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Optimising monitoring for trend detection after 16 years of woodland-bird surveys.

Published online: 23 May 2021

Authors: Prowse, T. A. A. & O'Connor, P. J. & Collard, S. J. & Peters, K. J. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Long-term biodiversity monitoring programs provide important information about species' trajectories and broader environmental change. Often constrain...

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High-resolution mapping of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) densities for targeted conservation management.

Published online: 01 Jul 2024

Authors: Jansen, J. & Jansen, J. & Dean, A. T. & Brandle, R. & Peacock, D. E. & Jones, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite the staggering economic and ecological impacts of invasive animals, maps of their distribution are often only broad generalisations. Detailed ...

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Cost-efficiency of biodiversity indicators for Mediterranean ecosystems and the effects of socio-economic factors.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Mandelik, Y. & Roll, U. & Fleischer, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity assessments usually rely on indicators as surrogates for direct measures. Although the ecological validity of indicators has been extensi...

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Moving out of town? The status of alien plants in high-Arctic Svalbard, and a method for monitoring of alien flora in high-risk, polar environments.

Published online: 17 Apr 2021

Authors: Bartlett, J. C. & Bakke-Westergaard, K. & Paulsen, I. M. G. & Wedegärtner, R. E. M. & Wilken, F. & Ravolainen, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Rising human activity in the Arctic, combined with a warming climate, increases the probability of introduction and establishment of alien plant speci...

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Land abandonment and intensification diminish spatial and temporal β-diversity of grassland plants and herbivorous insects within paddy terraces.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Uchida, K. & Ushimaru, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although traditional land-use and management practices are known to enhance environmental heterogeneity in agricultural lands, loss of heterogeneity r...

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Design and methods of the U.S. Geological Survey Northeast Stream Quality Assessment (NESQA), 2016.

Published online: 11 Sep 2019

Authors: Coles, J. F. & Riva-Murray, K. & Metre, P. C. van & Button, D. T. & Bell, A. H. & Qi, S. L. & Journey, C. A. & Sheibley, R. W.

Content type: Bulletin

During 2016, as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Project (NAWQA), the U.S. Geological Survey conducted the Northeast Stream Quality Asses...

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Leveraging the strengths of citizen science and structured surveys to achieve scalable inference on population size.

Published online: 05 Mar 2024

Authors: Stillman, A. N. & Howell, P. E. & Zimmerman, G. S. & Bjerre, E. R. & Millsap, B. A. & Robinson, O. J. & Fink, D. & Stuber, E. F. & Ruiz-Gutierrez, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population size is a key metric for management and policy decisions, yet wildlife monitoring programmes are often limited by the spatial and temporal ...

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Morecambe Bay SAC subtidal cobble and Boulder skear communities drop-down video survey: final report.

Published online: 16 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Hawes, W. J. & O'Dell, J. & Axelsson, M. & Dewey, S.

Content type: Reports

This report aims to present the results of a drop-down video survey in order to inform condition monitoring of the subtidal cobble and boulder skear c...

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Solway Firth SAC / Allonby Bay pMCZ Rocky Scar Grounds and Annex I Reef Drop-down Video Survey: Final Report.

Published online: 15 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: O'Dell, J. & Hawes, W. J. & Shakspeare, A. & Axelsson, M. & Dewey, S.

Content type: Reports

This report presented the result of drop-down video survey of the Allonby Bay pMCZ and Solway Firth SAC survey areas which aimed to assess the extent ...

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Plymouth sound & estuaries SAC subtidal sediment data analysis report 2017.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Johnson, G. & Burrows, F. & Crabtree, R. & Warner, I.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this project was to analyse sediment infauna data to measure any changes in community composition at the Plymouth Sound and Estuaries Speci...

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