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Lightweight den boxes enhance habitat for pine martens Martes martes in a conifer plantation in south-west Scotland.

Published online: 16 Feb 2025

Authors: Croose, E. & Martin, J. & Johnstone, S. & Birks, J. D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

The European pine marten Martes martes typically occupies woodland and preferentially rests and breeds in arboreal, insulated den sites, which are par...

Effectiveness of actions intended to achieve a voluntary transition from the use of lead to non-lead shotgun ammunition for hunting in Britain.

Published online: 01 Aug 2023

Authors: Green, R. E. & Taggart, M. A. & Pain, D. J. & Clark, N. A. & Clewley, L. & Cromie, R. & Dodd, S. G. & Elliot, B. & Green, R. M. W. & Huntley, B. & Huntley, J. & Pap, S. & Porter, R. & Robinson, J. A. & Sheldon, R. & Smith, K. W. & Smith, L. & Spencer, J. & Stroud, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

In 2020, nine major UK shooting and rural organisations proposed a voluntary transition from the use for hunting of lead shotgun ammunition to non-lea...

Guidelines for equitable and sustainable non-timber forest product management.

Published online: 16 Jan 2019

Authors: Jalonen, R. & Lamers, H. & Elias, M.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Forests worldwide are under tremendous pressure - and so are the 1.6 billion forest dwellers who depend on these for their livelihoods. Forest and tre...

The demography of blackbirds Turdus merula in rural habitats: is farmland a sub-optimal habitat?

Published online: 07 May 1997

Authors: Hatchwell, B. J. & Chamberlain, D. E. & Perrins, C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A population of 54-76 pairs of Turdus merula was studied on 350 ha of lowland farmland (arable, grazed and leys), 90 ha of broadleaved woodland (domin...

Assessment of bird collisions with deer fences in Scottish forests.

Published online: 04 Oct 1997

Authors: Baines, D. & Summers, R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bird collisions along 135 km of deer fences were monitored for 1 yr (April/May 1992 to April/May 1993) at 27 sites in the Scottish Highlands. The majo...

Impact of forest management on insect abundance and damage in a lowland tropical forest in southern Cameroon.

Published online: 04 Oct 1997

Authors: Watt, A. D. & Stork, N. E. & McBeath, C. & Lawson, G. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The rate of deforestation in West Africa was around 2% (12 000 km²) per annum during the 1980s, and recent evidence from Cameroon suggests that the ra...

An ecological survey of land use and soil erosion in the West Pakistan and Azad Kashmir catchment of the river Jhelum.

Published online: 12 Jan 1969

Authors: Mcvean, D. N. & Robertson, V. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Information is given on climate, soil types, vegetation, rural sociology, agriculture and land capability in the above survey area. The subtropical sc...

Small mammals in farm woodlands: the effects of habitat, isolation and surrounding land-use patterns.

Published online: 09 Jul 1997

Authors: Fitzgibbon, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The results of this study, which surveyed 38 small farm woodlands ranging in size from 0.05 to 4.45 ha, in an intensive arable region in Cambridgeshir...

Pinkworthy and Driver Farm proposed Site of Special Scientific Interest. Grassland Fungi Assessment.

Published online: 31 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: McLay, A.

Content type: Reports

The present survey took place in 2017 and 2018 and was carried out to ascertain whether the site fully met the recently revised SSSI (Site of Special ...

Relationships between livestock management and the ecological condition of riparian habitats along an Australian floodplain river.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Jansen, A. & Robertson, A. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grazing by introduced ungulate livestock is a major form of land use over large parts in Australia. Due to the tendency of stock to concentrate around...

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