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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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A comprehensive large-scale assessment of fisheries bycatch risk to threatened seabird populations.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Clay, T. A. & Small, C. & Tuck, G. N. & Pardo, D. & Carneiro, A. P. B. & Wood, A. G. & Croxall, J. P. & Crossin, G. T. & Phillips, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Incidental mortality (bycatch) in fisheries remains the greatest threat to many large marine vertebrates and is a major barrier to fisheries sustainab...

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Increased proportion of exclusion netting in the landscape affects pest damage in unnetted apple orchards.

Published online: 23 Apr 2025

Authors: Poinas, I. & Lavigne, C. & Dib, H. & Leroy, A. & Franck, P. & Delattre, T. & Said, X. & Gauffre, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spatial distribution of agricultural practices in the landscape can affect pests through landscape concentration-dilution or resource limitation e...

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Egg cold hardiness and topoclimatic limitations to outbreaks of Epirrita autumnata in northern Fennoscandia.

Published online: 21 Sep 1990

Authors: Tenow, O. & Nilssen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forests of mountain birch (Betula pubescens subsp. tortuosa [B. tortuosa]) in the lower parts of the Abisko valley, northern Sweden, and in the Finnma...

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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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Assessing fish-fishery dynamics from a spatially explicit metapopulation perspective reveals winners and losers in fisheries management.

Published online: 24 Feb 2024

Authors: Radici, A. & Claudet, J. & Ligas, A. & Bitetto, I. & Lembo, G. & Spedicato, M. T. & Sartor, P. & Piccardi, C. & Melià, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionitThis link goes to a English section Sustainable management of living resources must reconcile biodiversity cons...

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Effect of climate change-induced increases on the range of rice-barley double cultivation on the intermediate egret.

Published online: 22 Feb 2024

Authors: Choi Green & Son SeokJun & Do MinSeock & Nam HyungKyu

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensification of cultivation methods and land-use types, particularly in the face of climate change, has steadily weakened the habitat function of r...

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Modelling potential areas for Seagrass restoration within Plymouth Sound & Estuaries SAC and Solent Maritime SAC as part of the LIFE fund Recreation ReMEDIES project, 2020.

Published online: 21 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Early, R. I. & Duffy, J. P. & Ashton, I. G. C. & Maclean, I. M. D. & McNie, F. & Selley, H. A. & Laing, C. G.

Content type: Reports

This work was undertaken with the aim of developing a novel modelling approach to inform the restoration of Zostera marina seagrass habitats within th...

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Fal & Helford SAC subtidal sediment data analysis report 2017.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Johnson, G. & Burrows, F. & Crabtree, R. & Warner, I.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this project was to analyse sediment infauna data to quantify any changes in community composition at the Fal and Helford Special Area of C...

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Facilitating dynamic and inclusive biodiversity conservation in Britain: an anthropocene perspective.

Published online: 04 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Thomas, C. D. & Hill, J. K. & Ward, C. & Hatfield, J. H.

Content type: Reports

We propose an approach to conservation centred on achieving positive future trajectories of dynamic change, applied to all locations and species, and ...

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