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Under pressure: how human-wild-captive elephant social-ecological system in Laos is teetering due to global forces and sociocultural changes.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: Maurer, G. & Gimenez, O. & Mulot, B. & Lescureux, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Few empirical studies have described social-ecological systems (SESs) in transition. Some studies focused on external drivers that impact the SES and ...

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England's statutory biodiversity metric enhances plant, but not bird nor butterfly, biodiversity.

Published online: 07 Nov 2024

Authors: Marshall, C. A. M. & Wade, K. & Kendall, I. S. & Porcher, H. & Poffley, J. & Bladon, A. J. & Dicks, L. V. & Treweek, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity net gain is a policy focus worldwide, acknowledging ongoing losses of biodiversity to development, and a commitment to offsetting any res...

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Plant functional traits suggest novel ecological strategy for an invasive shrub in an understorey woody plant community.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Brym, Z. T. & Lake, J. K. & Allen, D. & Ostling, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding ecological strategies of invasive species relative to the entire native community is important in understanding and managing both the me...

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Fluctuating asymmetry and body size as indicators of stress in red squirrel populations in woodland fragments.

Published online: 26 Jun 1997

Authors: Wauters, L. A. & Dhondt, A. A. & Knothe, H. & Parkin, D. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In large parts of Europe red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) live in fragmented woodlands where populations are small, and dispersal rate and genetic div...

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Restoration of a Sri Lankan rainforest: using Caribbean pine Pinus caribaea as a nurse for establishing late-successional tree species.

Published online: 04 Oct 1997

Authors: Ashton, P. M. S. & Gamage, S. & Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N. & Gunatilleke, C. V. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the moist tropics, studies have demonstrated poor seedling establishment of late-successional trees on lands cleared of forest. This study examined...

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Temporal and spatial dynamics of beaver-created patches as influenced by management practices in a south-eastern North American landscape.

Published online: 04 Oct 1997

Authors: Snodgrass, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Beavers create habitat diversity across catchment landscapes by impounding small streams. This increased habitat diversity leads to increased species ...

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Living where the food is: web location by linyphiid spiders in relation to prey availability in winter wheat.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Harwood, J. D. & Sunderland, K. D. & Symondson, W. O. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spiders form a major component of the generalist predator fauna, potentially able to restrict pest population growth, but their populations may be foo...

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Efforts going to the dogs? Evaluating attempts to re-introduce endangered wild dogs in South Africa.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Gusset, M. & Ryan, S. J. & Hofmeyr, M. & Dyk, G. van & Davies-Mostert, H. T. & Graf, J. A. & Owen, C. & Szykman, M. & Macdonald, D. W. & Monfort, S. L. & Wildt, D. E. & Maddock, A. H. & Mills, M. G. L. & Slotow, R. & Somers, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We evaluated one of the most extensive efforts to date to re-introduce an endangered species: attempts to establish an actively managed meta-populatio...

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Vascular plant and Orthoptera diversity in relation to grassland management and landscape composition in the European Alps.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Marini, L. & Fontana, P. & Scotton, M. & Klimek, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Several recent studies have considered the relative effects of local vs. landscape factors on diversity of several animal taxa in grasslands. However,...

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Multistate capture-recapture analysis under imperfect state observation: an application to disease models.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Conn, P. B. & Cooch, E. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multistate capture-recapture models are frequently used to estimate the survival and state transition parameters needed to parameterize stage-structur...

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