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Ecosystem service and biodiversity trade-offs in two woody successions.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Dickie, I. A. & Yeates, G. W. & St. John, M. G. & Stevenson, B. A. & Scott, J. T. & Rillig, M. C. & Peltzer, D. A. & Orwin, K. H. & Kirschbaum, M. U. F. & Hunt, J. E. & Burrows, L. E. & Barbour, M. M. & Aislabie, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many grasslands worldwide are undergoing succession to woody vegetation, causing complex effects on carbon (C) sequestration, nutrient cycling and bio...

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Phylogenetic diversity is maintained despite richness losses over time in restored tallgrass prairie plant communities.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Barber, N. A. & Jones, H. P. & Duvall, M. R. & Wysocki, W. P. & Hansen, M. J. & Gibson, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem restoration is an important tool for mitigating biodiversity loss and recovering critical ecosystem services to humanity, but restoration ra...

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Sugar provisioning maximizes the biocontrol service of parasitoids.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Tena, A. & Pekas, A. & Cano, D. & Wäckers, F. L. & Urbaneja, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is increasing interest in the use of food supplements in agriculture to enhance the performance of parasitoids as part of conservation biologica...

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Avian vulnerability to wind farm collision through the year: insights from lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus) tracked from multiple breeding colonies.

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Authors: Thaxter, C. B. & Ross-Smith, V. H. & Bouten, W. & Clark, N. A. & Conway, G. J. & Masden, E. A. & Clewley, G. D. & Barber, L. J. & Burton, N. H. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Wind energy generation has become an important means to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and mitigate against human-induced climate change, but coul...

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On-site floral resources and surrounding landscape characteristics impact pollinator biodiversity at solar parks.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Blaydes, H. & Potts, S. G. & Whyatt, J. D. & Armstrong, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

There is increasing land use change for solar parks and growing recognition that they could be used to support insect pollinators. However, understand...

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Using seismic sensors to detect elephants and other large mammals: a potential census technique.

Published online: 23 Nov 2005

Authors: Wood, J. D. & O'Connell-Rodwell, C. E. & Klemperer, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large mammal populations are difficult to census and monitor in remote areas. In particular, elephant populations in Central Africa are difficult to c...

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Temporal patterns of crop-raiding by primates: linking food availability in croplands and adjacent forest.

Published online: 19 Mar 1999

Authors: Naughton-Treves, L. & Treves, A. & Chapman, C. & Wrangham, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The temporal pattern of foraging on crops (the equivalent to mast fruiting of forest trees) by redtail monkeys Cercopithecus ascanius, olive baboons P...

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Automated acoustic monitoring captures timing and intensity of bird migration.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Doren, B. M. van & Lostanlen, V. & Cramer, A. & Salamon, J. & Dokter, A. & Kelling, S. & Bello, J. P. & Farnsworth, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Monitoring small, mobile organisms is crucial for science and conservation, but is technically challenging. Migratory birds are prime examples, often ...

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Birds and butterflies respond to soil-induced habitat heterogeneity in experimental plantings of tallgrass prairie species managed as agroenergy crops in Iowa, USA.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Myers, M. C. & Mason, J. T. & Hoksch, B. J. & Cambardella, C. A. & Pfrimmer, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The maintenance of habitat heterogeneity in agricultural landscapes has been promoted as a key strategy to conserve biodiversity. Animal response to g...

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Modelling potential areas for Seagrass restoration within Plymouth Sound & Estuaries SAC and Solent Maritime SAC as part of the LIFE fund Recreation ReMEDIES project, 2020.

Published online: 21 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Early, R. I. & Duffy, J. P. & Ashton, I. G. C. & Maclean, I. M. D. & McNie, F. & Selley, H. A. & Laing, C. G.

Content type: Reports

This work was undertaken with the aim of developing a novel modelling approach to inform the restoration of Zostera marina seagrass habitats within th...

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