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Ultrasound guidance for upper and lower limb blocks by Lewis, Sharon R, Price, Anastasia, Walker, Kevin J, McGrattan, Ken, Smith, Andrew F

“…Peripheral nerve blocks can be performed using ultrasound guidance. It is not yet clear whether this method of nerve location has benefits over other existing…”
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Linking climate warming and land conversion to species’ range changes across Great Britain by Suggitt, Andrew J., Wheatley, Christopher J., Aucott, Paula, Beale, Colin M., Fox, Richard, Hill, Jane K., Isaac, Nick J. B., Martay, Blaise, Southall, Humphrey, Thomas, Chris D., Walker, Kevin J., Auffret, Alistair G.

“…Although increased temperatures are known to reinforce the effects of habitat destruction at local to landscape scales, evidence of their additive or…”
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Protected areas facilitate species’ range expansions by Thomas, Chris D, Gillingham, Phillipa K, Bradbury, Richard B, Roy, David B, Anderson, Barbara J, Baxter, John M, Bourn, Nigel A. D, Crick, Humphrey Q. P, Findon, Richard A, Fox, Richard, Hodgson, Jenny A, Holt, Alison R, Morecroft, Mike D, O’Hanlon, Nina J, Oliver, Tom H, Pearce-Higgins, James W, Procter, Deborah A, Thomas, Jeremy A, Walker, Kevin J, Walmsley, Clive A, Wilson, Robert J, Hill, Jane K

“…The benefits of protected areas (PAs) for biodiversity have been questioned in the context of climate change because PAs are static, whereas the distributions…”
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The design, launch and assessment of a new volunteer-based plant monitoring scheme for the United Kingdom by Pescott, Oliver L, Walker, Kevin J, Harris, Felicity, New, Hayley, Cheffings, Christine M, Newton, Niki, Jitlal, Mark, Redhead, John, Smart, Simon M, Roy, David B

“…Volunteer-based plant monitoring in the UK has focused mainly on distribution mapping; there has been less emphasis on the collection of data on plant…”
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Premedication for anxiety in adult day surgery by Walker, Kevin J, Smith, Andrew F

“…Since the early 1980s, it has become more and more common to carry out surgical procedures on a day case basis. Many patients are anxious before surgery yet…”
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Integrating expert knowledge at regional and national scales improves impact assessments of non-native species by Dehnen-Schmutz, Katharina, Pescott, Oliver L., Booy, Olaf, Walker, Kevin J.

“…Knowledge of the impacts of invasive species is important for their management, prioritisation of control efforts and policy decisions. We investigated how…”
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The restoration and re-creation of species-rich lowland grassland on land formerly managed for intensive agriculture in the UK by Walker, Kevin J, Stevens, Paul A, Stevens, David P, Mountford, J.Owen, Manchester, Sarah J, Pywell, Richard F

“…Intensive agriculture has resulted in the loss of biodiversity and the specialist flora and fauna associated with the semi-natural grasslands of low-intensity…”
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Enhancing diversity of species-poor grasslands: an experimental assessment of multiple constraints by PYWELL, RICHARD F, BULLOCK, JAMES M, TALLOWIN, JERRY B, WALKER, KEVIN J, WARMAN, ELIZABETH A, MASTERS, GREG

“…1. Many grasslands in north-west Europe are productive but species-poor communities resulting from intensive agriculture. Reducing the intensity of management…”
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Plant Traits as Predictors of Performance in Ecological Restoration by Pywell, Richard F., Bullock, James M., Roy, David B., Warman, Liz, Walker, Kevin J., Rothery, Peter

“…1. There are few studies of the performance of species in restored vegetation communities. Here we report the results of a meta-analysis of 25 experiments…”
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A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland by Henniges, Marie C., Powell, Robyn F., Mian, Sahr, Stace, Clive A., Walker, Kevin J., Gornall, Richard J., Christenhusz, Maarten J. M., Brown, Max R., Twyford, Alex D., Hollingsworth, Peter M., Jones, Laura, de Vere, Natasha, Antonelli, Alexandre, Leitch, Andrew R., Leitch, Ilia J.

“…The vascular flora of Britain and Ireland is among the most extensively studied in the world, but the current knowledge base is fragmentary, with taxonomic,…”
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Restoration of Species-Rich Grassland on Arable Land: Assessing the Limiting Processes Using a Multi-Site Experiment by Pywell, Richard F., Bullock, James M., Hopkins, Alan, Walker, Kevin J., Sparks, Tim H., Mike J. W. Burke, Peel, Steve

“…1. Agricultural intensification has resulted in the reduction and fragmentation of species-rich grasslands across much of western Europe. 2. We examined the…”
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Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering by Suggitt, Andrew J., Wilson, Robert J., Isaac, Nick J. B., Beale, Colin M., Auffret, Alistair G., August, Tom, Bennie, Jonathan J., Crick, Humphrey Q. P., Duffield, Simon, Fox, Richard, Hopkins, John J., Macgregor, Nicholas A., Morecroft, Mike D., Walker, Kevin J., Maclean, Ilya M. D.

“…Protecting biodiversity against the impacts of climate change requires effective conservation strategies that safeguard species at risk of extinction 1 …”
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Horizon scanning for invasive alien species with the potential to threaten biodiversity in Great Britain by Roy, Helen E, Peyton, Jodey, Aldridge, David C, Bantock, Tristan, Blackburn, Tim M, Britton, Robert, Clark, Paul, Cook, Elizabeth, Dehnen‐Schmutz, Katharina, Dines, Trevor, Dobson, Michael, Edwards, François, Harrower, Colin, Harvey, Martin C, Minchin, Dan, Noble, David G, Parrott, Dave, Pocock, Michael J. O, Preston, Chris D, Roy, Sugoto, Salisbury, Andrew, Schönrogge, Karsten, Sewell, Jack, Shaw, Richard H, Stebbing, Paul, Stewart, Alan J. A, Walker, Kevin J

“…Invasive alien species (IAS) are considered one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, particularly through their interactions with other drivers of change…”
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Risk management to prioritise the eradication of new and emerging invasive non-native species by Booy, Olaf, Mill, Aileen C., Roy, Helen E., Hiley, Alice, Moore, Niall, Robertson, Pete, Baker, Simon, Brazier, Matt, Bue, Mathilde, Bullock, Richard, Campbell, Steve, Eyre, Dominic, Foster, Jim, Hatton-Ellis, Maggie, Long, Jo, Macadam, Craig, Morrison-Bell, Camilla, Mumford, John, Newman, Jonathan, Parrott, David, Payne, Robin, Renals, Trevor, Rodgers, Eoina, Spencer, Mark, Stebbing, Paul, Sutton-Croft, Mike, Walker, Kevin J., Ward, Alastair, Whittaker, Stan, Wyn, Gabe

“…Robust tools are needed to prioritise the management of invasive non-native species (INNS). Risk assessment is commonly used to prioritise INNS, but fails to…”
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Seed bank dynamics in restored grassland following the sowing of high‐ and low‐diversity seed mixtures by Wagner, Markus, Walker, Kevin J., Pywell, Richard F.

“…Soil seed banks on ex‐arable land are dominated by undesirable ruderal species that compete with “desirable” target species during grassland restoration. At…”
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Ultrasound guidance for peripheral nerve blockade by Walker, Kevin J, McGrattan, Ken, Aas-Eng, Kristine, Smith, Andrew F

“…Peripheral nerve blocks can be performed using ultrasound guidance. It is not yet clear whether this method of nerve location has benefits over other existing…”
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Biological Flora of the British Isles: Serratula tinctoria by Jefferson, Richard G., Walker, Kevin J.

“…1. This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Serratula tinctoria L. that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics…”
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Wildlife-friendly farming benefits rare birds, bees and plants by Pywell, Richard F., Heard, Matthew S., Bradbury, Richard B., Hinsley, Shelley, Nowakowski, Marek, Walker, Kevin J., Bullock, James M.

“…Agricultural intensification is a leading cause of global biodiversity loss, especially for threatened and near-threatened species. One widely implemented…”
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Long-Term Enhancement of Agricultural Production by Restoration of Biodiversity by Bullock, James M., Pywell, Richard F., Walker, Kevin J.

“…1. Experimental manipulations have shown positive impacts of increased species richness on ecosystem productivity, but there remain some questions about this…”
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Overcoming the challenges of public data archiving for citizen science biodiversity recording and monitoring schemes by Pearce-Higgins, James W., Baillie, Stephen R., Boughey, Katherine, Bourn, Nigel A. D., Foppen, Ruud P. B., Gillings, Simon, Gregory, Richard D., Hunt, Tom, Jiguet, Frederic, Lehikoinen, Aleksi, Musgrove, Andy J., Robinson, Rob A., Wilson, Jeremy D., Roy, David B., Siriwardena, Gavin M., Walker, Kevin J.

“…1. Public data archiving (PDA) is widely advocated as a means of achieving open data standards, leading to improved data preservation, increased scientific…”
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