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NatureScot Research Report 876 - Preliminary assessment completed in 2015 of the feasibility of maintaining, limiting or eradicating feral pigs in Scotland.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Massei, G. & Ward, A.

Content type: Reports

This paper describes a 2015 project on the distribution; population dynamics; ecology; environmental impact; risk assessment and practical, humane and...

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NatureScot Research Report 1288 - Updated non-native species risk assessment of feral pigs in Scotland.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Content type: Reports

This paper describes a risk assessment study regarding the history, distribution, spread and environmental impact of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) as part o...

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Severe environmental conditions create severe conflicts: a novel ecological pathway to extreme coyote attacks on humans.

Published online: 19 Sep 2023

Authors: Gehrt, S. D. & Muntz, E. M. & Wilson, E. C. & Power, J. W. B. & Newsome, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Identifying the circumstances and causes of carnivore attacks on humans is important for prevention of future incidents as well as employing effective...

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Effects of herbivory on twig dynamics of a Sonoran desert shrub Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schn.

Published online: 12 Jan 1990

Authors: Roundy, B. A. & Ruyle, G. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Density of jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) was similar but plant size and cover were greater inside than outside a 48-yr-old livestock (cattle) exclosur...

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A comparison between productivity in forest and savanna in Africa.

Published online: 14 Dec 1966

Authors: Hopkins, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Gives estimates of net primary productivity derived from studies of (1) a forest (climatic climax) site and (2) a savanna (fire climax) site in Nigeri...

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Dispersal of adult cabbage root fly (Erioischia brassicae (Bouche)) in relation to a brassica crop.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Hawkes, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Adults of Hylemya (Erioischia) brassicae (Bch.) labelled with 32P were released 24 m from a plot of cabbage and recaptured with water traps. The respo...

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The ecology of Acacia albida on mantle soils in Zalingei, Jebel Marra, Sudan.

Published online: 05 Jan 1968

Authors: Radwanski, S. A. & Wickens, G. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the above area it is common practice to grow sorghum and other crops under trees of A. albida, which is leafless during the rainy season. Crop yiel...

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Charismatic species should be large: the role of admiration and fear.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Prokop, P. & Zvaríková, M. & Zvarík, M. & Ježová, Z. & Fedor, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Humans show strong preferences for large, "charismatic" animals. However, the ultimate reasons for these innate preferences remain unclear. In our res...

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Dispersal distance, home-range size and population density in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes): a quantitative analysis.

Published online: 12 Oct 1988

Authors: Trewhella, W. J. & Harris, S. & McAllister, F. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

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Spatiotemporal patterns of lion (Panthera leo) space use in a human-wildlife system.

Published online: 10 Oct 2023

Authors: Burak, M. K. & Broekhuis, F. & Dickman, A. & Ekwanga, S. & Elliot, N. & Frank, L. & Oriol-Cotterill, A. & Williams, T. M. & Wilmers, C. C. & Schmitz, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Conserving large carnivores requires protecting landscape spaces that encompass all spatiotemporal scales of their movement. Large carnivores normally...

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