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Unpalatable plants facilitate tree sapling survival in wooded pastures.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Smit, C. & Ouden, J. den & Müller-Schärer, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In endangered wooded pasture ecosystems established tree saplings are frequently found in spatial association with protective structures, suggesting n...

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Long-term demographic fluctuations in an orchid species driven by weather: implications for conservation planning.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Pfeifer, M. & Wiegand, K. & Heinrich, W. & Jetschke, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management decisions are increasingly based on matrix models intended to predict the long-term fate of endangered species. However, certain elements o...

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Influence of mowing on the persistence of two endangered large blue butterfly species.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Johst, K. & Drechsler, M. & Thomas, J. & Settele, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mowing influences two endangered butterfly species, Maculinea nausithous and Maculinea teleius, directly through egg destruction and larval mortality ...

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The occurrence of commensal rodents in dwellings as revealed by the 1996 English House Condition Survey.

Published online: 17 Oct 2001

Authors: Langton, S. D. & Cowan, D. P. & Meyer, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The presence of commensal rodents was assessed in the 1996 English House Condition Survey (EHCS). Logistic regression techniques were used to identify...

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Predicting shorebird mortality and population size under different regimes of shellfishery management.

Published online: 17 Oct 2001

Authors: Stillman, R. A. & Goss-Custard, J. D. & West, A. D. & Durell, S. E. A. le V. dit & McGrorty, S. & Caldow, R. W. G. & Norris, K. J. & Johnstone, I. G. & Ens, B. J. & Meer, J. van der & Triplet, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human interests often conflict with those of wildlife. In the coastal zone humans often exploit shellfish populations that would otherwise provide foo...

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Towards developing scalable climate-smart village models: approach and lessons learnt from pilot research in West Africa.

Published online: 01 Aug 2018

Authors: Bayala, J. & Zougmoré, R. & Ky-Dembele, C. & Bationo, B. A. & Buah, S. & Sanogo, D. & Somda, J. & Tougiani, A. & Traoré, K. & Kalinganire, A.

Content type: Bulletin

This occasional paper presents a report from a project on "Developing community-based climate smart agriculture through participatory action research ...

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Deriving Australian citizens' willingness to pay for carbon farming benefits: a choice experiment study.

Published online: 20 Jan 2016

Authors: Landstra, Y. & Kragt, M. E.

Content type: Bulletin

The Australian Government is facing the considerable challenges to cut back greenhouse gas emissions to five percent under 2000 levels by the year 202...

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Seasonal nutritional characteristics of livestock diets in a nomadic pastoral ecosystem.

Published online: 16 Dec 1986

Authors: Coppock, D. L. & Swift, D. M. & Ellis, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Nutrient concn for diets of livestock managed by the Ngisonyoka Turkana in arid NW Kenya were determined throughout 1 annual cycle, using bite-count m...

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Seed persistence in soil and seasonal emergence in plant species from different habitats.

Published online: 16 Dec 1986

Authors: Roberts, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Freshly collected seeds of 70 dicotyledons from a range of habitats were mixed with the top 7.5 cm of soil confined in cylinders sunk in the ground. C...

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Shelter from the storm? Household-level impacts of, and responses to, the 2015 floods in Malawi.

Published online: 24 Jan 2018

Authors: McCarthy, N. & Kilic, T. & Fuente, A. de la & Brubaker, J.

Content type: Bulletin

As extreme weather events intensify due to climate change, it becomes ever more critical to understand how vulnerable households are to these events a...

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