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Habitat selection by song thrushes in stable and declining farmland populations.

Published online: 16 Jun 2004

Authors: Peach, W. J. & Denny, M. & Cotton, P. A. & Hill, I. F. & Gruar, D. & Barritt, D. & Impey, A. & Mallord, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Losses of farmland birds from the wider countryside have become a major conservation issue in the UK and Europe. Song thrush Turdus philomelos populat...

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Habitat models of bird species' distribution: an aid to the management of coastal grazing marshes.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Milsom, T. P. & Langton, S. D. & Parkin, W. K. & Peel, S. & Bishop, J. D. & Hart, J. D. & Moore, N. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Coastal grazing marshes comprise an important habitat for wetland biota but are threatened by agricultural intensification and conversion to arable fa...

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Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests.

Published online: 21 Mar 2025

Authors: Kortmann, M. & Chao, A. & Schaefer, H. M. & Blüthgen, N. & Gelis, R. & Tremlett, C. J. & Busse, A. & Püls, M. & Seibold, S. & Kriegel, P. & Rabl, D. & Hoz, M. de la & Şekercioğlu, Ç. H. & Schleuning, M. & Feldhaar, H. & Newell, F. L. & Kümmet, S. & Mitesser, O. & Peters, M. K. & Müller, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical old-growth forests continue to decline worldwide, resulting in a huge loss of biodiversity. The extent to which the expansion of second-growt...

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Landscape context influences efficacy of protected areas and agri-environment scheme delivery for breeding waders.

Published online: 21 May 2025

Authors: Hawkes, R. W. & Mason, L. R. & Conway, G. J. & Siriwardena, G. M. & Grice, P. V. & Cole, A. J. & Peach, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Protected areas (PAs) and agri-environment schemes (AESs) are the main policy mechanisms for addressing terrestrial biodiversity loss in Europe. Lands...

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Research on the assessment of risks & opportunities for species in England as a result of climate change.

Published online: 05 Apr 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Ausden, M. A. & Beale, C. M. & Oliver, T. H. & Crick, H. Q. P.

Content type: Reports

In this report we present an assessment of potential changes in the spatial distributions of over 3,000 plants and animals that occur in England resul...

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A nation-wide survey of neonicotinoid insecticides in agricultural land with implications for agri-environment schemes.

Published online: 23 Aug 2020

Authors: Humann-Guilleminot, S. & Binkowski, Ł. J. & Jenni, L. & Hilke, G. & Glauser, G. & Helfenstein, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Neonicotinoids are the most widely used class of insecticides globally. However, the link between farming practices and the extent of contamination of...

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Repeated fires trap Amazonian blackwater floodplains in an open vegetation state.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Flores, B. M. & Fagoaga, R. & Nelson, B. W. & Holmgren, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change may increase the occurrence of droughts and fires in the Amazon. Most of our understanding on how fire affects tropical ecosystems is b...

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A study of the restoration of heathland on successional sites: changes in vegetation and soil chemical properties.

Published online: 19 Nov 1999

Authors: Mitchell, R. J. & Marrs, R. H. & Duc, M. G. le & Auld, M. H. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lowland heaths are high-profile ecosystems for conservation action in the UK, but many areas have been invaded by Betula spp., Pinus sylvestris, Pteri...

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Optimising nature conservation outcomes for a given region-wide level of food production.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Finch, T. & Green, R. E. & Massimino, D. & Peach, W. J. & Balmford, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The land sharing-sparing framework aims to quantify the trade-off between food production and biodiversity conservation, but it has been criticized fo...

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Non-random extinctions dominate plant community changes in abandoned coppices.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Kopecký, M. & Hédl, R. & Szabó, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The plant community structure of European lowland forests has changed dramatically in the twentieth century, leading to biodiversity decline at variou...

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