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The effect of rabbit population control programmes on the impact of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in south-eastern Australia.

Published online: 29 Sep 2010

Authors: Mutze, G. & Kovaliski, J. & Butler, K. & Capucci, L. & McPhee, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effect of rabbit population density on transmission of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) is a critical aspect of disease ecology for rabbit...

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Assessing lamb predation by feral pigs in Australia's semi-arid rangelands.

Published online: 13 May 1998

Authors: Choquenot, D. & Lukins, B. & Curran, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two experiments were used to investigate the relationship between feral pig density and the rate of lamb predation and the differential susceptibility...

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Aphid feeding by some polyphagous predators in relation to aphid density in cereal fields.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Sunderland, K. D. & Vickerman, G. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Samples of aphids and predators were taken from 10 spring barley and winter wheat fields in southern UK between May and September in 1972-77. The guts...

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Biological control of a tropical weed: a population model and experiment for Sida acuta.

Published online: 03 Aug 1995

Authors: Lonsdale, W. M. & Farrell, G. & Wilson, C. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of defoliation of the malvaceous tropical weed Sida acuta by an introduced biological control agent, the chrysomelid Calligrapha pantherin...

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Refuge habitats modify impact of insecticide disturbance on carabid beetle communities.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Lee, J. C. & Menalled, F. D. & Landis, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Carabid beetles are polyphagous predators that can act as biological control agents of insect pests and weeds. While current agricultural practices of...

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Moose browsing on Scots pine in relation to stand size and distance to forest edge.

Published online: 26 Apr 1996

Authors: Andrén, H. & Angelstam, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Moose (Alces alces) browsing on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) was studied in young stands of different sizes (1, 10 and >100 ha) and at different d...

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Disease transmission between and within species, and the implications for disease control.

Published online: 24 Mar 2004

Authors: Caley, P. & Hone, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Disease transmission can occur between and within species for diseases with multiple hosts. If these diseases are undesirable, for economic or health ...

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Edna surveys to detect species at very low densities: a case study of European carp eradication in Tasmania, Australia.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Furlan, E. M. & Gleeson, D. & Wisniewski, C. & Yick, J. & Duncan, R. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Eradications of invasive species are usually expensive and difficult to conduct. Knowing when to declare an eradication successful requires distinguis...

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Linking habitat composition, local population densities and traffic characteristics to spatial patterns of ungulate-train collisions.

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Authors: Jasińska, K. D. & Żmihorski, M. & Krauze-Gryz, D. & Kotowska, D. & Werka, J. & Piotrowska, D. & Pärt, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The total length of railways worldwide exceeds 1 million kilometres and recent railway development directly impacts wildlife because of animal-train c...

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Density dependence, precipitation and biological control agent herbivory influence landscape-scale dynamics of the invasive Eurasian plant Linaria dalmatica.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Weed, A. S. & Schwarzländer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resource availability and natural enemies are among the most commonly cited mechanisms affecting competitive ability of invasive plants, but their sim...

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