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Evidence review: how effective are alternatives to plastic tree shelters for establishing new native trees and woodland?

Published online: 22 Jan 2022

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Bavin, S.

Content type: Reports

1. In recent decades, plastic tree shelters have been used to great effect to provide protection to individual planted trees in created woodlands. How...

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Weed management and woodland creation - an evidence review of herbicide alternatives and impacts on biodiversity.

Published online: 22 Jan 2022

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Bavin, S.

Content type: Reports

1. Weed control is important for ensuring the rapid and successful establishment of trees in woodland creation projects. Over recent decades, herbicid...

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The role of the introduced rusa deer Cervus timorensis for wildlife hunting in West Papua, Indonesia.

Published online: 22 Jan 2022

Authors: Pangau-Adam, M. & Flassy, M. & Trei, J. N. & Waltert, M. & Soofi, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The rusa deer has been introduced to Merauke region and later to Vogelkop Peninsula in Indonesian New Guinea (West Papua) in 1928. It has widely dispe...

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Using seismic sensors to detect elephants and other large mammals: a potential census technique.

Published online: 23 Nov 2005

Authors: Wood, J. D. & O'Connell-Rodwell, C. E. & Klemperer, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large mammal populations are difficult to census and monitor in remote areas. In particular, elephant populations in Central Africa are difficult to c...

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Vulnerability and adaptation strategies of dairy farming systems to extreme climate events in southwest Uganda: results of CSA-PRA workshops.

Published online: 04 Sep 2019

Authors: Vries, M. de

Content type: Bulletin

Prolonged droughts and excess rainfall are expected to increase in frequency and intensity in southwest Uganda as a result of climate change. The aim ...

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North Thames Estuary and Marshes Breeding Bird Survey.

Published online: 06 Sep 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Gilmore, G.

Content type: Reports

A breeding bird survey was commissioned by Natural England to investigate the breeding bird interest in land adjacent to the Mucking Flats and Marshes...

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Temporal shifts in dung beetle community structure within a protected area of tropical wet forest: a 35-year study and its implications for long-term conservation.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Escobar, F. & Halffter, G. & Solís, Á. & Halffter, V. & Navarrete, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Throughout much of the tropics, habitat loss is increasing and intensifying on the unprotected land surrounding conservation areas. The influence of t...

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Agricultural intensification with seasonal fallow land promotes high bee diversity in Afrotropical drylands.

Published online: 17 Apr 2023

Authors: Lasway, J. V. & Peters, M. K. & Njovu, H. K. & Eardley, C. & Pauly, A. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The exponential increase in the human population in tandem with increased food demand has caused agriculture to be the global-dominant form of land us...

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Impacts of pastures and forestry plantations on herpetofauna: a global meta-analysis.

Published online: 08 May 2023

Authors: López-Bedoya, P. A. & Cardona-Galvis, E. A. & Urbina-Cardona, J. N. & Edwards, F. A. & Edwards, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The establishment of pastures and forestry plantations has increased globally to meet growing demands for meat and wood products. Pasture and plantati...

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Strontium 90 in maize field, cattail marsh and oak-wood ecosystems.

Published online: 10 Nov 1965

Authors: Ovington, J. D. & Lawrence, D. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In late 1959 the above-ground parts of cattail and maize ecosystems contained 4.4 and 2.8 µc/ha Sr90 respectively, much less than the annual fallout. ...

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