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Giant anteaters as bad omens: determinants and implications of wildlife superstitions.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Catapani, M. L. & Desbiez, A. L. J. & Morsello, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Superstitious beliefs threaten wildlife species, yet they have received limited attention in the scientific literature. Through a mixed-method approac...

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Analysis of discrepancies between the national and local levels in relation to the management of climate change in Mali.

Published online: 07 Sep 2016

Authors: Traoré, K. & Totin, E. & Zougmoré, R. & Sogoba, B. & Traoré, P. S.

Content type: Bulletin

In Mali, analysis of the discrepancies between the national and the local level in the policy area related to climate change questions the issue of th...

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Differing priorities explain why some people profit from an alien invader, while others lose out.

Published online: 27 Apr 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Linders, T. E. W. & Schaffner, U. & Alamirew, T. & Allan, E. & Choge, S. K. & Eschen, R. & Shiferaw, H. & Manning, P.

Content type: Blog

This paper describes the impact of the invasive tree, Prosopis juliflora, on the supply of ecosystem services. Prosopis significantly increased the su...

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Seasonal light interception and canopy development in hedgerow and bed system apple orchards.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Palmer, J. W. & Jackson, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patterns of light interception, in both time and space, were measured during 1973 and 1974 in apple orchards. Several planting systems were investigat...

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Date of sowing and nursery growth of provenances of Pseudotsuga menziesii given two fertilizer regimes.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Sorensen, F. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed collected from natural stands of P. menziesii growing at (a) 250, (b) 520 and (c) 880 m alt. in Oregon, and from a cross between trees in (a) and...

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El Yunque National Forest Atlas.

Published online: 10 Oct 2018

Authors: Quiñones, M. & Parés-Ramos, I. K. & Gould, W. A. & Gonzalez, G. & McGinley, K. & Ríos, P.

Content type: Bulletin

El Yunque National Forest Atlas is a collaborative effort by the International Institute of Tropical Forestry and El Yunque National Forest to provide...

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Tests of different methods for measuring and estimating utilization rate of heather (Calluna vulgaris) by vertebrate herbivores.

Published online: 07 Nov 1992

Authors: Armstrong, H. M. & Macdonald, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field study at a hill sheep farm in the Tweedsmuir hills of SE Scotland the precision of 4 methods for measuring utilization rate of C. vulgaris ...

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A call for a national collaborative predator coexistence programme.

Published online: 26 Oct 2021

Authors: Carter, N. H. & Nelson, P. & Easter, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Negative interactions between large terrestrial predators and livestock are a global phenomenon. The resultant conflicts can threaten the livelihoods ...

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The effects of conservation management of reed beds. I. The invertebrates.

Published online: 17 Apr 1993

Authors: Ditlhogo, M. K. M. & James, R. & Laurence, B. R. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A replicated experiment was conducted in 1988-89 in a stand of reeds (Phragmites australis) which were cut, burnt or left unmanaged on the Hundred Acr...

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Identifying rice fields at risk from damage by the greater flamingo.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Tourenq, C. & Aulagnier, S. & Durieux, L. & Lek, S. & Mesléard, F. & Johnson, A. & Martin, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Since the early 1980s, greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber roseus) have been reported to cause damage to the rice fields of the Camargue, southeas...

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