Conservation Evidence: Evidence Data

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We have summarised evidence from the scientific literature about the effects of actions to conserve wildlife and ecosystems.

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Action	Effectiveness	Studies	Category
Provide artificial nesting sites for wildfowl using artificial/floating islands Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	3	Synopsis Link
Provide nesting habitat for birds that is safe from extreme weather Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	3	Synopsis Link
Foster eggs or chicks of waders with wild conspecifics Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	3	Synopsis Link
Provide supplementary food for rails and coots to increase reproductive success Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Provide supplementary food for vultures to increase reproductive success Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Weight baits or lines to reduce longline bycatch of seabirds Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	4	Synopsis Link
Provide supplementary food through the establishment of food populations Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Use perches to increase foraging success Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Use prescribed burning on deciduous forests Action Link	Likely to be ineffective or harmful	4	Synopsis Link
Use captive breeding to increase or maintain populations of bustards Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Mow or cut semi-natural grasslands/pastures Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	4	Synopsis Link
Use captive breeding to increase or maintain populations of storks and ibises Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Treat wetlands with herbicide Action Link	Likely to be ineffective or harmful	4	Synopsis Link
Fertilize artificial grasslands Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Artificially incubate and hand-rear waders in captivity Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	4	Synopsis Link
Plough habitats Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Artificially incubate and hand-rear parrots in captivity Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Artificially incubate and hand-rear songbirds in captivity Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	4	Synopsis Link
Restore or create shrubland Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Release captive-bred individuals into the wild to restore or augment wild populations of bustards Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Clip birds’ wings on release Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link
Control predators not on islands for waders Action Link	Awaiting assessment	4	Synopsis Link
Physically protect nests with individual exclosures/barriers or provide shelters for chicks of ground nesting seabirds Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	4	Synopsis Link
Can nest protection increase nest abandonment? Action Link	Evidence not assessed	4	Synopsis Link
Reduce inter-specific competition for nest sites of woodpeckers by removing competitor species Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	4	Synopsis Link

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What Works in Conservation provides expert assessments of the effectiveness of actions, based on summarised evidence, in synopses. Subjects covered so far include amphibians, birds, terrestrial mammals, forests, peatland and control of freshwater invasive species. More are in progress.

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