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A protocol for error prevention and quality control in camera trap datasets.

Published online: 10 Apr 2025

Authors: Silva-Rodríguez, E. A. & Cortés, E. I. & Vasquez-Ibarra, V. & Gálvez, N. & Cusack, J. & Ohrens, O. & Moreira-Arce, D. & Farías, A. A. & Infante-Varela, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Camera traps are a mainstream methodology in applied ecology, but surprisingly there are no widely accepted protocols to ensure the quality of the dat...

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Is environmental legislation conserving tropical stream faunas? A large-scale assessment of local, riparian and catchment-scale influences on Amazonian fish.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Leal, C. G. & Barlow, J. & Gardner, T. A. & Hughes, R. M. & Leitão, R. P. & Mac nally, R. & Kaufmann, P. R. & Ferraz, S. F. B. & Zuanon, J. & Paula, F. R. de & Ferreira, J. & Thomson, J. R. & Lennox, G. D. & Dary, E. P. & Röpke, C. P. & Pompeu, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural expansion and intensification are major threats to tropical biodiversity. In addition to the direct removal of native vegetation, agricul...

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The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the demand for different shades of green.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Yap, K. K. L. & Soh, M. C. K. & Sia, A. & Chin WeiJun & Araib, S. & Ang WeiPing & Tan PuayYok & Er, K. B. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

COVID-19 has heightened the dependence of urban dwellers on cultural ecosystem services provided by urban green spaces (UGS), specifically in regard t...

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Facilitating the wise use of experts and evidence to inform local environmental decisions.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: MacLeod, C. J. & Brandt, A. J. & Dicks, L. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Using biodiversity management within New Zealand's agricultural landscape as a case study, we apply 'boundary science' approaches to overcome two pers...

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Abundance of an economically important nematode parasite increased in Puget Sound between 1930 and 2016: evidence from museum specimens confirms historical data.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Howard, I. & Davis, E. & Lippert, G. & Quinn, T. P. & Wood, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Does disturbance increase or decrease parasite transmission among wildlife hosts? Ecologists cannot answer this controversial question, in part becaus...

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Unravelling the dispersal dynamics and ecological drivers of the African swine fever outbreak in Belgium.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Dellicour, S. & Desmecht, D. & Paternostre, J. & Malengreaux, C. & Licoppe, A. & Gilbert, M. & Linden, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

African swine fever is a devastating disease of domestic pigs and wild boars caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV). ASFV originates from sub-Saha...

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A feeding guild indicator to assess environmental change impacts on marine ecosystem structure and functioning.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Thompson, M. S. A. & Pontalier, H. & Spence, M. A. & Pinnegar, J. K. & Greenstreet, S. P. R. & Moriarty, M. & Hélaouët, P. & Lynam, C. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Integrating food web indicators into ecological status assessments is central to developing effective management measures that can improve degraded ec...

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Shade tree trait diversity and functions in agroforestry systems: a review of which traits matter.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Isaac, M. E. & Gagliardi, S. & Ordoñez, J. C. & Sauvadet, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shade trees in agroforestry systems confer ecosystem services, such as enhanced soil fertility from diverse litter inputs, microclimate regulation via...

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Animal-pollinated crops and cultivars - a quantitative assessment of pollinator dependence values and evaluation of methodological approaches.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Siopa, C. & Carvalheiro, L. G. & Castro, H. & Loureiro, J. & Castro, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Crop pollinator dependence (PD) values are key when assessing a pollinator's contribution to agriculture, guiding management plans and policies for su...

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Eight years of entomological surveillance in Italy show no evidence of Culicoides imicola geographical range expansion.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Conte, A. & Gilbert, M. & Goffredo, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Assessing changes in species range is based on identifying new occurrences in areas where absence has been inferred due to lack of previous records. T...

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