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Journal of Applied Ecology
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Driving forward the field of applied ecology through a high-quality evidence base for scientists, managers and policymakers. A @britishecologicalsociety.org journal.
Landscape & crop diversity contributes to greater yield stability 🌱🌏

Promoting diverse agricultural landscapes with balanced heterogeneity can enhance the resilience of agricultural systems to climate change & contribute to long-term food security 📈🧪

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November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Good habitat & group living mitigate nest failure from predation & flooding in a riparian bird 🐦

Proposes conservation management actions should aim at improving the quality of riparian habitat & preserving existing areas of high P. aquaticus density 🌏 🧪

🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70181
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Fire severity reduces tick populations, but landscape context shapes their recovery 📊

Using field data, remote sensing, and SEMs, this research offer a scalable approach to monitor ecosystem and disease vector responses to wildfire 🛰️🧪🌎 @samsambado.bsky.social

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November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Seven consecutive annual fires promote the richness, abundance, & resilience of the Cerrado grass layer 🔥🌎

Grasses benefit much more from frequent fires than from the prolonged fire-suppression regimes that hinder their communities 🌱🧪

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November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Old-growth forests are vital for Madagascar’s endemic amphibians, but agroforests can also contribute to conservation, especially when managed with thick leaf litter & large native trees 🐸🌲

Promoting biodiversity-friendly practices aligns farming with conservation 🌎🧪

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November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Mammals with large home ranges, low reproductive rates & small body sizes are most vulnerable to roads: A meta-analysis 🛣️🌎🧪

Proposes that we should maintain low road densities & install small-mesh mitigation fencing along roads 🧱

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November 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Where will species go as the world changes? 🌍

Suggests that practitioners can find more reliable answers by pairing long-term biodiversity monitoring with dynamic models 📊🧪

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November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Our November issue is now available! 🦗🌎🧪

Featuring a range of topics such as...
📈Unmasking the drivers of jellyfish blooms🪼
🔥The legacy of pine plantations on fire severity🌲
🐝Enhancing pollinator habitats in urban landscapes🏘️

Read it in full👇
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November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Dense and continuous pine plantations fuel severe wildfires and hinder recovery 🔥

Reducing tree density can lower impacts, guiding more resilient afforestation and fire management strategies in Mediterranean ecosystems 🌲

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October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Our webinar discussing how Integrated Nature-Climate Action can strengthen policy responses to biodiversity loss & climate change is tomorrow! ⏰🌏🧪

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October 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Are you interested in learning how policy responses to biodiversity loss & climate change can be strengthened by Integrated Nature-Climate Action? 💭🌏

You have one week left to sign up for our free webinar with @hollietree.bsky.social & @pettorelli.bsky.social! ⏰🧪

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October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Urbanised landscape and microhabitat differences can influence flowering phenology and synchrony in an annual herb 🌿🌏 🧪

Findings revealed that populations in urban sites exhibited earlier flowering onset and longer flowering duration compared to rural locations 🏢 👇

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October 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Roads shape seed dispersal by rodents and carnivores at forest edges 🛣️🌏

These findings highlight the role of roads as barriers and of roadsides as corridors for mammal-mediated seed dispersal, with implications for forest regeneration and habitat connectivity 🐭🧪

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October 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🦁Predators have a strong sex-bias when it comes to their favourite prey 🌏

In their new paper @andrewabraham.bsky.social quantify large carnivore sex-biases in Africa and examine how wildlife managers can replicate such effects when natural predators are missing 👇

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October 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Are you interested in how Integrated Nature-Climate Action can strengthen policy responses to biodiversity loss & climate change? 🌎🧪

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October 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Controlling a tree invader for coastal plant communities' restoration affected below-ground dynamics 🌱🌏🧪

We used coastal vegetation on sandy soils in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest as a model to investigate below-ground dynamics in communities under restoration 🌀

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October 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Validating habitat suitability models for pine marten (Martes martes) reintroductions to England and Wales 📈🧪

The adaptive methodology can be applied to other species as reintroduction projects continue to grow in popularity 💭🌏

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October 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Mixed plant and arthropod biodiversity responses to solar park establishment on former agricultural lands 🦋

Suggests that, while biodiversity can increase in solar parks post-conversion compared to previous land use, not all taxonomic groups benefit from this change 🌏🧪

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October 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Applications for our 2026 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme close TOMORROW! ⏰🌏

If you'd like to learn more about the peer review process then this voluntary two-year role could be the role for you 🌱🧪

Find out more and apply: bit.ly/47uwYlD
October 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Machine learning for biosecurity: A probabilistic framework for invasive species management 🦒🌏

We present a novel machine learning (ML) framework to quantify species progression along the introduction–naturalization–invasion continuum 🖥️🧪

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October 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Wild pollinators & honeybees respond differently to landscape-scale organic farming & increase sunflower yields 🐝🌏

Provides strategies to support different groups of wild pollinators through integrative landscape & field management & strengthen pollination services 🌻🧪

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October 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We're thrilled to announce our first-ever webinar!

@hollietree.bsky.social & @pettorelli.bsky.social will be joining us to discuss how Integrated Nature-Climate Action can strengthen policy responses to biodiversity loss & climate change 🌍🧪

Learn more & register for free here 👇
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October 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Our October issue is now available! 🫧🌎🧪

Features a range of topics including:
👉The case for integrated nature-climate action 🌱
👉Bird responses to the abandonment of artisanal gold mining 🐦
👉Marine constructions and substrate colour 🎨

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October 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Differences between terrestrial and offshore bird migration: Implications for offshore wind energy ⚡

Comparing terrestrial and offshore movements can reveal differences in migration that help target conservation efforts offshore 🌊

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October 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Perceived & actual ecosystem services by fruit bats, birds & primates in litchi orchards agroecosystems 🦇🧪

Found relatively low incidences of crop raiding by fruit bats, highlighting the economic benefits of biocontrol by insectivorous bats & birds 💰🌏

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September 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM