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Identifying, preventing and mitigating ecological traps to improve the management of urban aquatic ecosystems.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Hale, R. & Coleman, R. & Pettigrove, V. & Swearer, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Urbanization alters the environmental characteristics of aquatic ecosystems, often reducing the availability and quality of habitats for animals. Impr...

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Additive partitioning of diversity across hierarchical spatial scales in a forested landscape.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Chandy, S. & Gibson, D. J. & Robertson, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological phenomena exist at multiple scales, but measurements of diversity frequently consider only the smallest scale, that of the original sample ...

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Groundwater quality and hydrology with emphasis on selenium mobilization and transport in the lower Gunnison River Basin, Colorado, 2012-16.

Published online: 04 Sep 2019

Authors: Thomas, J. C. & McMahon, P. B. & Arnold, L. R.

Content type: Bulletin

Dissolved selenium is a contaminant of concern in the lower Gunnison River Basin, Colorado. Selenium is naturally present in the Cretaceous Mancos Sha...

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An alien lizard invasion that must be stopped or the more the merrier? That's a matter of opinion...

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Williams, R. J. & Dunn, A. M. & Quinn, C. H. & Hassall, C.

Content type: Blog

This study used a technique called Q-methodology (an interactive questionnaire of sorts) to explore social perceptions towards the presence of wall li...

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Identifying social behaviours related to disease transmission in banded mongoose from accelerometer data.

Published online: 26 Sep 2023

Authors: Vuurst, P. van de & Alexander, K. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Current methods for identifying and predicting infectious disease dynamics in wildlife populations are limited. Pathogen transmission dynamics can be ...

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Scale-related effects of grazing on native plant communities in an arid rangeland region of South Australia.

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: Landsberg, J. & James, C. D. & Maconochie, J. & Nicholls, A. O. & Stol, J. & Tynan, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. To explore how rangeland grazing affects native plant diversity at local and regional scales, we measured the frequency of occurrence of plant spec...

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Soil seed banks and the potential restoration of forested wetlands after farming.

Published online: 04 Feb 2004

Authors: Middleton, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in farming practice provide an opportunity to restore once extensive forested wetlands on agricultural land. In some parts of the world, howev...

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Exclosures for landscape restoration in Ethiopia: business model scenarios and suitability.

Published online: 07 May 2020

Authors: Wolde Mekuria & Gebrehaweria Gebregziabher & Lefore, N.

Content type: Bulletin

Land degradation is a critical problem around the world. In many places, the practices associated with intensive rain-fed and irrigated crop and lives...

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Modelling detection probabilities to evaluate management and control tools for an invasive species.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Christy, M. T. & Adams, A. A. Y. & Rodda, G. H. & Savidge, J. A. & Tyrrell, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

For most ecologists, detection probability (p) is a nuisance variable that must be modelled to estimate the state variable of interest (i.e. survival,...

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Barrier behaviour analysis (BaBA) reveals extensive effects of fencing on wide-ranging ungulates.

Published online: 12 Aug 2021

Authors: Xu WenJing & Dejid, N. & Herrmann, V. & Sawyer, H. & Middleton, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As human activities expand globally, there is a growing need to identify and mitigate barriers to animal movements. Fencing is a pervasive human modif...

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