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External scientific report: alternative control strategies against ASF in wild boar populations.

Published online: 13 Apr 2016

Authors: Lange, M.

Content type: Miscellaneous

ASF is a devastating infectious disease of domestic pigs and wild boar, usually fatal. No vaccine exists to combat this virus. It does not affect huma...

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Reduced parasite burden in feral honeybee colonies.

Published online: 26 Sep 2023

Authors: Kohl, P. L. & D'Alvise, P. & Rutschmann, B. & Roth, S. & Remter, F. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Hasselmann, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Bee parasites are the main threat to apiculture and since many parasite taxa can spill over from honeybees (Apis mellifera) to other bee species, hone...

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Deforestation changes the effectiveness of bed nets for malaria control.

Published online: 27 Jan 2025

Authors: Estifanos, T. K. & Fisher, B. & Ricketts, T. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Land use changes such as deforestation and the degradation of tropical forests can be key drivers of infectious disease, including malaria. However, p...

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Identifying relationships between multi-scale social-ecological factors to explore ungulate health in a Western Kazakhstan rangeland.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Munib Khanyari & Robinson, S. & Morgan, E. R. & Salemgareyev, A. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Rangelands are multi-use landscapes which are socially and ecologically important in different ways. Among other interactions, shared use of rangeland...

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Isles of Scilly Eelgrass Bed Voluntary Monitoring Programme - 2021 Annual Survey.

Published online: 27 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Bull, J. & Kenyon, E.

Content type: Reports

This report present novel data from an ongoing, spatially replicated, annual study of a comparatively un-impacted, temperate eelgrass habitat, based a...

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Modelling the future distribution of the amphibian chytrid fungus: the influence of climate and human-associated factors.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Rohr, J. R. & Halstead, N. T. & Raffel, T. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many of the global losses of amphibians are believed to be caused by the chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Hence, determining its p...

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Potential spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wildfowl: dispersal ranges and rates determined from large-scale satellite telemetry.

Published online: 29 Sep 2010

Authors: Gaidet, N. & Cappelle, J. & Takekawa, J. Y. & Prosser, D. J. & Iverson, S. A. & Douglas, D. C. & Perry, W. M. & Mundkur, T. & Newman, S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Migratory birds are major candidates for long-distance dispersal of zoonotic pathogens. In recent years, wildfowl have been suspected of contributing ...

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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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Bats increased foraging activity at experimental prey patches near hibernacula.

Published online: 16 May 2023

Authors: Frick, W. F. & Dzal, Y. A. & Jonasson, K. A. & Whitby, M. D. & Adams, A. M. & Long, C. & Depue, J. E. & Newman, C. M. & Willis, C. K. R. & Cheng, T. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Emerging infectious diseases in wildlife can threaten vulnerable host populations. Actions targeting habitat improvements to aid population resilie...

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Fish culling reduces tapeworm burden in Arctic charr by increasing parasite mortality rather than by reducing density-dependent transmission.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Henriksen, E. H. & Frainer, A. & Knudsen, R. & Kristoffersen, R. & Kuris, A. M. & Lafferty, K. D. & Amundsen, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Two common Dibothriocephalus (formerly Diphyllobothrium) tapeworm species were significantly reduced by experimental culling of their fish host Arc...

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