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"Sheep farming" : a treatise on sheep, their management and diseases ⬇️

Berkhamsted [England] :William Cooper & Nephews,1892. | University of Southampton (archive.org)

12. Transforming Practice

80 questions for UK biological security

scientific article published on 06 January 2021

<scp>bmotif</scp>: A package for motif analyses of bipartite networks

scientific article published in 2019

A 2017 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

scientific article

A 2018 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

scientific article

A 250-year index of first flowering dates and its response to temperature changes.

scientific article published on 7 April 2010

A Horizon Scan of Global Conservation Issues for 2016

scientific article

A Transparent Process for “Evidence-Informed” Policy Making

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A blueprint for the countryside

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A collaboratively-derived science-policy research agenda

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

A double buffer effect in a migratory shorebird population

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A framework for monitoring the status of populations: An example from wader populations in the East Asian–Australasian flyway

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A horizon scan for species conservation by zoos and aquariums

scientific article

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010.

scientific article

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2012.

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A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2013.

scientific article published on 7 December 2012

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2014 ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2015.

scientific article

A horizon scanning assessment of current and potential future threats to migratory shorebirds

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A solution scan of societal options to reduce transmission and spread of respiratory viruses: SARS-CoV-2 as a case study

scientific article published in December 2021

Abundance drives broad patterns of generalisation in plant–hummingbird pollination networks

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Abundance drives generalisation in hummingbird-plant pollination networks

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Adapting conservation efforts to face climate change: Modifying nest-site provisioning for lesser kestrels

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Aggregative responses of brent geese on salt marsh and their impact on plant community dynamics

scientific article published on April 1998

Agriculture policy. EU agricultural reform fails on biodiversity.

scientific article

Agriculture, transport policy and landscape heterogeneity

scientific article published in 2003

Amelioration of biodiversity impacts of genetically modified crops: predicting transient versus long-term effects

scientific article published on 01 February 2004

An agenda for the future of biological recording for ecological monitoring and citizen science

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An evidence assessment tool for ecosystem services and conservation studies

scientific article published in July 2016

Applying fault tree analysis to biological invasions identifies optimal targets for effective biosecurity

scientific article published in 2022

Are natural history collections coming to an end as time-series?

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Assessing diverse evidence to improve conservation decision‐making

scientific article published on 22 September 2023

Assessing population changes from disparate data sources: the decline of the Twite Carduelis flavirostris in England

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Bayesian reconstitution of environmental change from disparate historical records: hedgerow loss and farmland bird declines

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Behavioural models of population growth rates: implications for conservation and prediction

scientific article

Benchmarking as a means to improve conservation practice

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Beware greedy algorithms

scientific article published on 15 March 2019

Beyond ecological traps: perceptual errors and undervalued resources

scientific article

Biodiversity collision blackspots in Poland: Separation causality from stochasticity in roadkills of butterflies

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Biodiversity conservation: challenges beyond 2010.

scientific article

Biogeographical modules and island roles: a comparison of Wallacea and the West Indies

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Census error and the detection of density dependence

scientific article published on July 2006

Challenges for biodiversity research in Europe

Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

scientific article

Coastal Wetland Habitats: Future Challenges and Potential Solutions

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Color and degree of interspecific synchrony of environmental noise affect the variability of complex ecological networks

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Comparing groups versus individuals in decision making: a systematic review protocol

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Comparison of techniques for eliciting views and judgements in decision-making

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Compartmentalization influences the response of bioenergetic ecological networks to species declines

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Consequences of large-scale processes for the conservation of bird populations

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Consequences of the Allee effect for behaviour, ecology and conservation

scientific article published in October 1999

Conservation biology: openness in management.

scientific article

Conservation biology: science, sex and the kakapo.

scientific article

Conservation in Europe as a Model for Emerging Conservation Issues Globally. Introduction

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Conservation priorities

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Considering cost alongside the effectiveness of management in evidence-based conservation: A systematic reporting protocol

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Costs, benefits, and fitness consequences of different migratory strategies

scientific article

Could soil degradation contribute to farmland bird declines? Links between soil penetrability and the abundance of yellow wagtails Motacilla flava in arable fields

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Co‐developing guidance for conservation: An example for seabirds in the North‐East Atlantic in the face of climate change impacts

scientific article published in 2023

DIURNAL STUDIES DO NOT PREDICT NOCTURNAL HABITAT CHOICE AND SITE SELECTION OF EUROPEAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS (PLUVIALIS APRICARIA AND NORTHERN LAPWINGS (VANELLUS VANELLUS)

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Decision Support Frameworks and Tools for Conservation

Decision support tools for agriculture: Towards effective design and delivery

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Decision support tools in conservation: a workshop to improve user-centred design

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Defining and delivering resilient ecological networks: Nature conservation in England

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Defining the key wintering habitats in the Sahel for declining African-Eurasian migrants using expert assessment

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Density‐Structured Models for Plant Population Dynamics

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Depletion models can predict shorebird distribution at different spatial scales.

scientific article

Determinants of bird species richness, endemism, and island network roles in Wallacea and the West Indies: is geography sufficient or does current and historical climate matter?

scientific article

Developing and enhancing biodiversity monitoring programmes: a collaborative assessment of priorities.

scientific article

Distribution shifts in wintering Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaand LapwingVanellus vanellusin Britain

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Do in-hospital waiting lists show self-regulation?

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

Do power laws imply self-regulation?

scientific article published in Nature

Do we need to develop a more relevant conservation literature?

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Dynamic size responses to climate change: prevailing effects of rising temperature drive long-term body size increases in a semi-arid passerine

scientific article

Ecology. Biodiversity conservation and the Millennium Development Goals

scientific article

Ecology. Deciding the future of GM crops in Europe.

scientific article published in November 2003

Ecosystem service valuations of mangrove ecosystems to inform decision making and future valuation exercises

scientific article

Effect of the internet commerce on dispersal modes of invasive alien species ⬇️

scientific article

Effectiveness of engineered in-stream structure mitigation measures to increase salmonid abundance: a systematic review

scientific article published on June 2009

Effectiveness of predator removal for enhancing bird populations

scientific article published on 11 January 2010

Effects of amusing memes on concern for unappealing species

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Empirical Test of an Agricultural Landscape Model

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Enhancing the value of horizon scanning through collaborative review

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Ensuring tests of conservation interventions build on existing literature

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

Estimating population size in Black-tailed GodwitsLimosa limosa islandicaby colour-marking

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Estimating the annual number of breeding attempts from breeding dates using mixture models

scientific article published in September 2009

Estimating the risk of species interaction loss in mutualistic communities

scientific article published on 31 August 2020

Evaluating Broadscale Morphological Change in the Coastal Zone Using a Logic-Based Behavioural Systems Approach

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Exploring density-dependent relationships in demographic parameters in populations of birds at a large spatial scale

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Exploring the spatialities of technological and user re-scripting: The case of decision support tools in UK agriculture

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Extinction and invasion do not add up in noisy dynamic ecological networks

scientific article published in 2014

Field estimates of the strength of interference between oystercatchers haematopus ostralegus

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Foraging habitat selection, diet and nestling condition in Yellow Wagtails Motacilla flava breeding on arable farmland

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Four barriers to the global understanding of biodiversity conservation: wealth, language, geographical location and security.

scientific article published on 6 February 2013

From meso- to macroscale population dynamics: a new density-structured approach

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Future directions in disturbance research

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Game theory models of functional and aggregative responses.

scientific article published in April 1992

Geographical variation in species' population responses to changes in temperature and precipitation.

scientific article

Global distribution and drivers of language extinction risk

scientific article

Goose populations: Conservation, conflict and solutions

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Grassland-breeding waders: identifying key habitat requirements for management

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Habitat management and patterns of predation of Northern Lapwings on wet grasslands: The influence of linear habitat structures at different spatial scales

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Habitat switching by dark-bellied brent geese Branta b. bernicla (L.) in relation to food depletion

scientific article published on September 1995

Habitat type determines the effects of disturbance on the breeding productivity of the Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata

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Handbook of hardy herbaceous and alpine flowers ⬇️

Edinburgh,Blackwood,1871. | New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

Hierarchical models for smoothed population indices: The importance of considering variations in trends of count data among sites

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Historical climate-change influences modularity and nestedness of pollination networks

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Horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2011.

scientific article

How effective are European agri-environment schemes in conserving and promoting biodiversity?

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Hunting the cause of a population crash

scientific article published in Nature

Identification of 100 fundamental ecological questions

scientific article (publication date: 21 December 2012)

Identifying key knowledge needs for evidence-based conservation of wild insect pollinators: a collaborative cross-sectoral exercise

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Identifying the effectiveness and constraints of conservation interventions: A case study of the endangered lesser kestrel

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Identifying the science and technology dimensions of emerging public policy issues through horizon scanning

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Importance of climatic and environmental change in the demography of a multi-brooded passerine, the woodlark Lullula arborea.

scientific article

Individual and demographic consequences of reduced body condition following repeated exposure to high temperatures

scientific article

Individual mating success, lek stability, and the neglected limitations of statistical power

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Individual variation in migratory movements and winter behaviour of Iberian Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni revealed by geolocators

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Influence of spatial and temporal dynamics of agricultural practices on the lesser kestrel

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Intake rates and the functional response in shorebirds (Charadriiformes) eating macro-invertebrates

scientific article published on 24 July 2006

Integrating socio-economics and ecology: a taxonomy of quantitative methods and a review of their use in agro-ecology

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Interaction modification effects on ecological networks are affected by ratio dependence and network topology

scientific article

Interference with ideal free models

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Invasion Science: A Horizon Scan of Emerging Challenges and Opportunities

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Invasion Science: Looking Forward Rather Than Revisiting Old Ground - A Reply to Zenni et al.

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Is nest predator exclusion an effective strategy for enhancing bird populations?

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Is nest-site availability limiting Lesser Kestrel populations? A multiple scale approach

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Key impacts of climate engineering on biodiversity and ecosystems, with priorities for future research

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Kin competition within groups: the offspring depreciation hypothesis.

scientific article

Landscape and weather determinants of prey availability: implications for the Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni

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Landscape, cropping and field boundary influences on bird abundance

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Languages Are Still a Major Barrier to Global Science

scientific article

Large-scale spatial variation in the breeding performance of song thrushes Turdus philomelos and blackbirds T. merula in Britain

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Latitudinal changes in avian life histories

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Linking climate change vulnerability research and evidence on conservation action effectiveness to safeguard European seabird populations

scientific article published in 2022

Linking recreational disturbance to population size in a ground-nesting passerine

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Linking warming effects on phenology, demography, and range expansion in a migratory bird population

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Links between plant species' spatial and temporal responses to a warming climate

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Making predictive ecology more relevant to policy makers and practitioners ⬇️

scientific article published on January 19, 2012

Managing water levels on wet grasslands to improve foraging conditions for breeding northern lapwingVanellus vanellus

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Measures of Inequality Are Not Equal

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Measuring sexual selection

scientific article published in Nature

Mechanisms underpinning climatic impacts on natural populations: altered species interactions are more important than direct effects

scientific article

Men ask more questions than women at a scientific conference

scientific article

Methods for collaboratively identifying research priorities and emerging issues in science and policy

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Mid-season shifts in the habitat associations of Yellow Wagtails Motacilla flava breeding in arable farmland

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Modeling large-scale dispersal distances

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Modelling the effects of management on population dynamics: some lessons from annual weeds

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Modelling the foraging habitat selection of lesser kestrels: conservation implications of European Agricultural Policies

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Motifs in bipartite ecological networks: uncovering indirect interactions

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Movement of juvenile migratory birds from settlement to adulthood across the non‐breeding range

scientific article published in July 2024

Moving from frugivory to seed dispersal: Incorporating the functional outcomes of interactions in plant-frugivore networks

scientific article published in 2018

Nest protectors provide a cost-effective means of increasing breeding success in Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea

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One hundred priority questions for landscape restoration in Europe

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One hundred questions of importance to the conservation of global biological diversity.

scientific article

Optimal Floating and Queuing Strategies: Consequences for Density Dependence and Habitat Loss

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Optimal floating and queuing strategies: consequences for density dependence and habitat loss

scientific article published in September 1998

Organising evidence for environmental management decisions: a '4S' hierarchy

scientific article published in October 2014

Overtaking on migration: does longer distance migration always incur a penalty?

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PRIORITY CONTRIBUTION: Future novel threats and opportunities facing UK biodiversity identified by horizon scanning

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Pair bonds: Arrival synchrony in migratory birds

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Parallel extinction risk and global distribution of languages and species ⬇️

scientific article published on May 15, 2003

Physiology, behavior, and conservation

scientific article published on 07 June 2013

Polar research: Six priorities for Antarctic science

scientific article

Policy advice: Use experts wisely

scientific article published in Nature

Policy making within ecological uncertainty: lessons from badgers and GM crops

scientific article published in May 2001

Policy windows for the environment: Tips for improving the uptake of scientific knowledge

Policy: Twenty tips for interpreting scientific claims

scientific article published in November 2013

Population overlap and habitat segregation in wintering Black‐tailed Godwits Limosa limosa

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Population regulation in group-living birds: predictive models of the Seychelles warbler

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Population-scale drivers of individual arrival times in migratory birds

scientific article published in September 2006

Post-war changes in arable farming and biodiversity in Great Britain

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Predicting the ecological consequences of environmental change: a review of the methods*

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Predicting the population consequences of human disturbance for Ringed Plovers Charadrius hiaticula: a game theory approach

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Predicting the response of farmland bird populations to changing food supplies

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Principles for using evidence to improve biodiversity impact mitigation by business

scientific article published on 23 February 2023

Prioritization of knowledge needs for sustainable aquaculture: a national and global perspective

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Prioritization of knowledge-needs to achieve best practices for bottom trawling in relation to seabed habitats

Priority Questions and Horizon Scanning for Conservation: A Comparative Study

scientific article

Quantifying density dependence in a bird population using human disturbance.

scientific article published on 4 May 2007

Quantifying the effects of diverse private protected area management systems on ecosystem properties in a savannah biome, South Africa

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Quantifying the impact and relevance of scientific research

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REVIEW: The identification of priority policy options for UK nature conservation

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Rapid changes in phenotype distribution during range expansion in a migratory bird

scientific article published on 29 June 2011

Response of young and adult birds to the same environmental variables and different spatial scales during post breeding period

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Response to Mathevet and Mauchamp: Evidence-based conservation: dealing with social issues

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Response—Ivory crisis

scientific article published in Science

Restoration of wet features for breeding waders on lowland grassland

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Restoring a sustainable countryside

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Review by quality not quantity for better policy

scientific article

Sea stack plots: Replacing bar charts with histograms

scientific article published in April 2024

Seabirds and climate change in North‐West Europe: Identifying opportunities for an effective and efficient conservation response

scientific article published on 3 September 2024

Seasonal matching of habitat quality and fitness in a migratory bird

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Selection for protection in an ant-plant mutualism: host sanctions, host modularity, and the principal-agent game

scientific article published in March 2006

Seventy-one important questions for the conservation of marine biodiversity.

scientific article

Sex-biases in distribution and resource use at different spatial scales in a migratory shorebird

scientific article published on 9 March 2013

Sexing of Black-tailed GodwitsLimosa limosa islandica: a comparison of behavioural, molecular, biometric and field-based techniques

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Simple study designs in ecology produce inaccurate estimates of biodiversity responses

scientific article published in 2019

Solution Scanning as a Key Policy Tool: Identifying Management Interventions to Help Maintain and Enhance Regulating Ecosystem Services

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Somatic mutation: Do plants evolve differently?

scientific article published in Nature

Specialization in plant-hummingbird networks is associated with species richness, contemporary precipitation and quaternary climate-change velocity

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Specialization of mutualistic interaction networks decreases toward tropical latitudes

scientific article

Standardized reporting of the costs of management interventions for biodiversity conservation

Status of VISTA, and Public Surveys

Strategic foresight: how planning for the unpredictable can improve environmental decision-making.

scientific article

Structured analysis of conservation strategies applied to temporary conservation

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Successful conservation of global waterbird populations depends on effective governance

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

Sustainable exploitation of social species: a test and comparison of models

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Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity ⬇️

scientific article published on 07 October 2021

Temporal patterns of avian body size reflect linear size responses to broadscale environmental change over the last 50 years

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Terrestrial or marine species distribution model: Why not both? A case study with seabirds

scientific article published on 23 November 2021

The 50 most important questions relating to the maintenance and restoration of an ecological continuum in the European Alps

scientific article

The Conflict Between Conservation and Recreation When Visitors Dislike Crowding: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of Recreational Beach Users

The Logic of Territory Choice: Implications for Conservation and Source‐Sink Dynamics

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The best solution

scientific article published in Nature

The biodiversity implications of changes in coastal tourism due to climate change

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The buffer effect and large-scale population regulation in migratory birds.

scientific article

The challenge of biased evidence in conservation

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

The depletion of algal beds by geese: a predictive model and test.

scientific article published on May 2001

The effect of scientific evidence on conservation practitioners' management decisions

scientific article published on 7 August 2014

The effect of the spatial distribution of winter seed food resources on their use by farmland birds

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The effects of disturbance on habitat use by black-tailed godwits Limosa limosa

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The functional biogeography of species: biogeographical species roles of birds in Wallacea and the West Indies

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The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK

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The importance of behavioural studies in conservation biology.

scientific article

The influence of Late Quaternary climate-change velocity on species endemism.

scientific article

The major barriers to evidence-informed conservation policy and possible solutions.

scientific article

The need for an integrated biodiversity policy support process – Building the European contribution to a global Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON)

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The need for environmental horizon scanning

scientific article

The need for evidence-based conservation

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The relative importance of COVID‐19 pandemic impacts on biodiversity conservation globally

scientific article published on 31 May 2021

The role of agri-environment schemes in conservation and environmental management

scientific article

The role of churches in maintaining bird diversity: A case study from southern Poland

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The top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture

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The winter distribution of seed-eating birds: habitat structure, seed density and seasonal depletion

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Thresholds of species loss in Amazonian deforestation frontier landscapes.

scientific article published on 7 January 2015

Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science‐policy agendas

scientific article

Top 40 Priorities for Science to Inform US Conservation and Management Policy

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Training future generations to deliver evidence‐based conservation and ecosystem management

scientific article

Two truths about discounting and their environmental consequences

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Uncovering indirect interactions in bipartite ecological networks

Understanding and managing conservation conflicts

scientific article

Using expert knowledge and modeling to define mangrove composition, functioning, and threats and estimate time frame for recovery

scientific article

Using the Value of Information to improve conservation decision making

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Voluntary non-monetary approaches for implementing conservation

What Do We Need to Know to Enhance the Environmental Sustainability of Agricultural Production? A Prioritisation of Knowledge Needs for the UK Food System

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What Do We Need to Know to Enhance the Environmental Sustainability of Agricultural Production? A Prioritisation of Knowledge Needs for the UK Food System

What agricultural practices are most likely to deliver “sustainable intensification” in the UK?

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What is the Price of Conservation? A Review of the Status Quo and Recommendations for Improving Cost Reporting

scientific article published on 23 March 2022

What works in conservation? Using expert assessment of summarised evidence to identify practices that enhance natural pest control in agriculture

scientific article published on 30 May 2016

When density dependence is not instantaneous: theoretical developments and management implications

scientific article published on 3 November 2007

Why behavioural responses may not reflect the population consequences of human disturbance

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Why is timing of bird migration advancing when individuals are not?

scientific article

Winter field use and habitat selection by Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus on arable farmland

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bmotif: a package for counting motifs in bipartite networks

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