implications for the management of the amphibian pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Murray, K. A. & Retallick, R. W. R. & Puschendorf, R. & Skerratt, L. F. & Rosauer, D. & McCallum, H. I. & Berger, L. & Speare, R. & VanDerWal, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Emerging infectious diseases can have serious consequences for wildlife populations, ecosystem structure and biodiversity. Predicting the spatial patt...

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