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Effectiveness of an assurance scheme for wild-shot game meat products in promoting a voluntary transition from the use of lead to non-lead ammunition for hunting.

Published online: 26 Sep 2023

Authors: Green, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

A consensus has emerged in the United Kingdom that a transition away from the use of lead ammunition for hunting game animals would be desirable to re...

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Local and landscape-level floral resources explain effects of wildflower strips on wild bees across four European countries.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Scheper, J. & Bommarco, R. & Holzschuh, A. & Potts, S. G. & Riedinger, V. & Roberts, S. P. M. & Rundlöf, M. & Smith, H. G. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Wickens, J. B. & Wickens, V. J. & Kleijn, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Growing evidence for declines in wild bees calls for the development and implementation of effective mitigation measures. Enhancing floral resources i...

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Early-season mass-flowering crop cover dilutes wild bee abundance and species richness in temperate regions: a quantitative synthesis.

Published online: 16 Jun 2024

Authors: Riggi, L. G. A. & Raderschall, C. A. & Fijen, T. P. M. & Scheper, J. & Smith, H. G. & Kleijn, D. & Holzschuh, A. & Aguilera, G. & Badenhausser, I. & Bänsch, S. & Beyer, N. & Blitzer, E. J. & Bommarco, R. & Danforth, B. & González-Varo, J. P. & Grab, H. & Provost, G. le & Poveda, K. & Potts, S. G. & Rundlöf, M. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Tscharntke, T. & Vilà, M. & Westphal, C. & Berggren, Å. & Lundin, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinators benefit from increasing floral resources in agricultural landscapes, which could be an underexplored co-benefit of mass-flowering crop cul...

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Agricultural specialisation increases the vulnerability of pollination services for smallholder farmers.

Published online: 27 Nov 2024

Authors: Timberlake, T. P. & Cirtwill, A. R. & Sapkota, S. & Bhusal, D. R. & Devkota, K. & Karki, R. & Joshi, D. & Saville, N. M. & Kortsch, S. & Baral, S. & Roslin, T. & Memmott, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Smallholder farms make up 84% of all farms worldwide and feed 2 billion people. These farms are heavily reliant on ecosystem services and vulnerable t...

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Predation intensifies parasite exposure in a salmonid food chain.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Connors, B. M. & Hargreaves, N. B. & Jones, S. R. M. & Dill, L. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Parasites can influence ecosystem structure, function and dynamics by mediating predator-prey interactions. Recurrent infestations of the salmon louse...

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Evaluating the efficacy of independent versus simultaneous management strategies to address ecological and genetic threats to population viability.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Trask, A. E. & Fenn, S. R. & Bignal, E. M. & McCracken, D. I. & Monaghan, P. & Reid, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Small, declining populations can face simultaneous, interacting, ecological and genetic threats to viability. Conservation management strategies desig...

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Feeding ecology and niche separation in some native and domestic ungulates on the Shortgrass Prairie.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Schwartz, C. C. & Ellis, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Diet selection studies of two wild species (Bison bison and Antilocapra americana) and domestic cattle and sheep were used to compare the ecological r...

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Planting to conserve threatened nomadic pollinators in NSW.

Published online: 01 Nov 2017

Content type: Miscellaneous

Plant-pollinator mutualisms are fundamental to natural and agricultural systems. In Australia, several species of native plants produce large volumes ...

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Agricultural pastures challenge the attractiveness of natural saltmarsh for a migratory goose.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Dokter, A. M. & Fokkema, W. & Ebbinge, B. S. & Olff, H. & Jeugd, H. P. van der & Nolet, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Broad-scale land conversions and fertilizer use have dramatically altered the available staging area for herbivorous long-distance migrants. Instead o...

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The reproductive benefits of livestock farming in barn swallows Hirundo rustica: quality of nest site or foraging habitat?

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Grüebler, M. U. & Korner-Nievergelt, F. & Hirschheydt, J. von

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In many parts of the world, changes in agricultural land-use have led to significant declines of bird species, including aerial insectivores such as b...

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