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Revised Disease Risk Analysis for the Conservation Translocation of the Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) to England.

Published online: 12 Apr 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Common, S. & Sainsbury, A. W. & Donald, H.

Content type: Reports

In a disease risk analysis (DRA) on the conservation translocation of free-living beavers from either Norway or Great Britain, or those housed in eith...

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Estimating transmission of avian influenza in wild birds from incomplete epizootic data: implications for surveillance and disease spread.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Hénaux, V. & Parmley, J. & Soos, C. & Samuel, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Estimating disease transmission in wildlife populations is critical to understand host-pathogen dynamics, predict disease risks and prioritize surveil...

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Using multi-scale spatial models of dendritic ecosystems to infer abundance of a stream salmonid.

Published online: 04 Oct 2024

Authors: Lu XinYi & Kanno, Y. & Valentine, G. P. & Rash, J. M. & Hooten, M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding patterns of species abundance is essential for planning landscape-level conservation. The complex hierarchies of dendritic ecosystems re...

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Using spatial heterogeneity to extrapolate species richness: a new method tested on Ecuadorian cloud forest birds.

Published online: 03 May 2006

Authors: O'Dea, N. & Whittaker, R. J. & Ugland, K. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

For most ecological assemblages, compiling complete inventories of species is difficult, if not impossible. Various methods have been developed to est...

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A hierarchical Bayesian approach to multi-state mark-recapture: simulations and applications.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Calvert, A. M. & Bonner, S. J. & Jonsen, I. D. & Flemming, J. M. & Walde, S. J. & Taylor, P. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mark-recapture models are valuable for assessing diverse demographic and behavioural parameters, yet the precision of traditional estimates is often c...

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Estimating abundance of fish associated with structured habitats by combining acoustics and optics.

Published online: 23 Dec 2023

Authors: Scoulding, B. & Gastauer, S. & Taylor, J. C. & Boswell, K. M. & Fairclough, D. V. & Jackson, G. & Sullivan, P. & Shertzer, K. & Campanella, F. & Bacheler, N. & Campbell, M. & Domokos, R. & Schobernd, Z. & Switzer, T. S. & Jarvis, N. & Crisafulli, B. M. & Untiedt, C. & Fernandes, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The diversity and abundance of fish inhabiting complex reef habitats poses some challenges to surveys based on optical techniques, especially for scho...

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Optimizing confirmation of invasive species eradication with rapid eradication assessment.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Russell, J. C. & Binnie, H. R. & Oh, J. & Anderson, D. P. & Samaniego-Herrera, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Confirmation of invasive species eradication following management programmes is typically determined by waiting an arbitrary period of time before det...

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Pollen dispersal of oilseed rape: estimation of the dispersal function and effects of field dimension.

Published online: 03 May 2006

Authors: Klein, E. K. & Lavigne, C. & Picault, H. & Renard, M. & Gouyon, P. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Debate continues regarding the ecological impacts of genetically modified (GM) crops and their coexistence with non-GM crops in Europe. In this debate...

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Inferring habitat suitability and spread patterns from large-scale distributions of an exotic invasive pasture grass in north Australia.

Published online: 20 Jun 2012

Authors: Petty, A. M. & Setterfield, S. A. & Ferdinands, K. B. & Barrow, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The understanding of large-scale patterns in expanding populations of alien invasive plants can be used to infer the environmental limiting factors, h...

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Estimating deer abundance from line transect surveys of dung: sika deer in southern Scotland.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Marques, F. F. C. & Buckland, S. T. & Goffin, D. & Dixon, C. E. & Borchers, D. L. & Mayle, B. A. & Peace, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Accurate and precise estimates of abundance are required for the development of management regimes for deer populations. In woodland areas, indirect d...

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