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Regional variation in habitat-occupancy thresholds: a warning for conservation planning.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Rhodes, J. R. & Callaghan, J. G. & McAlpine, C. A. & Jong, C. de & Bowen, M. E. & Mitchell, D. L. & Lunney, D. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An important target for conservation planning is the minimum amount of habitat needed in a landscape to ensure the persistence of a species. Appropria...

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The natural 'exclosure effect' and tree regeneration following post-windstorm salvage logging.

Published online: 21 May 2024

Authors: Bosley-Smith, C. & Fraver, S. & D'Amato, A. W. & Rogers, N. S. & Tabak, N. & Wason, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the influence of post-disturbance forest management on tree regeneration is critical for assessing ecosystem recovery and guiding future...

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An ensemble approach to species distribution modelling reconciles systematic differences in estimates of habitat utilization and range area.

Published online: 21 May 2024

Authors: Harris, J. & Pirtle, J. L. & Laman, E. A. & Siple, M. C. & Thorson, J. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species distribution models (SDMs) are an important tool for conservation and resource management. However, managers are often interested in derived q...

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Insectivorous bats alter their flight and feeding behaviour at ground-mounted solar farms.

Published online: 21 May 2024

Authors: Barré, K. & Baudouin, A. & Froidevaux, J. S. P. & Chartendrault, V. & Kerbiriou, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionfrThis link goes to a French section Efforts to mitigate the climate crisis result in a green-green dilemma: the ...

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Influence of patch characteristics on browsing of tree seedlings by mammalian herbivores.

Published online: 27 Aug 2003

Authors: Pietrzykowski, E. & McArthur, C. & Fitzgerald, H. & Goodwin, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In south-eastern Australia, browsing of commercial tree seedlings by mammalian herbivores in plantation forestry incurs a large economic cost to the i...

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Use of nitrogen to phosphorus ratios in plant tissue as an indicator of nutrient limitation and nitrogen saturation.

Published online: 27 Aug 2003

Authors: Tessier, J. T. & Raynal, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ratios of nitrogen to phosphorus (N:P) in plant foliage have been used to assess nutrient limitation in wetland ecosystems and to indicate nitrogen sa...

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A trait-based analysis of the role of phosphorus vs. nitrogen enrichment in plant species loss across North-west European grasslands.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Ceulemans, T. & Merckx, R. & Hens, M. & Honnay, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Both nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) enrichment have been identified to drive plant species losses from nutrient-poor semi-natural grasslands. The rel...

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Threshold dynamics in plant succession after tree planting in agricultural riparian zones.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Bourgeois, B. & Vanasse, A. & González, E. & Andersen, R. & Poulin, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Trajectories of plant communities can be described by different models of plant succession. While a Clementsian (gradual continuum model) or Gleasonia...

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Predator refuges for conservation biological control in an intermediately disturbed system: the rise and fall of a simple solution.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Liman, A. S. & Eklund, K. & Björkman, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managed systems harvested at intermediate time-scales have advantages over annual short-cycled systems in maintaining top-down control of insect herbi...

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Manipulating wetland hydroperiod to improve occupancy rates by an endangered amphibian: modelling management scenarios.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Hamer, A. J. & Heard, G. W. & Urlus, J. & Ricciardello, J. & Schmidt, B. & Quin, D. & Steele, W. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental managers have the difficult task of ensuring species persistence despite considerable uncertainty about their response to management. Sp...

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