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Development of a risk assessment tool to assess the significance of septic tanks around freshwater SSSIs: Phase 1 - Understanding better the retention of phosphorus in the drainage field.

Published online: 02 Feb 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: May, L. & Withers, P. J. & Stratford, C. & Bowes, M. & Robinson, D. & Gozzard, E.

Content type: Reports

This project was undertaken to investigate some of the processes to protect SSSIs and provide information to underpin the development a 'family' of bu...

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Cost-effective monitoring of biological invasions under global change: a model-based framework.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Vicente, J. R. & Alagador, D. & Guerra, C. & Alonso, J. M. & Kueffer, C. & Vaz, A. S. & Fernandes, R. F. & Cabral, J. A. & Araújo, M. B. & Honrado, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological monitoring programmes are designed to detect and measure changes in biodiversity and ecosystems. In the case of biological invasions, they ...

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Managing the long-term persistence of a rare cockatoo under climate change.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Harris, J. B. C. & Fordham, D. A. & Mooney, P. A. & Pedler, L. P. & Araújo, M. B. & Paton, D. C. & Stead, M. G. & Watts, M. J. & Akçakaya, H. R. & Brook, B. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Linked demographic-bioclimatic models are emerging tools for forecasting climate change impacts on well-studied species, but these methods have been u...

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Exploring current and emerging irrigation and drainage management to reduce the impact of extreme events and mitigate droughts and floods.

Published online: 04 Sep 2019

Authors: Roux, L. le & Juba, R. & Mbanjwa, W.

Content type: Bulletin

Effective water management has become an important part of sustainable economic development worldwide. In areas dependent on agriculture for livelihoo...

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The contribution of spatial mass effects to plant diversity in arable fields.

Published online: 24 Aug 2020

Authors: Metcalfe, H. & Hassall, K. L. & Boinot, S. & Storkey, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In arable fields, plant species richness consistently increases at field edges. This potentially makes the field edge an important habitat for the con...

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Increased sediment deposition triggered by climate change impacts freshwater pearl mussel habitats and metapopulations.

Published online: 26 Oct 2021

Authors: Baldan, D. & Kiesel, J. & Hauer, C. & Jähnig, S. C. & Hein, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera is a benthic organism sensitive to hydrological regime alterations and habitat degradation dri...

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The impact of uncertainty on cooperation intent in a conservation conflict.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Pollard, C. R. J. & Redpath, S. & Bussière, L. F. & Keane, A. & Thompson, des B. A. & Young, J. C. & Bunnefeld, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stakeholder cooperation can be vital in managing conservation conflicts. Laboratory experiments show cooperation is less likely in the presence of unc...

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Human impacts mediate freshwater invertebrate community responses to and recovery from drought.

Published online: 21 Dec 2024

Authors: Sarremejane, R. & England, J. & Dunbar, M. & Brown, R. & Naura, M. & Stubbington, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Drought is an increasing risk to the biodiversity within rivers-ecosystems which are already impacted by human activities. However, the long-term spat...

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Unpredictability in seagrass restoration: analysing the role of positive feedback and environmental stress on Zostera noltii transplants.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Suykerbuyk, W. & Govers, L. L. & Bouma, T. J. & Giesen, W. B. J. T. & Jong, D. J. de & Voort, R. van de & Giesen, K. & Giesen, P. T. & Katwijk, M. M. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of key species in dynamic coastal ecosystems benefits from reduction in environmental stress. This can be realized by promoting positive f...

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Ranging behaviour of badgers Meles meles vaccinated with Bacillus Calmette Guerin.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Woodroffe, R. & Donnelly, C. A. & Ham, C. & Jackson, S. Y. B. & Moyes, K. & Chapman, K. & Stratton, N. G. & Cartwright, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Because biological systems are complex, management interventions occasionally have unintended adverse consequences. For example, attempts to control b...

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