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A preliminary approach to quantifying the overall environmental risks posed by development projects during environmental impact assessment by Nicol, Sam, Chadès, Iadine

“…Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is used globally to manage the impacts of development projects on the environment, so there is an imperative to…”
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Quantifying the impact of uncertainty on threat management for biodiversity by Nicol, Sam, Brazill-Boast, James, Gorrod, Emma, McSorley, Adam, Peyrard, Nathalie, Chadès, Iadine

“…With inadequate resources to manage the threats facing biodiversity worldwide, achieving projected management outcomes is critical for efficient resource…”
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Priority Threat Management for biodiversity conservation: A handbook by Carwardine, Josie, Martin, Tara G., Firn, Jennifer, Reyes, Rocio Ponce, Nicol, Sam, Reeson, Andrew, Grantham, Hedley S., Stratford, Danial, Kehoe, Laura, Chadès, Iadine, Lee, Tien Ming

“…Threats to biodiversity and the integrity of ecological systems are escalating globally, both within and outside of protected areas. Decision makers have…”
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Which states matter? An application of an intelligent discretization method to solve a continuous POMDP in conservation biology by Nicol, Sam, Chadès, Iadine

“…When managing populations of threatened species, conservation managers seek to make the best conservation decisions to avoid extinction. Making the best…”
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Dynamic habitat modelling for water-dependent species in the Murray-Darling Basin by Mokany, Karel, Peel, David, Reyes, Rocio Ponce, Foster, Scott D., Stratford, Danial S., McGinness, Heather M., Zampatti, Brenton P., Nicol, Sam, Freebairn, Andrew C., McInerney, Paul J., Sengupta, Ashmita

“…[Display omitted] •Dynamic habitat models are developed for a range of water-dependent species.•Change in habitat is predicted over space and time across a…”
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FlywayNet: A hidden semi‐Markov model for inferring the structure of migratory bird networks from count data by Nicol, Sam, Cros, Marie‐Josée, Peyrard, Nathalie, Sabbadin, Régis, Trépos, Ronan, Fuller, Richard A., Woodworth, Bradley K.

“…Every year, millions of birds migrate between breeding and nonbreeding habitat, but the relative numbers of animals moving between sites are difficult to…”
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Building a stakeholder-led common vision increases the expected cost-effectiveness of biodiversity conservation by Ponce Reyes, Rocío, Firn, Jennifer, Nicol, Sam, Chadès, Iadine, Stratford, Danial S, Martin, Tara G, Whitten, Stuart, Carwardine, Josie

“…Uniting diverse stakeholders through communication, education or building a collaborative 'common vision' for biodiversity management is a recommended approach…”
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p53-dependent repression of polo-like kinase-1 (PLK1) by McKenzie, Lynsey, King, Sharon, Marcar, Lynnette, Nicol, Sam, Dias, Sylvia S., Schumm, Katie, Robertson, Pamela, Bourdon, Jean-Christophe, Perkins, Neil, Fuller-Pace, Frances, Meek, David

“…PLK1 is a critical mediator of G2/M cell cycle transition that is inactivated and depleted as part of the DNA damage-induced G2/M checkpoint. Here we show that…”
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A general optimal adaptive framework for managing a threatened species by Nicol, Sam, Ferrer‐Mestres, Jonathan, Lloyd, Hannah, Brazill‐Boast, James, Gorrod, Emma, Chades, Iadine

“…Managers must determine which interventions best protect threatened species when the outcomes of interventions are uncertain. Adaptive management is a dynamic…”
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Prioritizing management strategies to achieve multiple outcomes in a globally significant Indonesian protected area by Utami, Ni Wayan Febriana, Wirawan, I Gede Putu, Firn, Jennifer, Kepakisan, Agus Ngurah Krisna, Kusdyana, I Putu Gede Arya, Nicol, Sam, Carwardine, Josie

“…The multiple values delivered by protected areas around the world are threatened and in decline. We propose a structured decision science prioritization…”
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A general modeling framework for describing spatially structured population dynamics by Sample, Christine, Fryxell, John M., Bieri, Joanna A., Federico, Paula, Earl, Julia E., Wiederholt, Ruscena, Mattsson, Brady J., Flockhart, D. T. Tyler, Nicol, Sam, Diffendorfer, Jay E., Thogmartin, Wayne E., Erickson, Richard A., Norris, D. Ryan

“…Variation in movement across time and space fundamentally shapes the abundance and distribution of populations. Although a variety of approaches model…”
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Information: Small data call for big ideas by Chadès, Iadine, Nicol, Sam

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A method to predict connectivity for nomadic waterbird species from tracking data by Nicol, Sam, Lloyd-Jones, Luke, McGinness, Heather M.

“…Context Nomadic waterbird species move erratically, which makes it difficult to predict site use and connectivity over time. This is particularly pertinent for…”
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Science to support the management of riverine flows by Stoffels, Rick J., Bond, Nick R., Nicol, Sam

“…The last two decades has seen introduction or reform of water legislation in many river basins of the world, and river managers are under increasing pressure…”
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Small data call for big ideas by Chadès, Iadine, Nicol, Sam

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Management feasibility of established invasive plant species in Queensland, Australia: A stakeholders’ perspective by Osunkoya, Olusegun O., Froese, Jens G., Nicol, Sam

“…Managing and monitoring invasive alien species (IAS) is costly, and because resources are limited, prioritization decisions are required for planning and…”
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Making the best use of experts' estimates to prioritise monitoring and management actions: A freshwater case study by Nicol, Sam, Ward, Keith, Stratford, Danial, Joehnk, Klaus D., Chadès, Iadine

“…Under limited time and resources, ecological managers are under increasing pressure to demonstrate tangible impact of monitoring activities. Value of…”
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Benefits of integrating complementarity into priority threat management by Chadés, Iadine , Nicol, Sam , van Leeuwen, Stephen , Walters, Belinda , Firn, Jennifer , Reeson, Andrew , Martin, Tara G. , Carwardine, Josie 

“…Conservation decision tools based on cost-effectiveness analysis are used to assess threat management strategies for improving species persistence. These…”
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Adapting environmental management to uncertain but inevitable change by Nicol, Sam, Fuller, Richard A., Iwamura, Takuya, Chadès, Iadine

“…Implementation of adaptation actions to protect biodiversity is limited by uncertainty about the future. One reason for this is the fear of making the wrong…”
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COVID-19 vaccines elicit robust cellular immunity and clinical protection in chronic lymphocytic leukemia by Parry, Helen, Bruton, Rachel, Roberts, Thomas, McIlroy, Graham, Damery, Sarah, Sylla, Panagiota, Dowell, Alexander C., Tut, Gokhan, Lancaster, Tara, Bone, David, Willett, Brian, Logan, Nicola, Scott, Sam, Hulme, Sam, Jadir, Azar, Amin, Umayr, Nicol, Sam, Stephens, Christine, Faustini, Sian, Al-Taei, Saly, Richter, Alex, Blakeway, Daniel, Verma, Kriti, Margielewska-Davies, Sandra, Pearce, Hayden, Pratt, Guy, Zuo, Jianmin, Paneesha, Shankara, Moss, Paul

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