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Predicting plant species' responses to grazing.

Published online: 03 Jan 2002

Authors: Vesk, P. A. & Westoby, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The aim of this study was to identify whether plant species show consistent responses to livestock grazing. The analyses were based on 35 published st...

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Enigmatic freshwater mussel declines could be explained by the biodiversity-disease relationship.

Published online: 15 Jan 2024

Authors: Brian, J. I. & Aldridge, D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The biodiversity-disease relationship states that increased species richness leads to lower pathogen pressure (i.e. the dilution effect), an effect th...

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NatureScot Research Report 1297 - Developing tools for monitoring lichens & other sessile organisms.

Published online: 21 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Bhatti, N. R. & Cornulier, T. & Mitchell, R. J. & Potts, J. M. & Britton, A. J. & Woodin, S. J. & Genney, D. R.

Content type: Reports

This report discusses the use of occupancy modeling to improve the accuracy of species population estimates, focusing on lichens as a case study. It h...

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NatureScot Research Report 1300 - Scopingthe feasibility of developments to the Terrestrial Bird Indicator for Scotland - urban, farmland and wetland indicators.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Martay, B. & Noble, D.

Content type: Reports

This report provides an update on the feasibility of creating new categories within the terrestrial breeding bird indicator, with a focus on urban, we...

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Teaching, learning and play in the outdoors: a survey of provision in Scotland in 2022.

Published online: 25 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Mannion, G. & Ramjan, C. & McBicol, S. & Sowerby, M. & Lambert, P.

Content type: Reports

This report provides an in-depth picture on outdoor teaching, learning and play provisions in early years and in primary schools in Scotland in 2022, ...

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NatureScot Research Report 1363 - Exploring engagement with Dundee Wee Forests and green spaces.

Published online: 24 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Ward, K. & Beresford-Dey, M. & Frediani, K. & Lakin, E.

Content type: Reports

This report explores how Dundee schools and medical practices engage with Wee Forests-small, biodiverse woodlands planted under the national Wee Fores...

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Thirty years of change in the vegetation communities of three valley mires in Suffolk, England.

Published online: 22 Sep 1995

Authors: Fojt, W. & Harding, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Detailed floristic records from 12 mires on 3 Suffolk fens were gathered in 1959 and 1991. The data were analysed using tabulation and ordination to e...

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An uncertainty approach to modelling climate change risk in South Africa.

Published online: 17 Jun 2015

Authors: Cullis, J. & Alton, T. & Arndt, C. & Cartwright, A. & Chang, A. & Gabriel, S. & Gebretsadik, Y. & Hartley, F. & Jager, G. de & Makrelov, K. & Robertson, G. & Schlosser, C. A. & Strzepek, K. & Thurlow, J.

Content type: Bulletin

This study represents the first attempt at an integrated approach to assessing the potential impacts of climate change on the national economy of Sout...

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Monitoring mammal populations with line transect techniques in African forests.

Published online: 12 Jul 2000

Authors: Plumptre, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Line transect survey techniques have been used to estimate population density for a variety of mammal species in tropical forests. This paper investig...

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Restructuring tree provenance test data to conform to reciprocal transplant experiments for detecting local adaptation.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Lu PengXin & Parker, W. C. & Colombo, S. J. & Man RongZhou

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Local adaptation is a fundamental assumption in delineating seed zones and developing seed transfer guidelines to safeguard climatic adaptation of tre...

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