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Assessing the ecological status of candidate reference lakes in Ireland using palaeolimnology.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Leira, M. & Jordan, P. & Taylor, D. & Dalton, C. & Bennion, H. & Rose, N. & Irvine, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that member states establish type-specific reference conditions for all waterbodies, ...

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Building a macrosystems ecology framework to identify links between environmental and human health: a random forest modelling approach.

Published online: 29 Mar 2023

Authors: Walls, F. N. & McGarvey, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Anthropogenic activities that degrade natural ecosystems may also impact human health. However, research on the links between human and environmental ...

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Identifying pathways for managing multiple disturbances to limit plant invasions.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Tanentzap, A. J. & Lee, W. G. & Monks, A. & Ladley, K. & Johnson, P. N. & Rogers, G. M. & Comrie, J. M. & Clarke, D. A. & Hayman, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant invasions are predicted to accelerate in a world with increased anthropogenic disturbance. Non-native species pre-adapted to these disturbances ...

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Highways associated with expansion of boreal scavengers into the alpine tundra of fennoscandia.

Published online: 21 Nov 2020

Authors: Rød-Eriksen, L. & Skrutvold, J. & Herfindal, I. & Jensen, H. & Eide, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat fragmentation may affect species distributions through, for example, altered resource availability and shifts in species interactions. Fragmen...

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The widespread keeping of wild pets in the Neotropics: an overlooked risk for human, livestock and wildlife health.

Published online: 13 Sep 2024

Authors: Romero-Vidal, P. & Blanco, G. & Barbosa, J. M. & Carrete, M. & Hiraldo, F. & Pacífico, E. C. & Rojas, A. & Bermúdez-Cavero, A. O. & Díaz-Luque, J. A. & León-Pérez, R. & Tella, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Zoonoses constitute a major risk to human health. Comprehensive assessments on the potential emergence of novel disease outbreaks are essential to ens...

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Refining thresholds in coupled fire-vegetation models to improve management of encroaching woody plants in grasslands.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Twidwell, D. & Fuhlendorf, S. D. & Taylor, C. A., Jr. & Rogers, W. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration priorities are typically established without quantitative information on how to overcome the thresholds that preclude successful restorati...

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Reversing the effects of evolutionary prey naiveté through controlled predator exposure.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Ross, A. K. & Letnic, M. & Blumstein, D. T. & Moseby, K. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Inappropriate anti-predator responses (naiveté) towards introduced predators is a key factor contributing to the extinction and endangerment of prey s...

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A marsh multimodel approach to inform future marsh management under accelerating sea-level rise.

Published online: 24 Nov 2023

Authors: Mitchell, M. & Nunez, K. & Herman, J. & Tombleson, C. & Mason, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Accelerating sea-level rise combined with the stresses of human land use threatens the persistence of tidal marshes. The proper management of existing...

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Testing large-scale hypotheses using surveys: the effects of land use on the habitats, invertebrates and birds of Himalayan rivers.

Published online: 22 Jan 2001

Authors: Manel, S. & Buckton, S. T. & Ormerod, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Piecemeal changes in land use might have cumulative effects on regional biodiversity. However, this hypothesis is difficult to test experimentally at ...

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Do grazing intensity and herbivore type affect soil health? Insights from a semi-arid productivity gradient.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Eldridge, D. J. & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. & Travers, S. K. & Val, J. & Oliver, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grazing is one of the most widespread forms of intensive management on Earth and is linked to reductions in soil health. However, little is known abou...

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