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Responses and resilience of tallgrass prairie streams to patch-burn grazing.

Published online: 01 Dec 2020

Authors: Fulgoni, J. N. & Whiles, M. R. & Dodds, W. K. & Larson, D. M. & Jackson, K. E. & Grudzinski, B. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patch-burn grazing (PBG) can promote terrestrial heterogeneity and biodiversity, but can temporarily increase stream nutrients and ecosystem metabolis...

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Long-term captivity is associated with changes to sensory organ morphology in a critically endangered insect.

Published online: 16 Feb 2022

Authors: Freelance, C. B. & Magrath, M. J. L. & Elgar, M. A. & Wong, B. B. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Captive breeding programmes are key to many threatened species reintroduction strategies but could potentially be associated with adaptations to capti...

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Do graminoid and woody invaders have different effects on native plant functional groups?

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Mason, T. J. & French, K. & Lonsdale, W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While there are numerous studies of impacts by individual invader species, there are few syntheses of invader impacts on plant community structure and...

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Riparian arthropod responses to flow regulation and river channelization.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Paetzold, A. & Yoshimura, C. & Tockner, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Alterations to river flow and morphology widely impact riverine habitats. Little is known about the consequences of such alterations on riparian arthr...

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Yields of monocultures and mixtures of two grass species differing in growth habit.

Published online: 11 Jan 1971

Authors: Van Den Bergh, J. P. & Elberse, W. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dactylis glomerata was grown with either Lolium perenne or Agrostis tenuis in proportions ranging from monoculture of one species to monoculture of th...

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Body shape is related to the attempt rate and passage success of brook trout at in-stream barriers.

Published online: 20 Jul 2020

Authors: Goerig, E. & Wasserman, B. A. & Castro-Santos, T. & Palkovacs, E. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ability to move between habitats has important implications for fitness in many species. In-stream barriers such as culverts can impede movements ...

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The influence of Aceria chondrillae on the growth and reproductive capacity of Chondrilla juncea.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Cullen, J. M. & Groves, R. H. & Alex, J. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of 2 levels of infestation by Phytoptus chondrillae G. Can. (Aceria chondrillae) on inflorescence growth and reproductive capacity of Chon...

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Individual-plant selectivity by sheep in drylands scales-up at plant population level and controls the forage supply and its accessibility.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Oñatibia, G. R. & Aguiar, M. R. & Oesterheld, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Diet selectivity by domestic herbivores controls plant community structure and dynamics and may induce rangeland degradation, particularly in drylands...

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Age-dependent effects of developmental experience on morphology, performance, dispersal and survival in a translocated, endangered species.

Published online: 26 Jul 2022

Authors: Hammond, T. T. & Swaisgood, R. R. & Jacobs, L. E. & Curtis, M. J. & McCormick, B. A. & Hornfeldt, J. A. & Trotman, E. M. & Shier, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While ex situ breeding programs are critical tools for species recovery, translocations using animals reared under human care can face low success rat...

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Rapid collapse of a sub-Antarctic alpine ecosystem: the role of climate and pathogens.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Bergstrom, D. M. & Bricher, P. K. & Raymond, B. & Terauds, A. & Doley, D. & McGeoch, M. A. & Whinam, J. & Glen, M. & Yuan ZiQing & Kiefer, K. & Shaw, J. D. & Bramely-Alves, J. & Rudman, T. & Mohammed, C. & Lucieer, A. & Visoiu, M. & Vuuren, B. J. van & Ball, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem change is predicted to become more prevalent with climate change. Widespread dieback of cushion plants and bryophytes in alpine fellfield on...

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