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The risks from H5N1 to wild birds from captive-reared mallard: Quick scoping review.

Published online: 07 Oct 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Donald, H.

Content type: White paper

This scoping review examined the potential risks of H5N1 dissemination into wild bird populations due to the release of captive-reared mallards. A com...

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Predation intensifies parasite exposure in a salmonid food chain.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Connors, B. M. & Hargreaves, N. B. & Jones, S. R. M. & Dill, L. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Parasites can influence ecosystem structure, function and dynamics by mediating predator-prey interactions. Recurrent infestations of the salmon louse...

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Relating national levels of crop damage to the abundance of large grazing birds: implications for management.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Montràs-Janer, T. & Knape, J. & Nilsson, L. & Tombre, I. & Pärt, T. & Månsson, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Populations of large grazing birds have increased in Europe during the past five decades, raising conflicts between conservation and farming interests...

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Non-invasive mark-resight surveys for brown bears: incorporating spatial information to improve landscape-scale monitoring of density and distribution.

Published online: 24 Nov 2023

Authors: Schmidt, J. H. & Deacy, W. W. & Hughes, L. J. & Schertz, D. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Effective wildlife monitoring and management are reliant on unbiased estimators of population parameters. Most standard survey approaches ignore spati...

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The diet of grey seals from the south-western North Sea assessed from analyses of hard parts found in faeces.

Published online: 31 Aug 1990

Authors: Prime, J. H. & Hammond, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To assess variation in the diet of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the south-western North Sea, faeces were collected from Donna Nook, Lincolnshire...

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Yield reductions in agricultural grasslands in Norway after springtime grazing by pink-footed geese.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Olsen, A. K. B. & Bjerke, J. W. & Tombre, I. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A large population increase of the Svalbard-breeding pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus over recent decades has intensified the conflict with agri...

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Timing is everything: survival of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar postsmolts during events of high salmon lice densities.

Published online: 01 Feb 2021

Authors: Bøhn, T. & Gjelland, K. Ø. & Serra-Llinares, R. M. & Finstad, B. & Primicerio, R. & Nilsen, R. & Karlsen, Ø. & Sandvik, A. D. & Skilbrei, O. T. & Elvik, K. M. S. & Skaala, Ø. & Bjørn, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Atlantic salmon in aquaculture act as reservoir hosts and vectors of parasites like salmon lice and this parasite is shown to harm wild salmonid popul...

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Mako shark angler behaviour is different by region in Australia.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: French, R. P. & Lyle, J. M. & Lennox, R. J. & Cooke, S. J. & Semmens, J. M.

Content type: Blog

Humans have sordid relationships with predators, especially sharks. Many sharks are top predators and perform essential ecosystem services. Vulnerable...

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Combining time trends in multiple metrics for identifying persistent changes in population processes or environmental stressors.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Trenkel, V. M. & Rochet, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Metrics have become a standard way for summarizing environmental monitoring results. Different metrics react differently to natural variations and hum...

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The sound of recovery: coral reef restoration success is detectable in the soundscape.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Lamont, T. A. C. & Williams, B. & Chapuis, L. & Prasetya, M. E. & Seraphim, M. J. & Harding, H. R. & May, E. B. & Janetski, N. & Jompa, J. & Smith, D. J. & Radford, A. N. & Simpson, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pantropical degradation of coral reefs is prompting considerable investment in their active restoration. However, current measures of restoration succ...

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