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Have Welsh Agri-environment schemes delivered for focal species? Results from a comprehensive monitoring programme.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: MacDonald, M. A. & Angell, R. & Dines, T. D. & Dodd, S. & Haysom, K. A. & Hobson, R. & Johnstone, I. G. & Matthews, V. & Morris, A. J. & Parry, R. & Shellswell, C. H. & Skates, J. & Tordoff, G. M. & Wilberforce, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agri-environment schemes (AES) have been criticized for being inadequately monitored and for not delivering the expected benefits to nature. Consequen...

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Passive restoration of subtropical grassland after abandonment of cultivation.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Fensham, R. J. & Butler, D. W. & Fairfax, R. J. & Quintin, A. R. & Dwyer, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Passive restoration of grasslands after the abandonment of cultivation may be a viable restoration option where seed sources from remnant grasslands a...

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Land management practices for combating desertification cause species replacement of desert lizards.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Hawlena, D. & Bouskila, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patch structural complexity affects local species richness and population densities. Anthropogenic disturbance may alter complexity and heterogeneity,...

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Seed limitation during early forest succession in a rural landscape on Chiloé Island, Chile: implications for temperate forest restoration.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Bustamante-Sánchez, M. A. & Armesto, J. J. & Landis, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Re-establishment of native forest species in rural landscapes may be conditioned by the proximity of seed sources, the post-disturbance composition of...

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Temporal and spatial variability in availability Bias has consequences for marine bird abundance estimates during the non-breeding season.

Published online: 30 Oct 2024

Authors: Dunn, R. E. & Duckworth, J. & O'Brien, S. & Furness, R. W. & Buckingham, L. & Daunt, F. & Bogdanova, M. & Green, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

To effectively monitor how marine ecosystems are being reshaped by anthropogenic pressures, we require understanding of species abundances and distrib...

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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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Connecting variation in vegetation and stream flow: the role of geomorphic context in vegetation response to large floods along boreal rivers.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Renöfält, B. M. & Merritt, D. M. & Nilsson, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Flooding governs riparian plant diversity along boreal rivers but the ecological role of extreme floods is only partly understood. We studied the dyna...

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From unburnt to salvage logged: quantifying bird responses to different levels of disturbance severity.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Lindenmayer, D. B. & McBurney, L. & Blair, D. & Wood, J. & Banks, S. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forests world-wide are increasingly subject to natural and human disturbances, including wildfires and logging of varying intensity and frequency. Und...

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Landscape complexity promotes hoverflies across different types of semi-natural habitats in farmland.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Schirmel, J. & Albrecht, M. & Bauer, P. M. & Sutter, L. & Pfister, S. C. & Entling, M. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Semi-natural habitats (SNH) provide essential resources for many organisms in agricultural landscapes and can increase biodiversity at the local and l...

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Digital video aerial surveys of marine birds and mammals at Solway Firth SPA: February 2021.

Published online: 23 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Pavat, D. & Harker, J.

Content type: Reports

NatureScot and Natural England commissioned HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited (HiDef) to undertake a high-resolution digital video aerial survey for mari...

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