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Field-based ecological studies to assess prospective biological control agents for invasive alien plants: an example from giant rat's tail grass.

Published online: 25 May 2021

Authors: Sutton, G. F. & Canavan, K. & Day, M. D. & Paterson, I. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological control (biocontrol) of invasive alien plants is a widely utilised weed management tool. Prospective biocontrol agents are typically assess...

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Factors affecting the recovery of Mexican wolves in the Southwest United States.

Published online: 15 Feb 2024

Authors: Breck, S. W. & Davis, A. J. & Oakleaf, J. K. & Bergman, D. L. & Devos, J. & Greer, J. P. & Pepin, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recovering and maintaining large carnivore populations is a global conservation challenge that requires better knowledge of the factors affecting thei...

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The impact of safety nets on technology adoption: a difference-in-differences analysis.

Published online: 29 Jun 2016

Authors: Alem, Y. & Broussard, N. H.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper contributes to a growing body of empirical literature relating credit constraints and incomplete insurance to investment decisions. We use ...

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Water body temperature model for assessing climate change impacts on thermal cooling.

Published online: 19 Oct 2016

Authors: Strzepek, K. & Fant, C. & Gebretsadik, Y. & Lickley, M. & Boehlert, B. & Chapra, S. & Adams, E. & Strzepek, A. & Schlosser, C. A.

Content type: Bulletin

We develop and test a physically based semi-Lagrangian water body temperature model to apply climatological data and thermal pollution from river-base...

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Trait-based selection of nurse plants to restore ecosystem functions in mine tailings.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Navarro-Cano, J. A. & Verdú, M. & Goberna, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Metal mining in drylands generates waste tailings with high toxicity, physical instability, as well as water and thermal stresses that hamper their bi...

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Is environmental legislation conserving tropical stream faunas? A large-scale assessment of local, riparian and catchment-scale influences on Amazonian fish.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Leal, C. G. & Barlow, J. & Gardner, T. A. & Hughes, R. M. & Leitão, R. P. & Mac nally, R. & Kaufmann, P. R. & Ferraz, S. F. B. & Zuanon, J. & Paula, F. R. de & Ferreira, J. & Thomson, J. R. & Lennox, G. D. & Dary, E. P. & Röpke, C. P. & Pompeu, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural expansion and intensification are major threats to tropical biodiversity. In addition to the direct removal of native vegetation, agricul...

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Metacommunities, metaecosystems and the environmental fate of chemical contaminants.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Schiesari, L. & Leibold, M. A. & Burton, G. A., Jr.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although pollution is a major driver of ecosystem change, models predicting the environmental fate of contaminants suffer from critical uncertainties ...

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Disruption of an exotic mutualism can improve management of an invasive plant: varroa mite, honeybees and biological control of Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius in New Zealand.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Paynter, Q. & Main, A. & Gourlay, A. H. & Peterson, P. G. & Fowler, S. V. & Buckley, Y. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A seed-feeding biocontrol agent Bruchidius villosus was released in New Zealand (NZ) to control the invasive European shrub, broom Cytisus scoparius, ...

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How Conservation Practice can Generate Evidence.

Published online: 22 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Conservation Evidence

Authors: Ockendon, N. & Cadotte, M. W. & Eklund, J. & Ferraro, P. J. & Fisher, M. & Hancock, M. & Worthington, T. A.

Content type: Book chapter

Conservation practice provides a considerable opportunity to generate new evidence to inform future decision-making. Substantial resources are current...

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Participatory mapping reveals biocultural and nature values in the shared landscape of a Nordic UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Cusens, J. & Barraclough, A. M. D. & Måren, I. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Making the right decisions for sustainable development requires sound knowledge of the values and spatial distribution of the services co-produced by ...

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