206 research outputs found
10. Some aspects of control of freshwater invasive species
No full textExpert assessors David Aldridge, University of Cambridge, UK Olaf Booy, Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK Manuel A. Duenas, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK Alison Dunn, University of Leeds, UK Robert Francis, King’s College London, UK Belinda Gallardo, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology, Spain Nancy Ockendon, University of Cambridge, UK Trevor Renals, Environment Agency, UK Emmanuelle Sarat, International U..
10. Some aspects of control of freshwater invasive species
No full textExpert assessors David Aldridge, University of Cambridge, UK Olaf Booy, Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK Manuel A. Duenas, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK Alison Dunn, University of Leeds, UK Robert Francis, King’s College London, UK Belinda Gallardo, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology, Spain Nancy Ockendon, University of Cambridge, UK Trevor Renals, Environment Agency, UK Emmanuelle Sarat, International Union for Conservation of Nature, France Sonal Varia, The Centre for Agriculture and Bios..
3. Bird conservation
No full textExpert assessors Tatsuya Amano, University of Cambridge, UK Andy Brown, Natural England, UK Fiona Burns, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK Yohay Carmel, Israel Institute of Technology Mick Clout, University of Auckland, New Zealand Geoff Hilton, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, UK Nancy Ockendon, University of Cambridge, UK James Pearce-Higgins, British Trust for Ornithology, UK Sugoto Roy, Food and ..
3. Bird Conservation
No full textExpert assessors Tatsuya Amano, University of Cambridge, UK Andy Brown, Natural England, UK Fiona Burns, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK Yohay Carmel, Israel Institute of Technology Mick Clout, University of Auckland, New Zealand Geoff Hilton, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, UK Nancy Ockendon, University of Cambridge, UK James Pearce-Higgins, British Trust for Ornithology, UK Sugoto Roy, Food and Environment Research Agency, DEFRA, UK Rebecca K. Smith, University of Cambridge, UK Wil..
6. Peatland Conservation
No full textExpert assessors Stephanie Boudreau, Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association, Canada Emma Goodyer, IUCN UK Peatlands Programme, UK Laura Graham, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, Indonesia Richard Lindsay, University of East London, UK Edgar Karofeld, University of Tartu, Estonia David Locky, MacEwan University, Canada Nancy Ockendon, University of Cambridge, UK Anabel Rial, Independent Consultant & IUCN Species Survival Commission, Colombia Sarah Ross, Penny Anderson Associates, UK Nigel..
Genetic diversity and sexual selection in an isolated population of house sparrows
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What Works in Conservation 2018
No full textThis book provides an assessment of the effectiveness of 1277 conservation interventions based on summarized scientific evidence. The 2018 edition contains new chapters covering practical global conservation of primates, peatlands, shrublands and heathlands, management of captive animals as well as an extended chapter on control of freshwater invasive species. Other chapters cover global conservation of amphibians, bats, birds and forests, conservation of European farmland biodiversity and some aspects of enhancing natural pest control, enhancing soil fertility and control of freshwater invasive species. It contains key results from the summarized evidence for each conservation intervention and an assessment of the effectiveness of each by international expert panels. The accompanying website www.conservationevidence.com describes each of the studies individually, and provides full references
Extrapair paternity in an insular population of house sparrows after the experimental introduction of individuals from the mainland
No full textRainfall on wintering grounds affects population change in many species of Afro-Palaearctic migrants
No full textSurvival and population growth rates in several species of Afro-Palaearctic migrant have been shown to correlate with rainfall regimes and/or vegetation level on their African wintering grounds, implying that seasonal food resources may contribute to population limitation. Here we explore the generality of this relationship across 16 migrant species breeding in England by investigating the proportion of variability in annual population change that is explained by the impact of environmental variables on wintering and staging grounds over 25- and 40-year time periods. In the 40-year time-series, rainfall in the arid Sahel region of West Africa had the strongest and most consistent effects on migrant populations, positively influencing the population growth rate in six of nine species which winter in this area and in three of seven species that use the region during their migratory passage but which over-winter further south. The effects of precipitation in other regions of Africa and satellite-derived measures of vegetation quality in all regions were weaker and less consistent in direction. Over the 25-year period for which data on both rainfall and vegetation were available, 12 of the 16 study species showed significant weather effects; the mean deviance explained by environmental variables among these 12 species was 32 %, increasing to 41 % when density-dependence was added to the models. For the 40-year time period, 11 species showed significant effects of rainfall, with the mean deviance explained by environmental variables of 14 % (23 % including density-dependence). Our results demonstrate that in many long-distance migrant species, precipitation in the Sahel is a significant driver of changes in abundance at the large-scale population level.</p
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