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Conservation planning in an uncertain climate: identifying projects that remain valuable and feasible across future scenarios.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: Wineland, S. M. & Fovargue, R. & Gill, K. C. & Rezapour, S. & Neeson, T. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Conservation actors face the challenge of allocating limited resources despite uncertainty about future climate conditions. In many cases, the potenti...

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What are the benefits of assisted versus natural recovery? Development of a decision making framework.

Published online: 11 May 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Tillin, H. M. & Lubelski, A. & Watson, A. & Tyler-Waters, H.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Marine assisted recovery options focussed on species are expensive and labour intensive. For most marine species, these barriers, coupled with low lev...

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Preparing the Evidence Base for Post-Brexit agriculture in Scotland - case studies on alternative payments.

Published online: 10 Oct 2022

Published by: NatureScot

Authors: Lampkin, N. & Shrestha, S. & Sellars, A. & Baldock, D. & Smith, J. & Mullender, S. & Keenleyside, C. & Pearce, B. & Watson, C.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This study aims to contribute to preparing the evidence for post-Brexit agricultural and environmental support in this context. The results are intend...

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Scour and cable protection decommissioning study.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Miscellaneous

The aim of this report is to complete a desk-based study to inform an evidence gap in relation to the feasibility of, and options for, removal of scou...

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Predicting harvest impact and establishment success when translocating highly mobile and endangered species.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Fischer, J. H. & Wittmer, H. U. & Kenup, C. F. & Parker, K. A. & Cole, R. & Debski, I. & Taylor, G. A. & Ewen, J. G. & Armstrong, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Harvesting individuals for translocations can negatively impact source populations, a critical challenge for species reduced to small populations. Con...

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Reconstruction and prediction of invasive mongoose population dynamics from history of introduction and management: a Bayesian state-space modelling approach.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Fukasawa, K. & Hashimoto, T. & Tatara, M. & Abe, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An understanding of the underlying processes and comprehensive history of invasive species is necessary to assess the long-term effectiveness of invas...

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Assessing the potential for offshore infrastructure as platforms for environmental monitoring.

Published online: 27 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Copley, V.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This project was established to investigate the feasibility of using offshore assets for hosting environmental monitoring sensors. The first phase of ...

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Cost and feasibility of a barrier to halt the spread of invasive cane toads in arid Australia: incorporating expert knowledge into model-based decision-making.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Southwell, D. & Tingley, R. & Bode, M. & Nicholson, E. & Phillips, B. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Active engagement with practitioners is a crucial component of model-based decision-making in conservation management; it can assist with data acquisi...

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Pilot study to validate an environmental DNA sampler for monitoring inshore fish communities.

Published online: 24 Mar 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Mynott, S.

Content type: Miscellaneous

The utility of environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques for monitoring species diversity are gaining acceptance amongst industry and government decision-ma...

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Prioritizing eradication actions on islands: it's not all or nothing.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Helmstedt, K. J. & Shaw, J. D. & Bode, M. & Terauds, A. & Springer, K. & Robinson, S. A. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many highly diverse island ecosystems across the globe are threatened by invasive species. Eradications of invasive mammals from islands are being att...

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