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The impact of predator control on lapwing Vanellus vanellus breeding success on wet grassland nature reserves.

Published online: 18 Jul 2007

Authors: Bolton, M. & Tyler, G. & Smith, K. & Bamford, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Whilst the widespread declines in breeding grassland waders in many parts of Europe have been associated with changes in agriculture, there is concern...

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What is better for animal conservation translocation programmes: soft- or hard-release? A phylogenetic meta-analytical approach.

Published online: 17 Jun 2021

Authors: Resende, P. S. & Viana Junior, A. B. & Young, R. J. & Azevedo, C. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Animal conservation translocation is an important tool available to conservation biologists to address problems of isolated, declining or endangered p...

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Top-down control of a marine mesopredator: increase in native white-tailed eagles accelerates the extinction of an endangered seabird population.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Anker-Nilssen, T. & Fayet, A. L. & Aarvak, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bottom-up control is an important regulator of marine mesopredators such as seabirds. The prevalence of top-down control on these species is however l...

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Galliformes - barometers of the state of applied ecology and wildlife conservation in China.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: McGowan, P. J. K. & Zhang YanYun & Zhang ZhengWang

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human population pressure is placing huge demands on China's environment. In recent years, the Chinese government has established a suite of programme...

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Insights from five decades of monitoring habitat and breeding populations of American woodcock.

Published online: 15 Sep 2020

Authors: Gutowsky, S. E. & Gutowsky, L. F. G. & Milton, G. R. & Mallory, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Habitat loss and degradation are contributing to severe declines in many North American bird species. For American woodcock Scolopax minor ('woodcock'...

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To graze or not to graze? Sheep, voles, forestry and nature conservation in the British uplands.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Evans, D. M. & Redpath, S. M. & Elston, D. A. & Evans, S. A. & Mitchell, R. J. & Dennis, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The British uplands are internationally important for their unique plant and bird communities. They have considerable economic, nature conservation, l...

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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...

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Spatial targeting of woodland creation can reduce the colonisation credit of woodland plants.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: Hughes, S. & Kunin, W. & Ziv, G. & Watts, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Colonisation credit refers to the temporal lag between positive conservation actions and species' responses and may be one of the reasons we fail to m...

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Influence of landscape pattern on breeding distribution and success in a threatened Alcid, the marbled murrelet: model transferability and management implications.

Published online: 29 Aug 2007

Authors: Zharikov, Y. & Lank, D. B. & Cooke, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The marbled murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus is a threatened Alcid nesting in old-growth coastal forests from central California to Alaska. Logging h...

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The impact of uncertainty on cooperation intent in a conservation conflict.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Pollard, C. R. J. & Redpath, S. & Bussière, L. F. & Keane, A. & Thompson, des B. A. & Young, J. C. & Bunnefeld, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stakeholder cooperation can be vital in managing conservation conflicts. Laboratory experiments show cooperation is less likely in the presence of unc...

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