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Managing uplands for biodiversity: do agri-environment schemes deliver benefits for breeding lapwing Vanellus vanellus?

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Smart, J. & Bolton, M. & Hunter, F. & Quayle, H. & Thomas, G. & Gregory, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Within Europe, agri-environment schemes are the key delivery mechanism for biodiversity conservation outside protected areas. Schemes have a range of ...

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Higher avian biodiversity, increased shrub cover and proximity to continuous forest may reduce pest insect crop loss in small-scale oil palm farming.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Yahya, M. S. & Ibrahim, N. L. & Kamarudin, N. & Ahmad, S. N. & Atikah, S. N. & Sanusi, R. & Norhisham, A. R. & Masri, M. M. M. & Azhar, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One of the key ecosystem services offered by avian biodiversity within agricultural landscapes is natural predation. Nonetheless, the current use of b...

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Organic compost belowground and floral diversity aboveground interactively shape beneficial insects in urban gardens.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Blubaugh, C. K. & Chesnut, R. & Hagan, K. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant diversity aboveground can exert top-down pressure on herbivores by attracting predatory insects, while organic soil amendments rich in beneficia...

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Shifts in plant-invertebrate interactions between wild and ex situ conservation populations of a critically endangered tree.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Wang ShiTong & Song ShuaiShuai & Liu JiKun & Li JieHua & Jiang Mingxi & Wei XinZeng

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ex situ conservation is an effective approach to prevent the extinction of endangered species. Biotic interactions (e.g. herbivory and pollination) ar...

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Increased connections among soil microbes and microfauna enhances soil multifunctionality along a long-term restoration chronosequence.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Chen WenQing & Wang JianYu & Zhang JunHong & He Jia & Dong ZhengHong & Li YuYu & Meng ZeXin & Xu Ran & Chen Jun & Luo Sheng & Wang ZhengAng & Liu Kaixi

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The functional role of soil microbes in the restoration of degraded lands is greatly influenced by interactions within and between microbial communiti...

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Heathland management affects soil response to drought.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Gliesch, M. & Sanchez, L. H. & Jongepier, E. & Martin, C. & Hu YaHan & Tietema, A. & Vries, F. T. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Drought can affect ecosystem functioning by altering plant-soil interactions, posing a significant threat to vulnerable ecosystems like heathlands. In...

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Agronomic non-native species are overrepresented across habitat types in central Canada.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Assis Murillo, R. de & Pätsch, R. & Wagner, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In response to non-native plant invasions, many governments have established noxious weed lists to control and eradicate introduced invasive plants. H...

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Impacts of umbrella species management on non-target species.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Zarri, E. C. & Naugle, D. E. & Martin, T. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of anthropogenically altered habitats has often focused on management for umbrella species-vulnerable species whose conservation is though...

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Integrating presence-only and detection/non-detection data to estimate distributions and expected abundance of difficult-to-monitor species on a landscape-scale.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Twining, J. P. & Fuller, A. K. & Sun, C. C. & Calderón-Acevedo, C. A. & Schlesinger, M. D. & Berger, M. & Kramer, D. & Frair, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Estimating species distribution and abundance is foundational to effective management and conservation. Using an integrated species distribution model...

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Faecal standing crop with real time correction using scat detection dogs to estimate population density.

Published online: 13 Sep 2024

Authors: Santos Morini, R. F. dos & Grotta-Neto, F. & Duarte, J. M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population density is fundamental information for assessing the conservation status of species and support management and conservation actions for in ...

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