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Regional demography of Icelandic rock ptarmigan and its implications for harvest management.

Published online: 02 Apr 2025

Authors: Johnson, F. A. & Nielsen, Ó. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) is a popular game bird in Iceland, but management of hunting has tended to be controversial. We were interested in w...

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Reconnecting children to nature: the efficacy of a wildlife intervention depends on local nature and socio-economic context, but not on urbanisation.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Jensen, J. K. & Olsson, J. A. & Post, M. von & Isaksson, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Children's interactions with nature are important mediators of health benefits and future relationships with nature and conservation. However, there a...

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Villages and their old farmsteads are hot spots of bird diversity in agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Rosin, Z. M. & Skórka, P. & Pärt, T. & Żmihorski, M. & Ekner-Grzyb, A. & Kwieciński, Z. & Tryjanowski, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To counteract the decline of farmland biodiversity in Europe, it is crucial to recognize habitats that are hot spots. Old rural settlements (e.g. vill...

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Soil aggregate stability increase is strongly related to fungal community succession along an abandoned agricultural field chronosequence in the Bolivian Altiplano.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Duchicela, J. & Sullivan, T. S. & Bontti, E. & Bever, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil aggregate stability is an important ecosystem property which deteriorates overtime due to agricultural practices. The cessation of cultivation al...

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Long-term recovery of multifunctionality in Mediterranean forests depends on restoration strategy and forest type.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Cruz-Alonso, V. & Ruiz-Benito, P. & Villar-Salvador, P. & Rey-Benayas, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest area is increasing in temperate biomes through active and passive restoration of old fields. Despite the large extension of restored forests, t...

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Species-area relationships of primates in tropical forest fragments: a global analysis.

Published online: 21 Sep 2005

Authors: Harcourt, A. H. & Doherty, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While in general the tropics and large-bodied tropical forest mammals are poorly understood, the effects of fragmentation on tropical forest and the t...

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Host culling as an adaptive management tool for chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer: a modelling study.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Wasserberg, G. & Osnas, E. E. & Rolley, R. E. & Samuel, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Emerging wildlife diseases pose a significant threat to natural and human systems. Because of real or perceived risks of delayed actions, disease mana...

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Urban vegetation and well-being: a cross-sectional study in Montreal, Canada.

Published online: 12 Feb 2025

Authors: Sousa-Silva, R. & Kestens, Y. & Stephens, Z. P. & Thierry, B. & Schoenig, D. & Fuller, D. & Winters, M. & Smargiassi, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

As urbanisation continues to accelerate, urban green spaces are increasingly recognised as key elements for enhancing people's health and well-being. ...

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Young people's networked constructions of nature: evidence from a qualitative multiple case study in the United Kingdom.

Published online: 11 Feb 2025

Authors: Reed, J. & Beames, S. K. & Macleod, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

How young people interpret and engage with nature is an important consideration within our current biodiversity and climate crises. What remains less ...

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Influence of harvesting pressure on demographic tactics: implications for wildlife management.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Servanty, S. & Gaillard, J. M. & Ronchi, F. & Focardi, S. & Baubet, É. & Gimenez, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Demographic tactics within animal populations are shaped by selective pressures. Exploitation exerts additional pressures so that differing demographi...

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