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Stating mechanisms and refining criteria for ecologically successful river restoration: a comment on Palmer et al. (2005).

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Jansson, R. & Backx, H. & Boulton, A. J. & Dixon, M. & Dudgeon, D. & Hughes, F. M. R. & Nakamura, K. & Stanley, E. H. & Tockner, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To encourage more project assessment and reporting of restoration outcomes, Palmer et al. (2005) propose five criteria for assessing the ecological su...

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NatureScot Research Report 1307 - Investigate the issue of herbicide usage in nature conservation and the potential impacts on biodiversity including adverse effects on non-target species - Phase 1 - Review and evidence screening.

Published online: 29 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Cook, S. K.

Content type: Reports

Invasive non-native species (INNS) and overabundant native plants can threaten conservation objectives, necessitating control measures, including herb...

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Reduced count size can provide a robust and more efficient diatom assessment of environmental conditions.

Published online: 27 Nov 2024

Authors: Riato, L. & Stoddard, J. L. & Herlihy, A. T. & Blocksom, K. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bioassessment indices routinely used in freshwater assessments are calculated using enumeration methods that are often time-intensive. For diatom asse...

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Beyond fecundity control: which weeds are most containable?

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Panetta, F. D. & Cacho, O. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Eradication is often the preferred strategy in the management of new weed invasions, but recent research has shown that the circumstances under which ...

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Assessing the environmental impacts of wildlife television programmes.

Published online: 07 Aug 2022

Authors: Aitchison, J. & Aitchison, R. & Devas, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Wildlife TV programmes reach very large global audiences, but it is hard to measure their benefits for the natural world. The commercial need to enter...

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Behavioural insights for improved uptake of agricultural sustainability assessment tools.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: MacLeod, C. J. & Brandt, A. J. & Collins, K. & Moller, H. & Manhire, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Changing human behaviour to enhance agricultural sustainability outcomes is an ongoing challenge that urgently needs addressing. It requires identifyi...

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Competitive interactions and the effect of herbivory on Bt-Brassica napus, Brassica rapa and Lolium perenne.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Damgaard, C. & Kjær, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The probability of a transgenic crop establishing a feral population outside cultivated areas and possibly outcompeting naturally occurring species ne...

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Quantifying ecological responses to amplified water level fluctuations in standing waters: an experimental approach.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Evtimova, V. V. & Donohue, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Global freshwater demand is increasing dramatically, with water withdrawal rates more than tripling in the last five decades. Consequently, alteration...

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Age-specific differences in Asian elephant defecation, dung decay, detection and their implication for dung count.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Sakthivel Chinnaiyan & Sudhakar Kaliyaperumal & Swaminathan Shanmugavelu & Desai, A. A. & Ashokkumar Mohanarangan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. In vertebrate population estimation, converting faecal density into animal density requires information on the faecal production rate, decay rate a...

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Pathway-level models to predict non-indigenous species establishment using propagule pressure, environmental tolerance and trait data.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Bradie, J. & Leung, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-indigenous species (NIS) establishments are a growing concern. Current quantitative methods for NIS risk assessment generally focus on only one sp...

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