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Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests.

Published online: 21 Mar 2025

Authors: Kortmann, M. & Chao, A. & Schaefer, H. M. & Blüthgen, N. & Gelis, R. & Tremlett, C. J. & Busse, A. & Püls, M. & Seibold, S. & Kriegel, P. & Rabl, D. & Hoz, M. de la & Şekercioğlu, Ç. H. & Schleuning, M. & Feldhaar, H. & Newell, F. L. & Kümmet, S. & Mitesser, O. & Peters, M. K. & Müller, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical old-growth forests continue to decline worldwide, resulting in a huge loss of biodiversity. The extent to which the expansion of second-growt...

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Scale dependence of landscape heterogeneity effects on plant invasions.

Published online: 24 Jun 2022

Authors: Kotowska, D. & Pärt, T. & Skórka, P. & Auffret, A. G. & Żmihorski, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive alien species are among the most concerning threats to native biodiversity world-wide, and the level of landscape heterogeneity is considered...

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Where should they come from? Where should they go? Several measures of seed source locality fail to predict plant establishment in early prairie restorations.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: Pizza, R. B. & Foster, J. & Brudvig, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

During the "decade on restoration", we must understand how to reliably re-establish native plant populations. When establishing populations through se...

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Influence of variable retention harvests on forest ecosystems. I. Diversity of stand structure.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Sullivan, T. P. & Sullivan, D. S. & Lindgren, P. M. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variable retention harvests or 'green-tree retention systems' are important to the management of coniferous forests in the temperate zone. Green-tree ...

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Plant functional traits and environmental conditions shape community assembly and ecosystem functioning during restoration.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Zirbel, C. R. & Bassett, T. & Grman, E. & Brudvig, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recovering biological diversity and ecosystem functioning are primary objectives of ecological restoration, yet these outcomes are often unpredictable...

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Accurately predicting rare and poorly detectable species habitat for spatial protection.

Published online: 04 Oct 2024

Authors: Elliott, S. A. M. & Dubost, G. & Rivot, E. & Acou, A. & Toison, V. & Réveillac, E. & Beaulaton, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the loss of biodiversity worldwide, understanding species distribution is essential for species management, but modelling the distribution of rar...

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Predicting the spread of an invasive tree pest: the pine wood nematode in Southern Europe.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Fuente, B. de la & Saura, S. & Beck, P. S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive tree pests are increasingly threatening forest ecosystems. Understanding and controlling their spread presents a major challenge for managers...

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Social forestry for a good life? The uneven well-being benefits of Indonesia's social forestry scheme.

Published online: 08 Jun 2025

Authors: Toumbourou, T. D. & Dunphy, M. B. & Lilis Mulyani & Ilmiawan Auwalin & Rumayya & Hartoto, A. S. & Gutomo Bayu Aji & Utomo, M. M. B. & Nurul Auliya Amin & Yasmita Yaman & Ferdy Azmal Fakhrani & Pitaloka Ainun Yasmin & Afriyani, A. A. & Masri & Dian Arisanti & Darkono Tjawikrama & Friedman, R. S. & Rawluk, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The Indonesian government has scaled up its devolution of forest management to local communities in the form of social forestry, with the aim of impro...

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Dutch landscapes have lost insect-pollinated plants over the past 87 years.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Pan KaiXuan & Marshall, L. & Snoo, G. R. de & Biesmeijer, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The interruption of plant-pollinator interactions may threaten global plant diversity, food security and ecosystem stability. Recent reports of strong...

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Hurricane Sandy impacts on coastal wetland resilience.

Published online: 04 Sep 2019

Authors: Cahoon, D. R. & Olker, J. H. & Yeates, A. G. & Guntenspergen, G. R. & Grace, J. B. & Adamowicz, S. C. & Anisfeld, S. C. & Baldwin, A. H. & Barrett, N. & Beckett, L. & Benzecry, A. & Blum, L. K. & Burdick, D. M. & Crouch, W. & Ekberg, M. C. & Fernald, S. & Grimes, K. W. & Grzyb, J. & Hartig, E. K. & Kreeger, D. A. & Larson, M. & Lerberg, S. & Lynch, J. C. & Maher, N. & Maxwell-Doyle, M. & Mitchell, L. R. (et al)

Content type: Bulletin

The goal of this research was to evaluate the impacts of Hurricane Sandy on surface elevation trends in estuarine marshes located across the northeast...

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