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Indicators of ecological change: new tools for managing populations of large herbivores.

Published online: 18 Jul 2007

Authors: Morellet, N. & Gaillard, J. M. & Hewison, A. J. M. & Ballon, P. & Boscardin, Y. & Duncan, P. & Klein, F. & Maillard, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

High-density populations of large herbivores are now widespread. Wildlife managers commonly attempt to control large herbivores through hunting to mee...

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Reducing wounding of game by shotgun hunting: effects of a Danish action plan on pink-footed geese.

Published online: 18 Jul 2007

Authors: Noer, H. & Madsen, J. & Hartmann, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shooting of game by shotgun inevitably leads to wounding of some individuals. Few attempts, however, have been made to quantify the numbers involved. ...

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Agouti on the wedding menu: bushmeat harvest, consumption and trade in a post-frontier region of the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Cummins, I. & Pinedo-Vasquez, M. & Barnard, A. & Nasi, R.

Content type: Bulletin

The availability, consumption and trade of bushmeat is highly variable across time and space. This paper examines how the bushmeat market in Napo, Ecu...

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Comparable space use by lions between hunting concessions and national parks in West Africa.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Mills, K. L. & Harissou, Y. & Gnoumou, I. T. & Abdel-Nasser, Y. I. & Doamba, B. & Harris, N. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spatially varied resources and threats govern the persistence of African lions across dynamic protected areas. An important precursor to effective con...

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Involving local communities for effective citizen science: determining game species' reproductive status to assess hunting effects in tropical forests.

Published online: 19 Apr 2022

Authors: El-Bizri, H. R. & Fa, J. E. & Lemos, L. P. & Campos-Silva, J. V. & Vasconcelos Neto, C. F. A. & Valsecchi, J. & Mayor, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Involving communities in sustainable wildlife management in tropical forests can ensure food security and livelihoods of millions of forest dwellers t...

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Testing the importance of harvest refuges for phenotypic rescue of trophy-hunted populations.

Published online: 28 Jul 2020

Authors: Poisson, Y. & Festa-Bianchet, M. & Pelletier, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sustainable exploitation must minimize its impact on the ecology and evolution of exploited wildlife. Intense phenotype-based selective harvests can i...

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Modelling the long-term sustainability of indigenous hunting in Manu National Park, Peru: landscape-scale management implications for Amazonia.

Published online: 05 Aug 2009

Authors: Levi, T. & Shepard, G. H., Jr. & Ohl-Schacherer, J. & Peres, C. A. & Yu, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Widespread hunting throughout Amazonia threatens the persistence of large primates and other vertebrates. Most studies have used models of limited val...

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Fuzzy cognitive mapping as a tool to assess the relative cumulative effects of environmental stressors on an arctic seabird population to identify conservation action and research priorities.

Published online: 26 Sep 2023

Authors: Rooney, R. C. & Daniel, J. & Mallory, M. & Hedd, A. & Ives, J. & Gilchrist, G. & Gjerdrum, C. & Robertson, G. & Ronconi, R. & Wilcox, K. & Wong, S. & Provencher, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

In the Arctic, chemical contaminants, shipping, oil pollution, plastic pollution, changing habitats in relation to climate change and fisheries have b...

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Relative efficiency of hunting methods during an incomplete Sitka black-tailed deer eradication on Haida Gwaii, Canada.

Published online: 02 May 2024

Authors: Irvine, R. L. & Thorley, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Invasive species are reducing global biodiversity. The Llgaay gwii sdiihlda-Restoring Balance project was initiated to halt and reverse biodiversity l...

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Livestock guardian dogs establish a landscape of fear for wild predators: implications for the role of guardian dogs in reducing human-wildlife conflict and supporting biodiversity conservation.

Published online: 06 May 2024

Authors: Bommel, L. van & Magrath, M. & Coulson, G. & Johnson, C. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) are increasingly used to protect livestock from predators, but their effects on the distribution and behaviour of wild ...

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