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If you build it, they will come: coastal amenities facilitate human engagement in marine protected areas.

Published online: 14 Dec 2023

Authors: Free, C. M. & Smith, J. G. & Lopazanski, C. J. & Brun, J. & Francis, T. B. & Eurich, J. G. & Claudet, J. & Dugan, J. E. & Gill, D. A. & Hamilton, S. L. & Kaschner, K. & Mouillot, D. & Ziegler, S. L. & Caselle, J. E. & Nickols, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Calls for using marine protected areas (MPAs) to achieve goals for nature and people are increasing globally. While the conservation and fisheries imp...

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How does learning about the future of the ocean impact children's emotional wellbeing? Insights from ocean literacy educators in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Published online: 12 Oct 2023

Authors: Murray, L. & Breheny, M. & Cumming, R. & Erueti, B. & Mooney, M. & Nash, K. L. & Severinsen, C. & Shanly, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Four decades of research on the health effects of 'connection to nature' identifies many wellbeing advantages for young people. Yet this literature ha...

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Public perceptions of an avian reintroduction aiming to connect people with nature.

Published online: 13 Oct 2023

Authors: White, R. L. & Jones, L. P. & Groves, L. & Hudson, M. A. & Kennerley, R. J. & Crowley, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Species reintroductions are an increasingly popular conservation tool, typically aiming to achieve direct conservation benefits. Socio-cultural driver...

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Cohabitation of species in an artificial grass-legume community on ski-slopes on Whistler Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.

Published online: 13 May 1986

Authors: Thompson, J. D. & Hutchinson, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species establishment after 3 years on artificially revegetated ski-slopes and the nature of species associations were investigated in relation to alt...

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Individual-plant selectivity by sheep in drylands scales-up at plant population level and controls the forage supply and its accessibility.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Oñatibia, G. R. & Aguiar, M. R. & Oesterheld, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Diet selectivity by domestic herbivores controls plant community structure and dynamics and may induce rangeland degradation, particularly in drylands...

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Ecosystem irrigation as a means of groundwater recharge and water quality improvement.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Chadwick, M. J. & Edworthy, K. J. & Rush, D. & Williams, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Semi-natural heath vegetation consisting mainly of Deschampsia flexuosa, Holcus mollis, Agrostis canina, Pteridium aquilinum and Chamaenerion angustif...

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Villages and their old farmsteads are hot spots of bird diversity in agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Rosin, Z. M. & Skórka, P. & Pärt, T. & Żmihorski, M. & Ekner-Grzyb, A. & Kwieciński, Z. & Tryjanowski, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To counteract the decline of farmland biodiversity in Europe, it is crucial to recognize habitats that are hot spots. Old rural settlements (e.g. vill...

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Host-adapted aphid populations differ in their migratory patterns and capacity to colonize crops.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Eigenbrode, S. D. & Davis, T. S. & Adams, J. R. & Husebye, D. S. & Waits, L. P. & Hawthorne, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although phytophagous insects can vary genetically in host use and exhibit long-range movements, the combined implications of these phenomena for pest...

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Introduction of exotic tree species as a threat to the Azores bullfinch population.

Published online: 30 Apr 1997

Authors: Ramos, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Azores bullfinch (or priolo), Pyrrhula murina [Pyrrhula pyrrhula murina], is known only in the east of the island of S. Miguel (Azores), where it ...

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Evidence of water conservation mechanisms in several subarctic wetland species.

Published online: 30 Apr 1997

Authors: Blanken, P. D. & Rouse, W. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The hypothesis that subarctic hygrophilous plant species show poorly developed mechanisms for water conservation was tested by measuring the stomatal ...

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