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Tree species richness promotes an early increase of stand structural complexity in young subtropical plantations.

Published online: 03 Nov 2021

Authors: Perles-Garcia, M. D. & Kunz, M. & Fichtner, A. & Härdtle, W. & Oheimb, G. von

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest structural complexity has been identified as an important driver for promoting simultaneously biodiversity across trophic levels and multiple e...

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The potential of parasitoid Hymenoptera as bioindicators of arthropod diversity in agricultural grasslands.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Anderson, A. & McCormack, S. & Helden, A. & Sheridan, H. & Kinsella, A. & Purvis, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As measuring biodiversity in its entirety is impractical, there is a need for bioindicators. This study tested the hypothesis that parasitoid Hymenopt...

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Tropical agroforestry supports insect pollinators and improves bean yield.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Kingazi, N. & Temu, R. A. & Sirima, A. & Jonsson, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination services contribute to crop productivity worldwide, but insect pollinators are declining in most agricultural landscapes, mainly due to ag...

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Species abundance distributions reveal environmental heterogeneity in modified landscapes.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Dornelas, M. & Moonen, A. C. & Magurran, A. E. & Bàrberi, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental heterogeneity influences biodiversity patterns such as species richness and community composition, but we do not know how it shapes comm...

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Restoration of plant diversity in permanent grassland by seeding: assessing the limiting factors along land-use gradients.

Published online: 02 Oct 2021

Authors: Freitag, M. & Klaus, V. H. & Bolliger, R. & Hamer, U. & Kleinebecker, T. & Prati, D. & Schäfer, D. & Hölzel, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land-use intensification has caused dramatic declines in grassland biodiversity, and in Europe this decline has not yet been halted. Therefore, a majo...

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The relative importance of green infrastructure as refuge habitat for pollinators increases with local land-use intensity.

Published online: 06 Dec 2020

Authors: Li PengYao & Kleijn, D. & Badenhausser, I. & Zaragoza-Trello, C. & Gross, N. & Raemakers, I. & Scheper, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural expansion and intensification have resulted in strong declines in farmland biodiversity across Europe. In many intensively farmed landsca...

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Selection of indicators for assessing and managing the impacts of bottom trawling on seabed habitats.

Published online: 25 Nov 2020

Authors: Hiddink, J. G. & Kaiser, M. J. & Sciberras, M. & McConnaughey, R. A. & Tessa Mazor & Hilborn, R. & Collie, J. S. & C. Roland Pitcher & Parma, A. M. & Suuronen, P. & Rijnsdorp, A. D. & Jennings, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bottom trawl fisheries are the most widespread source of anthropogenic physical disturbance to seabed habitats. Development of fisheries-, conservatio...

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A functional diversity approach of crop sequences reveals that weed diversity and abundance show different responses to environmental variability.

Published online: 01 Sep 2020

Authors: Mahaut, L. & Gaba, S. & Fried, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Combining several crop species and associated agricultural practices in a crop sequence has the potential to control weed abundance while promoting we...

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Native and introduced pollinators vary in their seasonal floral resource visitation and selection between native and exotic plant species.

Published online: 21 Dec 2023

Authors: Pei, C. K. & Hovick, T. J. & Limb, R. F. & Harmon, J. P. & Geaumont, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthropogenic pressures on native ecosystems have resulted in numerous functional and compositional changes, creating novel ecosystems with new intera...

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Can retention forestry help conserve biodiversity? A meta-analysis.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Fedrowitz, K. & Koricheva, J. & Baker, S. C. & Lindenmayer, D. B. & Palik, B. & Rosenvald, R. & Beese, W. & Franklin, J. F. & Kouki, J. & Macdonald, E. & Messier, C. & Sverdrup-Thygeson, A. & Gustafsson, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Industrial forestry typically leads to a simplified forest structure and altered species composition. Retention of trees at harvest was introduced abo...

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