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Quantifying variance components in ecological models based on expert opinion.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Czembor, C. A. & Morris, W. K. & Wintle, B. A. & Vesk, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Expert opinion is often relied on to build ecological models when empirical data are absent. Despite widespread use, expert models often ignore uncert...

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The economic impact of climate change on cash crop farms in Québec and Ontario.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: An, N. & Thomassin, P. J.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper examines the economic impact of alternative climate change scenarios on representative cash crop farms in Quebec and Ontario. Mixed Integer...

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The feeding ecology and survival of partridge chicks (Alectoris rufa and Perdix perdix) on arable farmland in East Anglia.

Published online: 02 Sep 1985

Authors: Green, R. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Broods of grey and red-legged partridges were radio-tracked for 20 days after hatching and their diet estimated from faeces collected at nocturnal roo...

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Food consumption and energy budgets of the giraffe.

Published online: 02 Sep 1985

Authors: Pellew, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To estimate the efficiency of foraging strategy, the rates of food intake of adult giraffe in the Serengeti National Park are assessed. Daily energy i...

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Selection of upland swards by red deer (Cervus elaphus) on Rhum.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Charles, W. N. & McCowan, D. & East, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In 1965-67 the use of sward types by red deer on Rhum was assessed from faeces counts within a 750-ha study area and by observations of deer dispersio...

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The influence of nitrogenous fertilizer on the grassland Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera).

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Prestidge, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Samples of Auchenorrhyncha were collected from fertilized plots in southern England between April 1978 and November 1979. Twenty-nine species were rec...

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Climate change increases the risk of wildfires.

Published online: 07 May 2020

Authors: Jones, M. W. & Smith, A. & Betts, R. & Canadell, J. G. & Prentice, I. C. & Quéré, C. le

Content type: Bulletin

Human-induced climate change promotes the conditions on which wildfires depend, enhancing their likelihood and challenging suppression efforts. Human-...

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Weather and climate knowledge for water security: institutional roles and relationships in Turkana.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Haines, S. & Imana, C. A. & Opondo, M. & Ouma, G. & Rayner, S.

Content type: Bulletin

Lodwar town in Turkana County faces water security issues relating to its strategic location, (semi-)arid climate, hydroclimatic variability, high pov...

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PAR absorption and its relation to above-ground dry matter production of Sitka spruce.

Published online: 15 Apr 1994

Authors: Wang, Y. P. & Jarvis, P. G. & Taylor, C. M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

For 6 Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) plots with various thinning (no thinning or half trees and one-third of basal area removed) and fertilizer (cont...

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Direct measurement of evaporation of intercepted water from forest canopies.

Published online: 15 Apr 1994

Authors: Teklehaimanot, Z. & Jarvis, P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spacing treatments were created in stands of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) near Edinburgh, Scotland, 3 yr after establishment, by thinning out the e...

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