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Successional specialization in a reptile community cautions against widespread planned burning and complete fire suppression.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Smith, A. L. & Bull, C. M. & Driscoll, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation of biodiversity in fire-prone regions depends on understanding responses to fire in animal communities and the mechanisms governing these...

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Hedgerow trees and extended-width field margins enhance macro-moth diversity: implications for management.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Merckx, T. & Marini, L. & Feber, R. E. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Improving the effectiveness of agri-environment schemes is essential for reversing declines in farmland biodiversity. Crucial to achieving this is ide...

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Building an ecologically founded disease risk prioritization framework for migratory wildlife species based on contact with livestock.

Published online: 20 Oct 2021

Authors: Khanyari, M. & Robinson, S. & Morgan, E. R. & Brown, T. & Singh, N. J. & Salemgareyev, A. & Zuther, S. & Kock, R. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shared use of rangelands by livestock and wildlife can lead to disease transmission. To align agricultural livelihoods with wildlife conservation, a m...

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Herbivore culling influences spatio-temporal patterns of fire in a semiarid savanna.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Smit, I. P. J. & Archibald, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire and herbivory are competitive processes in grassy ecosystems as they both consume above-ground biomass. Despite this interaction between fire and...

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Mercury isotope clocks predict coastal residency and migration timing of hammerhead sharks.

Published online: 09 Nov 2023

Authors: Besnard, L. & Lucca, B. M. & Shipley, O. N. & Croizier, G. le & Martínez-Rincón, R. O. & Sonke, J. E. & Point, D. & Galván-Magaña, F. & Kraffe, E. & Kwon, S. Y. & Schaal, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The management of migratory taxa relies on the knowledge of their movements. Among them, ontogenetic habitat shift, from nurseries to adult habitats, ...

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Disentangling the effects of multiple anthropogenic drivers on the decline of two tropical dry forest trees.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Ticktin, T. & Rengaian Ganesan & Mallegowda Paramesha & Siddappa Setty

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical plant populations are often subject to multiple types of anthropogenic disturbance. Effective management requires disentangling the effects o...

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The role of wild palms in agroforestry systems in the Neotropics: a review.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Andrade, V. & Casas, A. & Balslev, H. & Mora, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Wild palms are among the most important plants in the Neotropics due to their wide distribution, species richness and cultural relevance for humans. I...

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Long-term vegetation recovery on reclaimed coal surface mines in the eastern USA.

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Holl, K. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While reclamation of degraded landscapes is becoming increasingly common, few studies have investigated the long-term effects of reclamation efforts o...

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Participation for protection: how collaboration between local communities, government agencies, and researchers can protect native species from invasive species.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Caceres-Escobar, H. & Kark, S. & Atkinson, S. C. & Possingham, H. P. & Davis, K. J.

Content type: Blog

This article describes a six-step framework that includes local ecological, economic and social knowledge to select the best management strategies to ...

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Adaptive restoration of sand-mined areas for biological conservation.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Cummings, J. & Reid, N. & Davies, I. & Grant, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Adaptive management approaches to ecological restoration are current best practice. The usefulness of such an approach was tested in this study by imp...

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