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Functional Ecology now a fully open access journal
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Marine Protected Areas don’t line up with core habitats of rare migratory fish, finds new research
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Livestock guardian dogs create landscape of fear for predators
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Diverse forests are best at standing up to storms
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Does biodiversity offsetting work?
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AI tool helps ecologists monitor rare birds through their songs
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Research on coral reefs is biased, according to new study
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Invasive plant species threaten 66 percent of India's natural areas
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Is deer culling the answer to Scottish woodland regeneration?
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Stella - The Steller's sea eagle making a stellar economic impact
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Medicinal plants and unsustainable harvesting: a closer look
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An assessment of hope: the IPBES Invasive Alien Species Report with Helen Roy
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GPS helps to monitor compliance with environmental law in new study
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Great tits in cities have paler plumage than their forest-living relatives
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