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Fallow deer foraging alone does not preserve the vegetation of traditionally sheep-grazed calcareous grasslands.

Published online: 19 Nov 2022

Authors: Rupprecht, D. & Jedrzejek, B. & Hölzel, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The goal of this study was to evaluate to what extent wild ungulates (fallow deer) can contribute to the maintenance of semi-natural calcareous grassl...

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Nature's contribution to people and community engagement: socio-cultural and economic perceptions of Beaver presence in the environment.

Published online: 25 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Johnson, V. & Martin, A. & Delugin, C.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the findings of a research project that aimed to collate, analyse and report field-based evidence of the effects of beaver (Casto...

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NatureScot Research Report 1364 - Hebridean Cetacean Research Programme, 2021-2024.

Published online: 15 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Hartny-Mills, L. & Hampson, J. & Lomax, A.

Content type: Reports

This report presents findings from the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) Cetacean Research Programme, focusing on three years of surveys conduc...

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Density trends and demographic signals uncover the long-term impact of transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Lazenby, B. T. & Tobler, M. W. & Brown, W. E. & Hawkins, C. E. & Hocking, G. J. & Hume, F. & Huxtable, S. & Iles, P. & Jones, M. E. & Lawrence, C. & Thalmann, S. & Wise, P. & Williams, H. & Fox, S. & Pemberton, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Monitoring the response of wild mammal populations to threatening processes is fundamental to effective conservation management. This is especially tr...

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Factors affecting predation by buzzards Buteo buteo on released pheasants Phasianus colchicus.

Published online: 17 Oct 2001

Authors: Kenward, R. E. & Hall, D. G. & Walls, S. S. & Hodder, K. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Information on the effects of wildlife predation on game and livestock is required to allow improved management of all organisms involved. Monitoring ...

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Efficacy of Bd metabolite prophylaxis dose and duration on host defence against the deadly chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: McMahon, T. A. & Garcia, A. M. & Malinias, A. J. & Monsalve, M. & Muldro, L. C. & Sisson, E. O. & Johnson, P. T. J. & Rohr, J. R. & Civitello, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), an aquatic pathogenic fungus, is responsible for the decline of hundreds of amphibian species worldwide and negat...

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Policy and management actions that resulted in curbing rhinoceros poaching.

Published online: 30 Nov 2020

Authors: Acharya, K. P. & Thapa, R. K. & Kuwar, K. J. & Thapalia, B. P. & Paudel, P. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Nepal almost eliminated poaching of the greater one-horned rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis over the past decade, although poaching of other rhinoceros...

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Merging indigenous and scientific knowledge links climate with the growth of a large migratory caribou population.

Published online: 28 Nov 2020

Authors: Gagnon, C. A. & Hamel, S. & Russell, D. E. & Powell, T. & Andre, J. & Svoboda, M. Y. & Berteaux, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change in the Arctic is two to three times faster than anywhere else in the world. It is therefore crucial to understand the effects of weathe...

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Soil seed banks and the effects of meadow management on vegetation change in a 10-year meadow field trial.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Smith, R. S. & Shiel, R. S. & Millward, D. & Corkhill, P. & Sanderson, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Enhancement of plant species diversity is often an objective in grassland management for wildlife conservation. Such management regimes may also chang...

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The distribution of breeding birds around upland wind farms.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Stephen, L. & Langston, R. H. W. & Bainbridge, I. P. & Bullman, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is an urgent need for climate change mitigation, of which the promotion of renewable energy, such as from wind farms, is an important component....

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