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Balanced spatial distribution of green areas creates healthier urban landscapes.

Published online: 20 Sep 2022

Authors: Cirino, D. W. & Tambosi, L. R. & Mauad, T. & Freitas, S. R. de & Metzger, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The benefits of green infrastructure on human well-being in urban areas are already well-established, with strong evidence of the positive effects of ...

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Using net anthropogenic nutrient inputs at fine spatial scales benefits decision-making in watersheds to protect water quality.

Published online: 27 Nov 2024

Authors: Shousha, S. & Maranger, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Excessive nutrient loadings from various human activities on land to inland and coastal waters result in water quality degradation through cultural eu...

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Density matters: how population dynamics of house mice (Mus musculus) inform the epidemiology of Leptospira.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Authors: Moinet, M. & Abrahão, C. R. & Gasparotto, V. P. O. & Wilkinson, D. A. & Vallée, E. & Benschop, J. & Russell, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rodents are maintenance hosts of numerous pathogens, and both their density and the pathogen prevalence determine the risk they pose to other animals ...

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Conserving habitat for migratory ungulates: how wide is a migration corridor?

Published online: 18 Jan 2024

Authors: Merkle, J. A. & Lowrey, B. & Wallace, C. F. & Hall, L. E. & Wilde, L. & Kauffman, M. J. & Sawyer, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conserving migratory ungulates relies on the analysis of GPS collar data and associated maps of migration corridors to inform management and policy ac...

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Drone-induced flight initiation distances for shorebirds in mixed-species flocks.

Published online: 15 Jan 2024

Authors: Wilson, J. P. & Amano, T. & Fuller, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Drone use has increased in the last decade prompting management efforts to regulate flights near vulnerable wildlife; however, these efforts are hinde...

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Assessing the exposure of UK habitats to 20th- and 21st-century climate change, and its representation in ecological monitoring schemes.

Published online: 18 Jan 2024

Authors: Wilson, O. J. & Pescott, O. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change is a significant driver of contemporary biodiversity change. Ecological monitoring schemes can be crucial in highlighting its consequen...

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Planning from scratch: a new modelling approach for designing protected areas in remote, data-poor regions.

Published online: 18 Jan 2024

Authors: Ducros, D. & Devillers, R. & Messager, A. & Suet, M. & Wachoum, A. S. & Deschamps, C. & Breme, B. M. & Petersen, I. K. & Kayser, Y. & Vincent-Martin, N. & Djimasngar, M. N. & Portier, B. & Champagnon, J. & Mondain-Monval, J. Y. & Rau, P. D. du

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human pressure on ecosystems has strongly increased over the last decades and now impacts even the most remote regions. To help mitigate these impacts...

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The status and role of genetic diversity of trees for the conservation and management of riparian ecosystems: a European experts' perspective.

Published online: 13 Nov 2022

Authors: Alimpić, F. & Milovanović, J. & Pielech, R. & Hinkov, G. & Jansson, R. & Dufour, S. & Beza, M. & Bilir, N. & Santos del Blanco, L. & Božič, G. & Bruno, D. & Chiarabaglio, P. M. & Doncheva, N. & Gültekin, Y. S. & Ivanković, M. & Kelly-Quinn, M. & Porta, N. la & Nonić, M. & Notivol, E. & Papastergiadou, E. & Šijačić-Nikolić, M. & Vietto, L. & Villar, M. & Zhelev, P. & Rodríguez-González, P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Riparian vegetation supports high biodiversity providing many services and is, therefore, an important landscape element. Riparian ecosystems are subj...

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A comparison of approaches for including connectivity in systematic conservation planning.

Published online: 11 Nov 2022

Authors: Hanson, J. O. & Vincent, J. & Schuster, R. & Fahrig, L. & Brennan, A. & Martin, A. E. & Hughes, J. S. & Pither, R. & Bennett, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plans for expanding protected area systems (prioritizations) often aim to facilitate connectivity. To achieve this, many approaches-based on different...

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Functional rarity and evolutionary uniqueness of threatened species across different scales and habitats in a Central European flora.

Published online: 07 Nov 2022

Authors: Sfair, J. C. & Lososová, Z. & Chytrý, M. & Bello, F. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the potential extinction of threatened species, communities and species pools could become functionally and phylogenetically impoverished, especi...

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