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Informing nature recovery in England by analysing "bottlenecks" in broad habitats.

Published online: 26 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Gutierrez-Arellano, C. & Crick, H. & Cowling, D. & Drake, L. & Hawkins, V. & Newland, L. & Taylor, S. & Travers, T. & Hodgson, J.

Content type: Reports

This study aimed to identify key areas where connectivity bottlenecks occur (where connectivity is restricted) at the national scale in England, UK, a...

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No place like home: an experimental comparison of reintroduction strategies using snakes.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Roe, J. H. & Frank, M. R. & Gibson, S. E. & Attum, O. & Kingsbury, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The practice of deliberately moving animals from one site to another for conservation is increasing as a tool to re-establish extirpated populations. ...

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A socio-psychological approach for understanding and managing bycatch in small-scale fisheries.

Published online: 15 Sep 2023

Authors: Booth, H. & Ichsan, M. & Hermansyah, R. F. & Rohmah, L. N. & Naira, K. B. & Adrianto, L. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Fisheries bycatch is the greatest threat to migratory, long-lived marine animals. Addressing bycatch ultimately requires changing fisher behaviour, ye...

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Filling knowledge gaps in a threatened shorebird flyway through satellite tracking.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Chan YingChi & Tibbitts, T. L. & Lok, T. & Hassell, C. J. & Peng HeBo & Ma ZhiJun & Zhang ZhengWang & Piersma, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Satellite-based technologies that track individual animal movements enable the mapping of their spatial and temporal patterns of occurrence. This is p...

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Influence of habitat quality and resource density on breeding-season female monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus movement and space use in north-central USA agroecosystem landscapes.

Published online: 14 Feb 2022

Authors: Fisher, K. E. & Bradbury, S. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The eastern North American monarch butterfly is at risk of quasi-extinction due, in part, to the loss of breeding habitat in agricultural landscapes o...

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Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats.

Published online: 18 Apr 2024

Authors: Razgour, O. & Montauban, C. & Festa, F. & Whitby, D. & Juste, J. & Ibáñez, C. & Rebelo, H. & Afonso, S. & Bekaert, M. & Jones, G. & Williams, C. & Boughey, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthropogenically driven environmental changes over recent centuries have led to severe declines of wildlife populations. Better tools are needed to a...

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Bat Earned Recognition Monitoring and Evaluation Report: Assessment and Accreditation and Licensing.

Published online: 10 Jan 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Sherwood, M. & Bellini, L. & Murray, S.

Content type: Reports

The Bat Earned Recognition (BER) pilot programme was developed in March 2021 in partnership between Natural England, the Chartered Institute of Ecolog...

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Assessment of wild living beaver populations on the River Exe and River Taw.

Published online: 14 Jun 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Campbell-Palmer, R. & Puttock, A. & Needham, R. & Holden, M. & Brazier, R.

Content type: Reports

Following increasing reports of wild beavers (Castor fiber) in both the River Exe and River Taw catchments, Devon, UK, Natural England commissioned a ...

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Humans drive spatial variation in mortality risk for a threatened wolf population in a Canis hybrid zone.

Published online: 14 Jul 2024

Authors: Benson, J. F. & Mahoney, P. J. & Wheeldon, T. J. & Thompson, C. A. & Ward, M. E. & McLaren, A. A. D. & Desy, G. E. & Fryxell, J. M. & Patterson, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large carnivores often exhibit high survival rates in protected areas, whereas intentional and unintentional human-caused mortality may be greater in ...

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Can niche use in red and grey squirrels offer clues for their apparent coexistence?

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Bryce, J. & Johnson, P. J. & MacDonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Introduced species are, worldwide, one of the most serious threats to biodiversity. Grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis are one of many introduced spe...

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