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Which mechanisms drive seasonal rabies outbreaks in raccoons? A test using dynamic social network models.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Hirsch, B. T. & Reynolds, J. J. H. & Gehrt, S. D. & Craft, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The timing of raccoon rabies outbreaks in the eastern USA is non-random and often exhibits a seasonal peak. While fluctuations in disease transmission...

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Resolving patterns of population genetic and phylogeographic structure to inform control and eradication initiatives for brown rats Rattus norvegicus on South Georgia.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Piertney, S. B. & Black, A. & Watt, L. & Christie, D. & Poncet, S. & Collins, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The control and eradication of invasive species is a common management strategy to protect or restore native biodiversity. On South Georgia in the Sou...

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Modelling the koi herpesvirus (KHV) epidemic highlights the importance of active surveillance within a national control policy.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Taylor, N. G. H. & Norman, R. A. & Way, K. & Peeler, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Koi herpesvirus can cause serious disease in carp Cyprinus carpio populations globally. Populations of carp exposed to the virus are already widesprea...

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User-friendly and evidence-based tool to evaluate probability of eradication of aquatic non-indigenous species.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Drolet, D. & Locke, A. & Lewis, M. A. & Davidson, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The gap between practitioners and conservation or environmental management science is difficult to bridge. Managers sometimes use limited scientific i...

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A call to arms: setting the framework for a code of practice for mosquito management in European wetlands.

Published online: 14 Jan 2021

Authors: Martinou, A. F. & Schäfer, S. M. & Mari, R. B. & Angelidou, I. & Erguler, K. & Fawcett, J. & Ferraguti, M. & Foussadier, R. & Gkotsi, T. V. & Martinos, C. F. & Schäfer, M. & Schaffner, F. & Peyton, J. M. & Purse, B. V. & Wright, D. J. & Roy, H. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wetlands provide multiple services to human societies. Despite policies dedicated to their protection, current European policies do not address the ne...

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Seed bank dynamics in Mimosa pigra, an invasive tropical shrub.

Published online: 11 Apr 1989

Authors: Lonsdale, W. M. & Harley, K. L. S. & Gillett, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study in Northern Territory, Australia, in connection with a biological control programme.

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A computer program for deriving growth-functions in plant growth-analysis.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Hunt, R. & Parsons, I. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A computer program suitable for employing regression techniques for plant growth analysis where data from only a few sequential harvests are available...

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Estimating and influencing the duration of weed eradication programmes.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Panetta, F. D. & Cacho, O. & Hester, S. & Sims-Chilton, N. & Brooks, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Weed eradication efforts often must be sustained for long periods owing to the existence of persistent seed banks, among other factors. Decision maker...

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Population-scale treatment informs solutions for control of environmentally transmitted wildlife disease.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Martin, A. M. & Richards, S. A. & Fraser, T. A. & Polkinghorne, A. & Burridge, C. P. & Carver, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Long-term pathogen control or eradication in wildlife is rare and represents a major challenge in conservation. Control is particularly difficult for ...

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Vector control technology and its relationship to the environment and wildlife.

Published online: 22 May 1967

Authors: Mulla, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper is one of a number on the effects on wildlife of contamination of the environment by pesticides that were presented at a conference in Engl...

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