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Protecting old fish through spatial management: is there a benefit for sustainable exploitation?

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Edwards, C. T. T. & Plagányi, É. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spatially defined restrictions on fishing activity are considered to be important for biodiversity conservation in marine ecosystems. However, it is u...

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Living on the edge: predicting invertebrate richness and rarity in disturbance-prone aquatic-terrestrial ecosystems.

Published online: 17 Jan 2023

Authors: Gething, K. J. & Hayes, C. & Webb, J. R. & Sykes, T. & England, J. & Stubbington, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

(1). Temporal fluctuations in cause the spatial extent of wet and dry habitats to vary in aquatic-terrestrial riverine ecosystems, complicating their ...

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Responses of interspecific associations in mixed-species bird flocks to selective logging.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Binod Borah & Suhel Quader & Umesh Srinivasan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-trophic interactions (or, inter-species associations) play a prominent role in determining community structure and function. Mixed-species bird fl...

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Active farmsteads are year-round strongholds for farmland birds.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Šálek, M. & Bažant, M. & Żmihorski, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmland birds have experienced substantial declines over recent decades and various conservation measures have been designed to halt their massive de...

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The reproductive benefits of livestock farming in barn swallows Hirundo rustica: quality of nest site or foraging habitat?

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Grüebler, M. U. & Korner-Nievergelt, F. & Hirschheydt, J. von

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In many parts of the world, changes in agricultural land-use have led to significant declines of bird species, including aerial insectivores such as b...

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Rabbit damage to vineyards confronts farmers and hunters in Spain.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Delibes-Mateos, M. & Arroyo, B. & Ruiz, J. & Garrido, F. E. & Redpath, S. & Villafuerte, R.

Content type: Blog

The conflict over the management of European rabbits that cause damage to vineyards in Spanish farmland areas was studied by conducting interviews and...

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Changing exploitation threatens Chinese giant salamanders.

Published online: 26 Feb 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Turvey, S. T. & Chen Shu & Tapley, B. & Liang ZhiQiang & Wei Gang & Yang Jian & Wang Jie & Wu MinYao & Redbond, J. & Brown, T. & Cunningham, A. A.

Content type: Blog

A series of large-scale social science interview surveys across the range of giant salamanders (Andrias) in China was conducted to understand levels o...

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Accounting for interspecies and intraspecies variation in swimming performance for fish passage solutions.

Published online: 21 Feb 2025

Authors: Crawford, R. M. B. & Gee, E. & Hicks, B. & Nolte, D. & Dupont, D. & Franklin, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Across the globe, there are millions of in-stream structures that fragment the world's river networks, acting as barriers that can impede the movement...

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Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines.

Published online: 21 Feb 2025

Authors: Montabaranom, J. & Gillespie, D. & Longden, E. & Rapson, K. & Holoborodko, A. & Sparling, C. & Hastie, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tidally energetic habitats are used by a range of marine mammals, including pinnipeds. These areas are also important to the tidal energy industry, le...

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Exploring habitat-density relationships and model transferability for an alpine bird using abundance models.

Published online: 07 Apr 2025

Authors: Fjeld, H. B. & Østnes, J. E. & Nilsen, E. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Because resources for monitoring and conservation are often limited, a primary objective in applied ecological research is to predict key state variab...

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