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NatureScot Research Report 1365 - Elasmobranch distributions and interactions with fisheries.

Published online: 15 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Régnier, T. & Gibb, F. M. & Clarke, J. & Langton, R. & Kinnear, S. & Boulcott, P.

Content type: Reports

This report presents findings from a study aimed at providing key evidence for the future development of a conservation and management strategy for el...

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The value and limitations of local ecological knowledge: longitudinal and retrospective assessment of flagship species in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica.

Published online: 23 Oct 2021

Authors: Bessesen, B. L. & González-Suárez, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Anthropogenic activities and climate change are affecting marine ecosystems world-wide, but systematic biodiversity assessments through periodic biomo...

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Vulnerability assessment of the multi-sector North American bison Bison bison management system to climate change.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Martin, J. M. & Zarestky, J. & Briske, D. D. & Barboza, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Bison Bison bison are a keystone of a conservation system, but that system is vulnerable to the effects of a changing climate projected to alter land ...

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Estimating population-specific predation effects on Chinook salmon via data integration.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Sorel, M. H. & Zabel, R. W. & Johnson, D. S. & Rub, A. M. W. & Converse, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent success in the conservation of many marine mammals has resulted in new management challenges due to increasing conflict with fisheries. Increas...

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Response of bird communities to silvicultural thinning of Mediterranean maquis.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Montaña, E. de la & Rey-Benayas, J. M. & Carrascal, L. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woodland management should consider biodiversity conservation world-wide. Landowners in some European Mediterranean regions receive subsidies to thin ...

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Impacts of forest fragmentation on species richness: a hierarchical approach to community modelling.

Published online: 05 Aug 2009

Authors: Zipkin, E. F. & DeWan, A. & Royle, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species richness is often used as a tool for prioritizing conservation action. One method for predicting richness and other summaries of community str...

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How effective are European agri-environment schemes in conserving and promoting biodiversity?

Published online: 04 Feb 2004

Authors: Kleijn, D. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing concern over the environmental impact of agriculture in Europe has led to the introduction of agri-environment schemes. These schemes compe...

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Inferring spatial structure from time-series data: using multivariate state-space models to detect metapopulation structure of California sea lions in the Gulf of California, Mexico.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Ward, E. J. & Chirakkal, H. & González-Suárez, M. & Aurioles-Gamboa, D. & Holmes, E. E. & Gerber, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding spatial structure and identifying subpopulations are critical for estimating population growth rates and extinction risk, and as such es...

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When are extinctions simply bad luck? Rarefaction as a framework for disentangling selective and stochastic extinctions.

Published online: 25 Jul 2020

Authors: Smith, K. G. & Almeida, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A key challenge in conservation biology is that not all species are equally likely to go extinct when faced with a disturbance, but there are multiple...

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In search of forage: predicting dynamic habitats of Mongolian gazelles using satellite-based estimates of vegetation productivity.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Mueller, T. & Olson, K. A. & Fuller, T. K. & Schaller, G. B. & Murray, M. G. & Leimgruber, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Temporal variability in habitat suitability has important conservation and ecological implications. In grasslands, changes in resource availability ca...

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