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Microbial C, N and P in dry tropical savanna: effects of burning and grazing.

Published online: 25 Apr 1992

Authors: Singh, R. S. & Srivastava, S. C. & Raghubanshi, A. S. & Singh, J. S. & Singh, S. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of burning and grazing of dry tropical Indian savanna on the level of available nutrient pools and microbial C, N and P were assessed. The...

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On the links between nature's values and language.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Inglis, D. & Pascual, U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Recent research into the plural values about nature is focusing on relational values as a concept through which to better understand the breadth and i...

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Leveraging federalism for flexible and robust management of social-ecological systems.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Sims, C. & Armsworth, P. R. & Blackwood, J. & Fitzpatrick, B. & Kling, D. M. & Lenhart, S. & Neubert, M. & Papeş, M. & Sanchirico, J. & Shea, K. & Springborn, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Managing social-ecological systems (SES) requires balancing the need to tailor actions to local heterogeneity and the need to work over large areas to...

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Wealth and risk heterogeneity effects in community-based wildlife management: experimental evidence.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Carpenter, S. & Kreitmair, U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Community-based conservation is a widely adopted wildlife governance approach, but questions remain about the conditions under which this form of wild...

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A woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) feeding preference explained by a digestive bottle-neck.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Kenward, R. E. & Sibly, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woodpigeons (Columba palumbus) foraging on Brassica sites in England spent about 50% of their time resting. They tended to move from Brassica to clove...

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Modelling pest population resurgence due to recolonization of fields following an insecticide application.

Published online: 19 Aug 1998

Authors: Trumper, E. V. & Holt, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In order to investigate the effect of insect recolonization on the insecticide-induced resurgence of crop pests, a modified Lotka-Volterra predator-pr...

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The effects of elevated host-plant cadmium and copper on the performance of the aphid Aphis fabae (Homoptera: Aphididae).

Published online: 05 Oct 1995

Authors: Crawford, L. A. & Hodkinson, I. D. & Lepp, N. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The uptake patterns of cadmium and copper by Aphis fabae from its food plant, Vicia faba, grown under control and elevated metal treatments, were comp...

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Automated measurement of meal sizes and feeding frequency in albatrosses.

Published online: 02 Sep 1985

Authors: Prince, P. A. & Walton, D. W. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An artificial nest incorporating an automated weighing device, suitable for chick growth studies on some species of seabirds, is described. The operat...

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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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Optimal release strategies for biological control agents: an application of stochastic dynamic programming to population management.

Published online: 12 Apr 2000

Authors: Shea, K. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Establishing biological control agents in the field is a major step in any classical biocontrol programme, yet there are few general guidelines to hel...

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