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NatureScot Research Report 1275 - Time series analysis to determine change in maerl beds.

Published online: 21 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Doggett, M. & Morris-Webb, L. & Baldock, L.

Content type: Reports

This report evaluates methods for monitoring the recovery of maerl beds, a sensitive and declining habitat protected in several Marine Protected Areas...

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How Conservation Practice can Generate Evidence.

Published online: 22 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Conservation Evidence

Authors: Ockendon, N. & Cadotte, M. W. & Eklund, J. & Ferraro, P. J. & Fisher, M. & Hancock, M. & Worthington, T. A.

Content type: Book chapter

Conservation practice provides a considerable opportunity to generate new evidence to inform future decision-making. Substantial resources are current...

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Optimizing ecological surveys for conservation.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Hanson, J. O. & McCune, J. L. & Chadès, I. & Proctor, C. A. & Hudgins, E. J. & Bennett, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation decisions must be made with limited funding and incomplete information. Ecological surveys can help reduce uncertainty and, in turn, pote...

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Balancing sampling intensity against spatial coverage for a community science monitoring programme.

Published online: 23 Aug 2020

Authors: Weiser, E. L. & Diffendorfer, J. E. & Grundel, R. & López-Hoffman, L. & Pecoraro, S. & Semmens, D. & Thogmartin, W. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Community science is an increasingly integral part of biodiversity research and monitoring, often achieving broad spatial and temporal coverage but lo...

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If you build it, they will come: coastal amenities facilitate human engagement in marine protected areas.

Published online: 14 Dec 2023

Authors: Free, C. M. & Smith, J. G. & Lopazanski, C. J. & Brun, J. & Francis, T. B. & Eurich, J. G. & Claudet, J. & Dugan, J. E. & Gill, D. A. & Hamilton, S. L. & Kaschner, K. & Mouillot, D. & Ziegler, S. L. & Caselle, J. E. & Nickols, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Calls for using marine protected areas (MPAs) to achieve goals for nature and people are increasing globally. While the conservation and fisheries imp...

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The value of time-series data for conservation planning.

Published online: 09 Mar 2021

Authors: García-Barón, I. & Giakoumi, S. & Begoña Santos, M. & Granado, I. & Louzao, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Protected areas (PAs) are increasingly being used world-wide for the conservation and management of wildlife. Systematic conservation planning (SCP) a...

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A co-development approach to conservation leads to informed habitat design and rapid establishment of amphibian communities.

Published online: 12 Apr 2021

Authors: O'Brien, D. & Hall, J. E. & Miró, A. & O'Brien, K. & Jehle, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Effective wildlife restoration is a critical requirement of many conservation actions. The outcome of conservation interventions can be optimized thro...

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How can ecologists help realise the potential of payments for carbon in tropical forest countries?

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Baker, T. R. & Jones, J. P. G. & Thompson, O. R. R. & Román Cuesta, R. M. & Castillo, D. del & Chan Aguilar, I. & Torres, J. & Healey, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is great interest among policy makers in the potential of carbon-based payments for ecosystem services (PES) to reduce carbon emissions from def...

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Spatial replicates as an alternative to temporal replicates for occupancy modelling when surveys are based on linear features of the landscape.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Charbonnel, A. & D'Amico, F. & Besnard, A. & Blanc, F. & Buisson, L. & Némoz, M. & Laffaille, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Occupancy estimates can inform biodiversity managers about the distribution of elusive species, such as the Pyrenean desman Galemys pyrenaicus, a smal...

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Impacts of honeybee density on crop yield: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 28 Aug 2020

Authors: Rollin, O. & Garibaldi, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is increasing recognition that pollination deficits are limiting crop yields world-wide. However, management strategies for optimal insect polli...

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