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A single male Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii), one of the UK's rarest bat species, recorded in 2009 in south Buckinghamshire represented the firs...

Charcoal plays an important role in soil function and carbon storage in fire-prone ecosystems. Charcoal is present in most boreal forest soils as a re...

The primary aim of many agri-environment schemes (AES) is to enhance biodiversity; however, the results of AES designed for this purpose have, to date...

Disturbance is a fundamental ecological process and driver of population dynamics. Ecologists seek to understand the effects of disturbance on ecologi...

Disease models typically focus on temporal dynamics of infection, while often neglecting environmental processes that determine host movement. In many...

The boreal biome, representing approximately one-third of remaining global forests, provides a number of crucial ecosystem services. A particular chal...

Apex predators can benefit ecosystems through top-down control of mesopredators and herbivores. However, apex predators are often subject to lethal co...

High densities of native and introduced deer hamper the regeneration of temperate forests worldwide. Sport hunting is often the sole means of deer con...

Environmental changes may not always result in rapid changes in species distributions, abundances or diversity. In order to estimate the effects of, f...

Pine (genus Pinus) species are planted extensively for forestry purposes in areas where they are non-native, with the result that biological invasions...