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Effects of lead from ammunition on birds and other wildlife: A review and update by Pain, Deborah J., Mateo, Rafael, Green, Rhys E.

“…Poisoning of wild birds following ingestion of lead from ammunition has long been recognised and considerable recent research has focused on terrestrial birds,…”
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Reconciling Food Production and Biodiversity Conservation: Land Sharing and Land Sparing Compared by Phalan, Ben, Onial, Malvika, Balmford, Andrew, Green, Rhys E.

“…The question of how to meet rising food demand at the least cost to biodiversity requires the evaluation of two contrasting alternatives: land sharing, which…”
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Bird and bat species' global vulnerability to collision mortality at wind farms revealed through a trait-based assessment by Thaxter, Chris B., Buchanan, Graeme M., Carr, Jamie, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Newbold, Tim, Green, Rhys E., Tobias, Joseph A., Foden, Wendy B., O'Brien, Sue, Pearce-Higgins, James W.

“…Mitigation of anthropogenic climate change involves deployments of renewable energy worldwide, including wind farms, which can pose a significant collision…”
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How can higher-yield farming help to spare nature? by Phalan, Ben, Green, Rhys E., Dicks, Lynn V., Dotta, Graziela, Feniuk, Claire, Lamb, Anthony, Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Williams, David R., zu Ermgassen, Erasmus K. H. J., Balmford, Andrew

“…Mechanisms to link yield increases with conservation Expansion of land area used for agriculture is a leading cause of biodiversity loss and greenhouse gas…”
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Large mammal population declines in Africa’s protected areas by Craigie, Ian D., Baillie, Jonathan E.M., Balmford, Andrew, Carbone, Chris, Collen, Ben, Green, Rhys E., Hutton, Jon M.

“…Protected areas (PAs) are the cornerstone of global conservation efforts but their performance in maintaining populations of their key species remains poorly…”
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Reducing the land use of EU pork production: where there’s swill, there’s a way by zu Ermgassen, Erasmus K.H.J., Phalan, Ben, Green, Rhys E., Balmford, Andrew

“…•Food wastes are banned in animal feed in the EU due to disease control concerns.•Many Asian states operate safe, centralised systems for recycling waste as…”
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The population decline of Gyps vultures in India and Nepal has slowed since veterinary use of diclofenac was banned by Prakash, Vibhu, Bishwakarma, Mohan Chandra, Chaudhary, Anand, Cuthbert, Richard, Dave, Ruchi, Kulkarni, Mandar, Kumar, Sashi, Paudel, Khadananda, Ranade, Sachin, Shringarpure, Rohan, Green, Rhys E

“…Populations of oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis), long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) and slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) crashed…”
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Effectiveness of an assurance scheme for wild‐shot game meat products in promoting a voluntary transition from the use of lead to non‐lead ammunition for hunting by Green, Rhys E.

“…Abstract A consensus has emerged in the United Kingdom that a transition away from the use of lead ammunition for hunting game animals would be desirable to…”
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Robustness despite uncertainty: regional climate data reveal the dominant role of humans in explaining global extinctions of Late Quaternary megafauna by Bartlett, Lewis J., Williams, David R., Prescott, Graham W., Balmford, Andrew, Green, Rhys E., Eriksson, Anders, Valdes, Paul J., Singarayer, Joy S., Manica, Andrea

“…Debate over the Late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions has focussed on whether human colonisation or climatic changes were more important drivers of…”
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Lead concentrations in commercial dogfood containing pheasant in the UK by Pain, Deborah J., Green, Rhys E., Bates, Nicola, Guiu, Maider, Taggart, Mark A.

“…UK and EU regulators are evaluating the potential health benefits of restricting the use of lead ammunition. Little information is available on exposure of…”
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An indicator of the impact of climatic change on European bird populations by Gregory, Richard D, Willis, Stephen G, Jiguet, Frédéric, Vorísek, Petr, Klvanová, Alena, van Strien, Arco, Huntley, Brian, Collingham, Yvonne C, Couvet, Denis, Green, Rhys E

“…Rapid climatic change poses a threat to global biodiversity. There is extensive evidence that recent climatic change has affected animal and plant populations,…”
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Climatic change and extinction risk of two globally threatened Ethiopian endemic bird species by Bladon, Andrew J, Donald, Paul F, Collar, Nigel J, Denge, Jarso, Dadacha, Galgalo, Wondafrash, Mengistu, Green, Rhys E

“…Climate change is having profound effects on the distributions of species globally. Trait-based assessments predict that specialist and range-restricted…”
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Conserving the birds of Uganda's banana-coffee arc: land sparing and land sharing compared by Hulme, Mark F, Vickery, Juliet A, Green, Rhys E, Phalan, Ben, Chamberlain, Dan E, Pomeroy, Derek E, Nalwanga, Dianah, Mushabe, David, Katebaka, Raymond, Bolwig, Simon, Atkinson, Philip W

“…Reconciling the aims of feeding an ever more demanding human population and conserving biodiversity is a difficult challenge. Here, we explore potential…”
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Urban development land sharing and land sparing: the importance of considering restoration by Collas, Lydia, Green, Rhys E., Ross, Alexander, Wastell, Josie H., Balmford, Andrew

“…1. At present, there is limited knowledge of how best to reconcile urban development with biodiversity conservation, and in particular whether populations of…”
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Potential impacts of climatic change on European breeding birds by Huntley, Brian, Collingham, Yvonne C, Willis, Stephen G, Green, Rhys E

“…Climatic change is expected to lead to changes in species' geographical ranges. Adaptation strategies for biodiversity conservation require quantitative…”
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Quantitative global analysis of the role of climate and people in explaining late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions by Prescott, Graham W, Williams, David R, Balmford, Andrew, Green, Rhys E, Manica, Andrea

“…The late Quaternary period saw the rapid extinction of the majority of the world's terrestrial megafauna. The cause of these dramatic losses, especially the…”
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Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature by Green, Rhys E., Cornell, Stephen J., Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, Balmford, Andrew

“…World food demand is expected to more than double by 2050. Decisions about how to meet this challenge will have profound effects on wild species and habitats…”
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Effectiveness of action in India to reduce exposure of Gyps vultures to the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac by Cuthbert, Richard, Taggart, Mark A, Prakash, Vibhu, Saini, Mohini, Swarup, Devendra, Upreti, Suchitra, Mateo, Rafael, Chakraborty, Soumya Sunder, Deori, Parag, Green, Rhys E

“…Contamination of their carrion food supply with the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac has caused rapid population declines across the Indian…”
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Economic assessment of wild bird mortality induced by the use of lead gunshot in European wetlands by Andreotti, Alessandro, Guberti, Vittorio, Nardelli, Riccardo, Pirrello, Simone, Serra, Lorenzo, Volponi, Stefano, Green, Rhys E.

“…In European wetlands, at least 40 bird species are exposed to the risk of lead poisoning caused by ingestion of spent lead gunshot. Adopting a methodology…”
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Implications of the prevalence and magnitude of sustained declines for determining a minimum threshold for favourable population size by Green, Rhys E, Gilbert, Gillian, Wilson, Jeremy D, Jennings, Kate

“…We propose a new approach to quantifying a minimum threshold value for the size of an animal population, below which that population might be categorised as…”
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