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NatureScot Research Report 1265 - Biological analyses of underwater video footage collected from around the Isle of Arran (Firth of Clyde) in 2015.

Published online: 10 Oct 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Moore, C.

Content type: Reports

This report contributes to a long series of underwater video analyses commissioned by SNH since 2009. The primary aim of these studies is to improve k...

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Incorporating distance constraints into species distribution models.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Allouche, O. & Steinitz, O. & Rotem, D. & Rosenfeld, A. & Kadmon, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species distribution models (SDM) are increasingly applied as predictive tools for purposes of conservation planning and management. Such models rely ...

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Shallow groundwater nitrogen and denitrification in a newly afforested, subirrigated riparian buffer.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Gumiero, B. & Boz, B. & Cornelio, P. & Casella, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The EU 'Nitrates Directive' (Directive 91/676/EEC) and the WFD (Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EEC) introduced a series of measures designed to red...

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Botanical heatmaps and the summarised botanical value map: technical report.

Published online: 19 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Trippier, B. & Walker, K. & Humphrey, T. & Pinches, C. & Wade, R.

Content type: Reports

Under the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA), Natural England have been working in partnership with the Botanical Society of Britain and ...

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Using hidden Markov models to inform conservation and management strategies in ecosystems exhibiting alternative stable states.

Published online: 03 Jun 2021

Authors: Vitense, K. & Hanson, M. A. & Herwig, B. R. & Zimmer, K. D. & Fieberg, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Successful conservation of ecosystems exhibiting alternative stable states requires tools to accurately classify states and quantify state transition ...

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Modelling reinfection of replanted cocoa by swollen shoot virus in pandemically diseased areas.

Published online: 09 Mar 1995

Authors: Jeger, M. J. & Thresh, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reinfection of healthy replanted cocoa by cacao swollen shoot badnavirus, was modelled. Much of the spread of disease in pandemically diseased areas s...

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Some observations on storage insects associated with sacks.

Published online: 30 Jun 1971

Authors: Hardy-smith, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the author's summary. Infestations of empty food sacks by stored-products insects were studied by examination of 350 sacks ...

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Measurable discharge and ground level drainage in the water board streams: Consideration of the usability of discharge standards for determination of the normal discharge, as a result of changes in the water management and the occurrence of ground level drainage.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Massop, H. Th. L. & Bakel, P. J. T. van & Louw, P. G. B. de

Content type: Bulletin

To determine the status of a watercourse (whether or not to be managed by the waterboard), the Dutch waterboard Vechstromen applied a method where the...

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Spatial isolation slows down directional plant functional group assembly in restored semi-natural grasslands.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Helsen, K. & Hermy, M. & Honnay, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration schemes often assume that after reinstating appropriate abiotic conditions, plant communities will assemble following a single ...

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Comparing habitat configuration strategies for retaining biodiversity under climate change.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Mokany, K. & Harwood, T. D. & Ferrier, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Establishing new conservation reserves is a key management response to promote the persistence of biodiversity under climate change. Although there ar...

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