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What does urbanization actually mean? A framework for urban metrics in wildlife research.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Moll, R. J. & Cepek, J. D. & Lorch, P. D. & Dennis, P. M. & Tans, E. & Robison, T. & Millspaugh, J. J. & Montgomery, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Extensive research has demonstrated that urbanization strongly alters ecological processes, often perniciously. However, quantifying the magnitude of ...

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Win-wins by matching environmental volunteering opportunities with interests of online search communities.

Published online: 13 Nov 2020

Authors: Winch, K. & Stafford, R. & Gillingham, P. & Thorsen, E. & Diaz, A.

Content type: Blog

This paper explores what interests communities searching online for environmental volunteering opportunities and how organisations may best match thei...

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Tree survival in the absence of elephants in the Akagera National Park, Rwanda.

Published online: 08 Nov 1971

Authors: Spinage, C. A. & Guinness, F. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Presents data from this Park showing that tall trees (mostly Acacia senegal) are very susceptible to windthrow, and that lightning often causes damage...

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Rescuing intraspecific variation in human-impacted environments.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Carvalho, C. da S. & Lucas, M. S. & Côrtes, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthropogenic activities influence ongoing selective regimes leading to changes in phenotypic variation of plants and animals. The reduction of phenot...

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The selection of winter food by whitefronted geese.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Owen, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An analysis of the contents of 109 European whitefronted goose (Anser albifrons) fore-guts, and of goose droppings, is described. The diet of the gees...

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Metabolites from the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) reduce Bd load in Cuban treefrog tadpoles.

Published online: 09 Sep 2022

Authors: Nordheim, C. L. & Detmering, S. E. & Civitello, D. J. & Johnson, P. T. J. & Rohr, J. R. & McMahon, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been associated with massive amphibian population declines worldwide. Wildlife vaccination campaigns have prov...

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A model for the spatial dynamics of linyphiid spiders in farmland.

Published online: 25 Sep 1996

Authors: Halley, J. M. & Thomas, C. F. G. & Jepson, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Linyphiid spiders are important predators of pests in agricultural ecosystems. Their ability to disperse aeronautically is a pre-adaptation to ephemer...

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From cash to conservation: which wildlife species appear on banknotes?

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Authors: Newbery, B. & Morrison, C. & Castley, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The use of wildlife imagery in society is highly varied and could contribute to reinforcing national identity. Standard depictions of wildlife include...

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A literature review of urban effects on lowland heaths and their wildlife.

Published online: 20 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Syldata, R. S. P. B.

Content type: Reports

This paper reviews the urban effects on Dorset lowland heathlands and their wildlife. This urban public access places considerable pressures on the he...

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The value of listening and listening for values in conservation.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Staddon, S. & Byg, A. & Chapman, M. & Fish, R. & Hague, A. & Horgan, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Listening is a pervasive and significant act of conservation research and praxis, mattering greatly for the realisation of conservation agendas, not l...

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