CONTEXT Small woody features (SWF), as field boundaries, hedgerows, or riparian buffers,
are crucial for agricultural landscapes and, frequently, disregarded. In combination with …

Ornithologists use many methods to advance understanding of birds and inform
conservation strategies. These include field methods (eg censusing, ringing), laboratory …

Long‐term data are beneficial for monitoring the conservation status of species.
Assessments of population change over recent periods of fixed duration will, however, be …

Reintroductions are increasingly being used as a conservation tool to restore species to
areas where they once existed. Unfortunately, many reintroduction projects fail to establish …

Hazel dormice Muscardinus avellanarius have severely declined since 2000 leading to
increased legislative protection in the UK and Europe. Artificial nestboxes are widely used …

Habitat restoration at a landscape scale is key to reversing the loss of biodiversity arising
from habitat destruction. In landscapes that are intensively used by people, such as for …

At the start of the last century, native populations of hazel dormice were present in all but two
counties in England and Wales: Norfolk, in the east of England, where records were of …