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Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland

Heather M. McCallum, Auteur ; Kirsty J. Park, Auteur ; Mark G. O'brien, Auteur ; Alessandro Gimona, Auteur ; Laura Poggio, Auteur ; Jeremy D. Wilson, Auteur

Dans Ibis (158(4) October 2016)

Habitat associations of farmland birds are well studied, yet few have considered relationships between species distribution and soil properties. Charadriiform waders (shorebirds) depend upon penetrable soils, rich in invertebrate prey. Many spec[...]

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Woodland networks in a changing climate: Threats from land use change

Alessandro Gimona, Auteur ; Laura Poggio, Auteur ; Iain Brown, Auteur ; Marie Castellazzi, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (149(1) MAY 2012)

Landscape adaptation to climate change requires policies that facilitate species dispersal, to counteract the effects of fragmentation and allow tracking of a species' 'climatic niche'. Expanding existing ecological networks is often proposed as[...]

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