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The dark side of nature experience: typology, dynamics and implications of negative sensory interactions with nature.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Soga, M. & Gaston, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The human health benefits of direct sensory interactions with nature (hereafter direct human-nature interactions) are increasingly recognised. However...

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Phosphorus balance of contrasting farming systems, past and present. Can food production be sustainable?

Published online: 27 May 1998

Authors: Newman, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Phosphorus inputs and losses are calculated for contrasting farming systems: cereals were a major product in all systems. In typical modern British wh...

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Population models on the release of chemosterilants for pest control.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Barclay, H. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Models are presented for determining the feasibility of population control by releasing sterilants and pesticides, singly or in combination, into the ...

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Modelling the effects of management on population dynamics: some lessons from annual weeds.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Freckleton, R. P. & Sutherland, W. J. & Watkinson, A. R. & Stephens, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural and invasive weeds are major threats to managed and natural ecosystems, costing billions of dollars annually. Models for arable and invas...

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A comparison of Eurasian red squirrel distribution in different fragmented landscapes.

Published online: 28 Jan 2000

Authors: Rodríguez, A. & Andrén, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Simple logistic regression models empirically derived in other fragmented landscapes (in the Netherlands and Italy) were explored for their ability to...

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Modification of the triangle method of degree-day accumulation to allow for behavioural thermoregulation in insects.

Published online: 13 Apr 1999

Authors: Bryant, S. R. & Bale, J. S. & Thomas, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ability to predict insect development in field situations is fundamental to pest management programmes and in the understanding of insect phenolog...

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Effects of land use at a landscape scale on bumblebee nest density and survival.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Goulson, D. & Lepais, O. & O'Connor, S. & Osborne, J. L. & Sanderson, R. A. & Cussans, J. & Goffe, L. & Darvill, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We have little idea how landscape-scale factors influence the success of wild bumblebee nests over time. Here for the first time we use molecular mark...

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The effect of open drainage ditches on the plant and invertebrate communities of moorland and on the decomposition of peat.

Published online: 10 Nov 1990

Authors: Coulson, J. C. & Butterfield, J. E. L. & Henderson, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model of the function of open drainage ditches (grips) on peat moorland in northern England is described. The model makes the following predictions:...

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Factors determining the abundance of vespertilionid bats in Britain: geographical, land class and local habitat relationships.

Published online: 21 Oct 1996

Authors: Walsh, A. L. & Harris, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Transect surveys of foraging bats in a stratified sample of 1030 1-km squares in Britain were used to compare bat abundance in different land classes....

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Seed shed in the making of hay from mesotrophic grassland in a field in Northern England: effects of hay cut date, grazing and fertilizer in a split-split-plot experiment.

Published online: 13 Nov 1996

Authors: Smith, R. S. & Pullan, S. & Shiel, R. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A hay crop was cut at three different dates in 1990 from a mesotrophic (meadow) grassland in Upper Teesdale, under various fertilizer, grazing and cut...

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