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A test of methods for estimating population size of the invasive land snail Achatina fulica in dense vegetation.

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: Craze, P. G. & Mauremootoo, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Physical inaccessibility often complicates censuses of poorly mobile organisms. We therefore assessed the effectiveness of using a sample of quadrat c...

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Factors affecting lynx predation on sheep in the French Jura.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Stahl, P. & Vandel, J. M. & Ruette, S. & Coat, L. & Coat, Y. & Balestra, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. In regions where sheep are kept in fenced pastures and do not graze unattended in carnivore habitats, sheep losses vary greatly between sites and l...

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Harnessing practitioner knowledge to inform the conservation of a protected species, the hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius.

Published online: 28 Jun 2023

Authors: Phillips, B. B. & Crowley, S. L. & Bell, O. & McDonald, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

(1). Conservation decisions are typically constrained by the availability of published evidence. Practitioners and non-academic experts often possess ...

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Governance structures established for REDD+ implementation and their adaptation to the institutional and ecological conditions in Equateur province of the DRC.

Published online: 24 May 2017

Authors: Samndong, R. A. & Bush, G. K.

Content type: Bulletin

This report is one of the outputs of the project 'Man and forests - an evaluation of management strategies for reduced deforestation,' which aims to e...

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Exposure of non-target small mammals to rodenticides: short-term effects, recovery and implications for secondary poisoning.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Brakes, C. R. & Smith, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Monitoring of exposure to pesticides in many countries shows extensive exposure of predators to anticoagulant rodenticides, which are used to control ...

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Adaptive restoration of sand-mined areas for biological conservation.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Cummings, J. & Reid, N. & Davies, I. & Grant, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Adaptive management approaches to ecological restoration are current best practice. The usefulness of such an approach was tested in this study by imp...

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Predicting spatio-temporal distributions of migratory populations using Gaussian process modelling.

Published online: 13 Jun 2022

Authors: Piironen, A. & Piironen, J. & Laaksonen, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Knowledge concerning spatio-temporal distributions of populations is a prerequisite for successful conservation and management of migratory animals. A...

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Individual study: mechanical and manual control of prickly pear Opuntia dillenii in lakeside dunes at Laguna del Portil, southern Spain.

Published online: 12 Mar 2020

Authors: García-de-Lomas, J. & Martín, I. & Saavedra, C. & Fernández-Carrillo, L. & Martínez, E. & Rodríguez, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

We present the results of an intervention to control prickly pear Opuntia dillenii in an area of coastal dunes with Juniperus spp. and Pinus pinea at ...

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Quantifying restoration success and recovery in a metal-polluted stream: a 17-year assessment of physicochemical and biological responses.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Clements, W. H. & Vieira, N. K. M. & Church, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Evaluating the effectiveness of stream restoration is often challenging because of the lack of pre-treatment data, narrow focus on physicochemical mea...

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Combining time trends in multiple metrics for identifying persistent changes in population processes or environmental stressors.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Trenkel, V. M. & Rochet, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Metrics have become a standard way for summarizing environmental monitoring results. Different metrics react differently to natural variations and hum...

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