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Effects of reduced grazing on population density and breeding success of black grouse in northern England.

Published online: 13 Nov 2002

Authors: Calladine, J. & Baines, D. & Warren, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The maintenance or modification of grazing regimes is frequently advocated to deliver conservation targets in pastoral landscapes, but there are few q...

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Ecological traps for large-scale invasive species control: predicting settling rules by recolonising American mink post-culling.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Melero, Y. & Cornulier, T. & Oliver, M. K. & Lambin, X.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management programmes seeking to reduce the density of invasive species must overcome compensatory processes, such as recolonisation by dispersers fro...

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Parasitism and host sensitivity to cadmium: an acanthocephalan infection of the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex.

Published online: 06 Aug 1990

Authors: Brown, A. F. & Pascoe, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Of 600 G. pulex removed as a single sample from the River Teme, Herefordshire, UK, 52% were infected with Pomphorhynchus laevis, 20% contained larvae,...

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The benefits of extensive agriculture to birds: the case of the little bustard.

Published online: 03 Jan 2002

Authors: Wolff, A. & Paul, J. P. & Martin, J. L. & Bretagnolle, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The little bustard Tetrax tetrax is among many birds thought to be declining because of agricultural intensification in western Europe. In contrast wi...

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Balancing carnivore conservation and sustainable hunting of a key prey species: a case study on the Florida panther and white-tailed deer.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Bled, F. & Cherry, M. J. & Garrison, E. P. & Miller, K. V. & Conner, L. M. & Abernathy, H. N. & Ellsworth, W. H. & Margenau, L. L. S. & Crawford, D. A. & Engebretsen, K. N. & Kelly, B. D. & Shindle, D. B. & Chandler, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large carnivore restoration programs are often promoted as capable of providing ecosystem services. However, these programs rarely measure effects of ...

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Early spring orchard pollinators spill over from resource-rich adjacent forest patches.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Urban-Mead, K. R. & Dyke, M. van & Muñiz, P. & Young, A. D. & Danforth, B. N. & McArt, S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinator communities are more abundant and diverse in agricultural matrices with more natural habitat, although the reasons for these correlations r...

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Conditioned taste aversion enhances the survival of an endangered predator imperilled by a toxic invader.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: O'Donnell, S. & Webb, J. K. & Shine, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Even when we cannot eradicate an invasive species, we may be able to reduce its ecological impact. In Australia, a critically endangered predator, the...

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Utilizing disease surveillance to examine gene flow and dispersal in white-tailed deer.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Kelly, A. C. & Mateus-Pinilla, N. E. & Douglas, M. & Douglas, M. & Brown, W. & Ruiz, M. O. & Killefer, J. & Shelton, P. & Beissel, T. & Novakofski, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The prevention and management of transmissible diseases hinges upon understanding host dispersal because it influences distribution of wildlife, affec...

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The decline of the corncrake Crex crex in Britain and Ireland in relation to habitat change.

Published online: 06 Jan 1994

Authors: Green, R. E. & Stowe, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Censuses of singing male corncrakes (C. crex) on agricultural land in 7 sample areas of Britain and Ireland indicated a decline in numbers between 198...

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A model simulating mating behaviour of Spodoptera littoralis.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Symmons, P. M. & Rosenberg, L. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A computer model was developed simulating the mating behaviour and population increase of adults of Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) in an isolated grou...

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