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Does fortune follow function? Exploring how consumer preferences drive the functional trait composition of the global songbird trade.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Almeida, R. J. & Mazza, A. N. & Lockwood, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Defaunation and extinction undermine the resilience and functioning of ecological communities and ecosystems. Relative to other disturbances, overexpl...

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The impact of variable hatching rates on parasite control: a model of an aquatic ectoparasite in a Finnish fish farm.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Fenton, A. & Hakalahti, T. & Bandilla, M. & Valtonen, E. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many parasites of medical and veterinary importance infect via free-living stages that undergo a period of development in the environment before seeki...

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An ecological survey of land use and soil erosion in the West Pakistan and Azad Kashmir catchment of the river Jhelum.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Mcvean, D. N. & Robertson, V. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Information is given on climate, soil types, vegetation, rural sociology, agriculture and land capability in the above survey area. There was a transi...

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Indonesia Rural Economic Development Series. Growing plants on a barren hill: local knowledge as part of land restoration in Sumba Timur, Indonesia.

Published online: 14 Aug 2019

Authors: Mulyoutami, E. & Purnomosidhi, P. & Suryadi, A. & Nugky, I. & Hanggawali, D. N. & Sabastian, G. E. & Anggrayani, S. & Roshetko, J. M.

Content type: Bulletin

Implementation of land restoration needs to be adjusted to local conditions to be more efficient and effective. Local communities are the actors with ...

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Effects of mammalian herbivores and termites on the performance of native and exotic plantation tree seedlings.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Moe, S. R. & Loe, L. E. & Jessen, M. & Okullo, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasion of exotic species is a global challenge and the potential for adverse effects on local biodiversity is particularly high in protected areas. ...

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Climate change and the potential distribution of an invasive alien plant: Acacia nilotica ssp. indica in Australia.

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Kriticos, D. J. & Sutherst, R. W. & Brown, J. R. & Adkins, S. W. & Maywald, G. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Acacia nilotica is a spinescent woody legume that has become highly invasive in several parts of the world, including Australia where it has been decl...

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Soil ammonium accumulation after sod cutting hampers the restoration of degraded wet heathlands.

Published online: 05 Nov 2003

Authors: Dorland, E. & Bobbink, R. & Messelink, J. H. & Verhoeven, J. T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of formerly species-rich wet heaths and matgrass swards has not always been successful. The constraints on this restoration process are no...

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Bush-control studies in the drier areas of Kenya. 3. Control of Disperma in semi-desert dwarf shrub grassland.

Published online: 05 Mar 1967

Authors: Pratt, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

At 3 sites on the El Barta plains of northern Kenya, the ecological effects of controlling the dominant shrub Disperma sp. near D. eremophilum were st...

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Impacts of herbivory by ecological replacements on an island ecosystem.

Published online: 08 Sep 2022

Authors: Moorhouse-Gann, R. J. & Vaughan, I. P. & Cole, N. C. & Goder, M. & Tatayah, V. & Jones, C. G. & Mike, D. & Young, R. P. & Bruford, M. W. & Rivers, M. C. & Hipperson, H. & Russo, I. R. M. & Stanton, D. W. G. & Symondson, W. O. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of ecological replacements (analogue species to replace extinct taxa) to restore ecosystem functioning is a promising conservation tool. Howev...

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Novel trophic subsidies from recreational angling transform the trophic ecology of freshwater fishes.

Published online: 08 Sep 2022

Authors: Britton, J. R. & Cucherousset, J. & Almela, V. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Angling is a globally popular leisure activity. There are over 31 million anglers in Europe, many of which target species of the Cyprinidae family in ...

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