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Stochastic models of foot and mouth disease in feral pigs in the Australian semi-arid rangelands.

Published online: 21 May 2003

Authors: Dexter, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is one of the world's most important livestock diseases and pigs Sus scrofa are highly susceptible. In countries with sig...

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Fire and competition in a southern California grassland: impacts on the rare forb Erodium macrophyllum.

Published online: 15 Sep 2004

Authors: Gillespie, I. G. & Allen, E. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of off-season burns to control exotic vegetation shows promise for land managers. In California, wildfires tend to occur in the summer and aut...

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Complementary impacts of small rodents and semi-domesticated ungulates limit tall shrub expansion in the tundra.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Ravolainen, V. T. & Bråthen, K. A. & Yoccoz, N. G. & Nguyen, J. K. & Ims, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While shrubs appear to be expanding in Arctic tundra due to climatic warming, patches of tall shrubs in riparian habitats are most likely to colonize ...

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Controls over the strength and timing of fire-grazer interactions in a semi-arid rangeland.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Augustine, D. J. & Derner, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The degree to which large herbivores select and forage within recently burned areas is a key driver of vegetation heterogeneity in rangeland ecosystem...

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Plant dynamics of New Zealand tussock grassland infested with Hieracium pilosella. I. Effects of seasonal grazing, fertilizer and overdrilling.

Published online: 29 Apr 1990

Authors: Scott, D. & Robertson, J. S. & Archie, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field trials were conducted in Mackenzie Country, South Island, New Zealand in 1975-82 at a low fertility site dominated by Festuca novae-zelandiae wi...

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Disrupting the effects of synergies between stressors: improved water quality dampens the effects of future CO2 on a marine habitat.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Falkenberg, L. J. & Connell, S. D. & Russell, B. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Synergies among stressors drive unanticipated changes to alternative states, yet little has been done to assess whether alleviating one or more contri...

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Servicesheds connect people to the landscapes upon which they depend.

Published online: 30 Jan 2025

Authors: Zhang YiYi & Thierry, H. & Cornejo, L. & Parrott, L. & Poulin, M. & Sherren, K. & Proosdij, D. van & Robinson, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Ecosystem services (ES) are benefits people receive from nature. To sustain these benefits, we need to spatially connect communities benefitting from ...

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Experimental evaluation of herbicide use on biodiversity, ecosystem services and timber production trade-offs in forest plantations.

Published online: 15 Feb 2022

Authors: Stokely, T. D. & Kormann, U. G. & Verschuyl, J. & Kroll, A. J. & Frey, D. W. & Harris, S. H. & Mainwaring, D. & Maguire, D. & Hatten, J. A. & Rivers, J. W. & Fitzgerald, S. & Betts, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The value of non-commodity ecosystem services provided by forests is widely recognized, but intensive forest management practices are increasing, with...

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Community-level responses of African carnivores to prescribed burning.

Published online: 14 Feb 2022

Authors: Gigliotti, L. C. & Curveira-Santos, G. & Slotow, R. & Sholto-Douglas, C. & Swanepoel, L. H. & Jachowski, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fires are common in many ecosystems world-wide, and are frequently used as a management tool. Although the responses of herbivores to fire have been w...

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Positive forest cover effects on coffee yields are consistent across regions.

Published online: 18 Feb 2022

Authors: González-Chaves, A. & Carvalheiro, L. G. & Garibaldi, L. A. & Metzger, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Enhancing biodiversity-based ecosystem services can generate win-win opportunities for conservation and agricultural production. Pollination and pest ...

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