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Simple measures of climate, soil properties and plant traits predict national-scale grassland soil carbon stocks.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Manning, P. & Vries, F. T. de & Tallowin, J. R. B. & Smith, R. & Mortimer, S. R. & Pilgrim, E. S. & Harrison, K. A. & Wright, D. G. & Quirk, H. & Benson, J. & Shipley, B. & Cornelissen, J. H. C. & Kattge, J. & Bönisch, G. & Wirth, C. & Bardgett, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil carbon (C) storage is a key ecosystem service. Soil C stocks play a vital role in soil fertility and climate regulation, but the factors that con...

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Assessing the efficacy and ecology of biocontrol and biomanipulation for managing invasive pest fish.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Davies, G. D. & Britton, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management of non-native species aims to prevent biological invasions using actions including control and containment of the potential invader. Biocon...

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Experimental evidence that the effectiveness of conservation biological control depends on landscape complexity.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Jonsson, M. & Straub, C. S. & Didham, R. K. & Buckley, H. L. & Case, B. S. & Hale, R. J. & Gratton, C. & Wratten, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expansion of intensive agricultural practices is a major threat to biodiversity and to the delivery of ecosystem services on which humans depend. ...

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Trait-related responses to habitat fragmentation in Amazonian bats.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Farneda, F. Z. & Rocha, R. & López-Baucells, A. & Groenenberg, M. & Silva, I. & Palmeirim, J. M. & Bobrowiec, P. E. D. & Meyer, C. F. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding how interspecific variation in functional traits influences species' capacity to persist in fragments and use patches in fragmented land...

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Environmentally dependent host-pathogen and vector-pathogen interactions in the Barley yellow dwarf virus pathosystem.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Davis, T. S. & Bosque-Pérez, N. A. & Foote, N. E. & Magney, T. & Eigenbrode, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding environmentally dependent variation in interspecific interactions is needed for evaluating how agroecosystems respond to abiotic stresso...

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On rate of increase (r): patterns of variation in Australian mammals and the implications for wildlife management.

Published online: 24 Feb 2000

Authors: Hone, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The annual rate of increase of a wildlife population is the change in abundance or density from one year to the next. This paper compares the expected...

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Integrated coastal management for the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: practical guidance for implementation based on experience and lessons learned from coastal and ocean governance in the Seas of East Asia.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Content type: Bulletin

At the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan, the Parties adopted a 10-year S...

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Predation by introduced foxes on native bush rats in Australia: do foxes take the doomed surplus?

Published online: 18 Mar 2000

Authors: Banks, P. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Introduced vertebrate predators are one of the most important threats to endemic mammal species. Prey naivety can lead to heavy losses to alien predat...

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Forest change on a steep mountain gradient after extended fire exclusion: San Francisco Peaks, Arizona, USA.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Cocke, A. E. & Fulé, P. Z. & Crouse, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

More than a century of forest management, including fire exclusion, livestock grazing and tree harvesting, may have affected forest structure and comp...

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Predictive value of plant traits to grazing along a climatic gradient in the Mediterranean.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Bello, F. de & Lepš, J. & Sebastià, M. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the face of large-scale environmental changes, predicting the consequences for species composition from species' traits can be a major step towards...

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