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Broad spectrum artificial light at night increases the conspicuousness of camouflaged prey.

Published online: 02 Aug 2022

Authors: McMahon, O. & Smyth, T. & Davies, T. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The growing global prevalence of energy efficient broad spectrum lighting threatens to disrupt an array of visually guided ecological processes. Broad...

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NatureScot Research Report 1333 - Deer management skills and capacity - initial scoping report.

Published online: 15 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Scott, J.

Content type: Reports

This report provides an update on the capacity to manage deer in Scotland, focusing on the human and physical resources required to meet the Scottish ...

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Missing carcasses, lost nutrients: quantifying nutrient losses from deer culling practices in Scotland.

Published online: 24 Aug 2024

Authors: Ferraro, K. M. & Hirst, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Deer management has become an integral part of ecosystem recovery efforts across the globe. Within Scotland, annual deer culls have been implemented t...

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Projecting the dynamics of invading deer with pattern-oriented modelling to support management decision-making.

Published online: 27 Apr 2024

Authors: Botterill-James, T. & Cunningham, C. X. & Johnson, C. N. & Haythorne, S. & Fordham, D. A. & Brook, B. W. & Duncan, R. P. & Forsyth, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Avoiding the undesirable impacts of invasive species requires robustly evaluating the effects of alternative management scenarios. Such evaluations de...

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Upland prairie adaptive management staged-scale restoration practices for native plant and endangered butterfly reintroduction.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Muzychko, C. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The present practice insight derives from land manager requests to document current on-site activity and provides a management planning reference for ...

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Grassland extensification enhances nest densities of ground-nesting wild bees.

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Albrecht, M. & Bossart, S. & Tschanz, P. & Keller, T. & Sutter, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ground-nesting wild bees provide essential pollination services in agroecosystems, but they are jeopardized by intensive agricultural management. To m...

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Selection of indicators for assessing and managing the impacts of bottom trawling on seabed habitats.

Published online: 25 Nov 2020

Authors: Hiddink, J. G. & Kaiser, M. J. & Sciberras, M. & McConnaughey, R. A. & Tessa Mazor & Hilborn, R. & Collie, J. S. & C. Roland Pitcher & Parma, A. M. & Suuronen, P. & Rijnsdorp, A. D. & Jennings, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bottom trawl fisheries are the most widespread source of anthropogenic physical disturbance to seabed habitats. Development of fisheries-, conservatio...

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Alkaline fen & transition mire survey of the North York Moors National Park & Bishop Monkton Ings.

Published online: 07 Apr 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Eades, P. & Tratt, R. & Shaw, S.

Content type: Reports

This paper presents a survey of sites thought to support the EC Habitats Directive Annex 1 habitats 'Alkaline Fen' and to a lesser extent 'Transition ...

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Inundated parcels for meadow birds.

Published online: 21 Feb 2018

Authors: Visser, T. & Melman, D. & Buij, R. & Schotman, A.

Content type: Bulletin

Parcel inundation has become a common management practice within agricultural nature conservation areas within the Netherlands. Research has been cond...

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Local extinction of British farmland birds and the prediction of further loss.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Gates, S. & Donald, P. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The populations of many UK farmland birds declined between 1970 and 1990, frequently accompanied by contractions in breeding ranges. Ornithological at...

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