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The application of oyster reefs in shoreline protection: are we over-engineering for an ecosystem engineer?

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Morris, R. L. & Bilkovic, D. M. & Boswell, M. K. & Bushek, D. & Cebrian, J. & Goff, J. & Kibler, K. M. & Peyre, M. K. la & McClenachan, G. & Moody, J. & Sacks, P. & Shinn, J. P. & Sparks, E. L. & Temple, N. A. & Walters, L. J. & Webb, B. M. & Swearer, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Oyster reef living shorelines have been proposed as an effective alternative to traditional coastal defence structures (e.g. bulkheads, breakwaters), ...

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Rural payments agency inquiry: a response from the British Ecological Society to the house of commons environment food and rural affairs committee.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: Miscellaneous

This paper presents the response of the British Ecological Society to the House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee focusing on is...

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Differential responses by stream and riparian biodiversity to in-stream restoration of forestry-impacted streams.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Turunen, J. & Aroviita, J. & Marttila, H. & Louhi, P. & Laamanen, T. & Tolkkinen, M. & Luhta, P. L. & Kløve, B. & Muotka, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forestry can have detrimental impacts on stream ecosystems, particularly via excessive sedimentation. A key challenge to stream management is therefor...

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Elevated salinity blocks pathogen transmission and improves host survival from the global amphibian chytrid pandemic: implications for translocations.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Clulow, S. & Gould, J. & James, H. & Stockwell, M. & Clulow, J. & Mahony, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Emerging infectious diseases are one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity. Chytridiomycosis in amphibians is perhaps the most extreme exampl...

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Best-practice forestry management delivers diminishing returns for coral reefs with increased land-clearing.

Published online: 05 Jan 2021

Authors: Wenger, A. S. & Harris, D. & Weber, S. & Vaghi, F. & Nand, Y. & Naisilisili, W. & Hughes, A. & Delevaux, J. & Klein, C. J. & Watson, J. & Mumby, P. J. & Jupiter, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Protection of coastal ecosystems from deforestation may be the best way to protect coral reefs from sediment runoff. However, given the importance of ...

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An overview of the environmental risks posed by neonicotinoid insecticides.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Goulson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Neonicotinoids are now the most widely used insecticides in the world. They act systemically, travelling through plant tissues and protecting all part...

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Nonlinear variation of stream-forest linkage along a stream-size gradient: an assessment using biogeochemical proxies of in-stream fine particulate organic matter.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Sakamaki, T. & Richardson, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spatial scale of processes is necessary information to design appropriate ecosystem research and management. In-stream ecological processes are tightl...

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Roosting behaviour and habitat selection of Pteropus giganteus reveal potential links to Nipah virus epidemiology.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Hahn, M. B. & Epstein, J. H. & Gurley, E. S. & Islam, M. S. & Luby, S. P. & Daszak, P. & Patz, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Flying foxes Pteropus spp. play a key role in forest regeneration as seed dispersers and are also the reservoir of many viruses, including Nipah virus...

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Is it worthwhile scaring geese to alleviate damage to crops? - An experimental study.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Simonsen, C. E. & Madsen, J. & Tombre, I. M. & Nabe-Nielsen, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing population sizes of geese are the cause of numerous agricultural conflicts in many regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Scaring is often use...

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Improving the effectiveness of riparian management for aquatic invertebrates in a degraded agricultural landscape: stream size and land-use legacies.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Greenwood, M. J. & Harding, J. S. & Niyogi, D. K. & McIntosh, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Riparian management has been embraced by water and land managers globally to offset the deleterious effects of intensive agricultural land use on aqua...

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