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Global plan of action for the conservation, sustainable use and development of forest genetic resources.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Published by: Food and Agriculture Organization

Content type: Miscellaneous

Forest genetic resources (FGR) are the heritable materials maintained within and among tree and other woody plant species that are of actual or potent...

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Time to independence and predator-prey relationships of wild-born, captive-raised cheetahs released into private reserves in Namibia.

Published online: 15 Aug 2024

Authors: Marker, L. & Schmidt-Küntzel, A. & Walker, E. H. & Nghikembua, M. & Cristescu, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Reintroduction programmes are an important tool for the conservation of threatened and endangered carnivores, but their effectiveness has rarely been ...

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Humans drive spatial variation in mortality risk for a threatened wolf population in a Canis hybrid zone.

Published online: 14 Jul 2024

Authors: Benson, J. F. & Mahoney, P. J. & Wheeldon, T. J. & Thompson, C. A. & Ward, M. E. & McLaren, A. A. D. & Desy, G. E. & Fryxell, J. M. & Patterson, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large carnivores often exhibit high survival rates in protected areas, whereas intentional and unintentional human-caused mortality may be greater in ...

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Can niche use in red and grey squirrels offer clues for their apparent coexistence?

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Bryce, J. & Johnson, P. J. & MacDonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Introduced species are, worldwide, one of the most serious threats to biodiversity. Grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis are one of many introduced spe...

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Occupancy of brook trout and brown trout in streams of the mixedwood plains ecozone.

Published online: 08 Jul 2020

Authors: Jones, N. E. & Sutton, I. A. & Schmidt, B. J. & Ghunowa, K.

Content type: Bulletin

Understanding which streams might support brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) is valuable to conservation and resource ...

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Reproductive failure of a human-tolerant species, the American kestrel, is associated with stress and human disturbance.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Strasser, E. H. & Heath, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The rapid increase of human activity in wild and developed areas presents novel challenges for wildlife. Some species may use human-dominated landscap...

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A slippery slope: logging alters mass-abundance scaling in ecological communities.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Umesh Srinivasan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Natural ecosystems face ever-increasing anthropogenic threats from activities such as logging. It is therefore important to: (i) understand anthropoge...

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Does it make economic sense to restore rivers for their ecosystem services?

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Acuña, V. & Díez, J. R. & Flores, L. & Meleason, M. & Elosegi, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Temperate forests managed to maximize sustainable yield of wood products can reduce the availability of dead wood on the forest floor and in adjacent ...

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Colobus monkeys and coconuts: a study of perceived human-wildlife conflicts.

Published online: 16 Mar 2000

Authors: Siex, K. S. & Struhsaker, T. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Approximately half of the remaining Zanzibar red colobus, Procolobus kirkii, one of Africa's most endangered primates, reside permanently outside prot...

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Aquatic pollution increases use of terrestrial prey subsidies by stream fish.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Kraus, J. M. & Pomeranz, J. F. & Todd, A. S. & Walters, D. M. & Schmidt, T. S. & Wanty, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stream food webs are connected with their riparian zones through cross-ecosystem movements of energy and nutrients. The use and impact of terrestrial ...

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