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Hirta, an island in the St. Kilda group, is grazed by a population of feral Soay sheep which crashes every 3-5 years with up to 60% mortality. Fungal ...

One approach to stabilise small and declining populations is to breed individuals in captivity and release them into the wild to reinforce existing po...

1. Environmentally friendly approaches to increasing food production include using the positive effects of plant biodiversity, such as in intercroppin...

The summer populations of the aphid Metopolophium dirhodum were monitored in a field of winter wheat in Bedfordshire, England, in 1978-80. The populat...

A study site comprising six 2.5 ha plots of heather (Calluna vulgaris) moorland which could be viewed from afar was created in NE Scotland. Each plot ...

European heathlands are of high conservation value but have declined as a result of agricultural intensification. Heathland recreation is currently be...

Plateau pikas Ochotona curzoniae are considered a pest species on the Tibetan Plateau because they compete with livestock for forage and their burrowi...

Shooting of game by shotgun inevitably leads to wounding of some individuals. Few attempts, however, have been made to quantify the numbers involved. ...

A valid strategy to mitigate the eutrophication of water bodies due to non-point source phosphorus (P) pollution and to reduce the emissions of greenh...

Most forests are recovering from human land use, making it critical to understand the effect of disturbance on forest recovery. Forests of the eastern...