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Birds as sacred 'children of god', beholders of spirit and symbols of twinhood: human-bird interaction among the Nuer in western Ethiopia.

Published online: 14 Dec 2024

Authors: Abebayehu Aticho & Abebe Beyene & Shimelis Aynalem Zelelew & Changkuoth Puok & Gosler, A. G. & Stenseth, N. C. & Chala, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The deep connection between Indigenous communities and nature plays a pivotal role in biodiversity conservation. Ethiopia, one of Africa's priority co...

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The relative abundance of birds on set-aside and neighbouring fields in summer.

Published online: 24 May 2000

Authors: Henderson, I. G. & Cooper, J. & Fuller, R. J. & Vickery, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Set-aside is arable land rested from normal intensive operations, usually providing, in summer, a relatively sparse, weedy or grass-dominated sward wi...

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Active farmsteads are year-round strongholds for farmland birds.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Šálek, M. & Bažant, M. & Żmihorski, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmland birds have experienced substantial declines over recent decades and various conservation measures have been designed to halt their massive de...

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Livestock grazing reinforces the competitive exclusion of small-bodied birds by large aggressive birds.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Val, J. & Eldridge, D. J. & Travers, S. K. & Oliver, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grazing by domestic livestock is sometimes promoted as a management tool to benefit biodiversity. In many situations, however, it can produce negative...

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Effects of habitat cover, landscape structure and spatial variables on the abundance of birds in an agricultural-forest mosaic.

Published online: 17 Nov 2004

Authors: Heikkinen, R. K. & Luoto, M. & Virkkala, R. & Rainio, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Numerical studies of the relationship between birds and their habitat are important because they provide understanding of the impacts of natural and h...

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Weak relationship between risk assessment studies and recorded mortality in wind farms.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Ferrer, M. & Lucas, M. de & Janss, G. F. E. & Casado, E. & Muñoz, A. R. & Bechard, M. J. & Calabuig, C. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wind farms generate little or no pollution. However, one of their main adverse impacts is bird mortality through collisions with turbine rotors. Envir...

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Collision fatality of raptors in wind farms does not depend on raptor abundance.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Lucas, M. de & Janss, G. F. E. & Whitfield, D. P. & Ferrer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The number of wind farms is increasing worldwide. Despite their purported environmental benefits, wind energy developments are not without potential a...

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Active restoration fosters better recovery of tropical rainforest birds than natural regeneration in degraded forest fragments.

Published online: 08 Feb 2022

Authors: Priyanka Hariharan & Raman, T. R. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration has emerged as a key strategy for conserving tropical forests and habitat specialists, and monitoring faunal recovery using ind...

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Bird strikes at commercial airports explained by citizen science and weather radar data.

Published online: 15 Nov 2021

Authors: Nilsson, C. & Sorte, F. A. la & Dokter, A. & Horton, K. & Doren, B. M. van & Kolodzinski, J. J. & Shamoun-Baranes, J. & Farnsworth, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aircraft collisions with birds span the entire history of human aviation, including fatal collisions during some of the first powered human flights. M...

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Bird services and disservices to strawberry farming in Californian agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Gonthier, D. J. & Sciligo, A. R. & Karp, D. S. & Lu, A. & Garcia, K. & Juarez, G. & Chiba, T. & Gennet, S. & Kremen, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bird conservation in agricultural settings can be controversial. While some bird species damage some crops, others suppress insect pests. Few studies ...

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