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Improving the design and management of forest strips in human-dominated tropical landscapes: a field test on Amazonian dung beetles.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Barlow, J. & Louzada, J. & Parry, L. & Hernández, M. I. M. & Hawes, J. & Peres, C. A. & Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. & Gardner, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The future of tropical forest species depends in part on their ability to survive in human-modified landscapes. Forest strips present a priority area ...

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Predicting spatio-temporal recolonization of large carnivore populations and livestock depredation risk: wolves in the Italian Alps.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Marucco, F. & McIntire, E. J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wolves Canis lupus recently recolonized the Western Alps through dispersal from the Italian Apennines, representing one of several worldwide examples ...

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Pollination services decline with distance from natural habitat even in biodiversity-rich areas.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Carvalheiro, L. G. & Seymour, C. L. & Veldtman, R. & Nicolson, S. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is considerable evidence for the negative impacts of habitat alteration on pollinators in highly disturbed regions of the world. However, it rem...

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Pollination services provided to small and large highbush blueberry fields by wild and managed bees.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Isaacs, R. & Kirk, A. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plantings of pollinator-dependent crops vary from large, intensively managed fields to small fields that are managed less intensively, yet there is re...

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Red flag for green spray: adverse trophic effects of Bti on breeding birds.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Poulin, B. & Lefebvre, G. & Paz, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expanding use of selective pest-control agents provides a unique opportunity to study food web interactions in the field while addressing major en...

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Cadmium pollution triggers a positive biodiversity-productivity relationship: evidence from a laboratory microcosm experiment.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Li JinTian & Duan HongNan & Li ShaoPeng & Kuang JiaLiang & Zeng Yi & Shu WenSheng

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human activities are greatly changing the conditions of ecosystems. One of these major changes is that more and more ecosystems are facing increasing ...

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What controls the population dynamics of the invasive thistle Carduus nutans in its native range?

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Jongejans, E. & Sheppard, A. W. & Shea, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The invasive thistle Carduus nutans causes major economic losses in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand. For the first time, we have modelled its ...

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An experimental game to examine pastoralists' preferences for human-lion coexistence strategies.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Sargent, R. & Rakotonarivo, O. S. & Rushton, S. P. & Cascio, B. & Grau, A. & Bell, A. R. & Bunnefeld, N. & Dickman, A. & Pfeifer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Reconciling conflicts between wildlife conservation and other human activities is a pervasive, multifaceted issue. Large carnivores, such as the Afric...

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Predicting invasions: alternative models of human-mediated dispersal and interactions between dispersal network structure and Allee effects.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Chivers, C. & Leung, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human-mediated dispersal has been shown to be the most important vector for the spread of invasive species, yet there has been little evaluation of al...

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Effects of the triazine-resistance mutation on fitness in Amaranthus hybridus (smooth pigweed).

Published online: 17 May 1996

Authors: Jordan, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fitness costs of maternally inherited triazine resistance were estimated in populations of Amaranthus hybridus (smooth pigweed) from Maryland and Virg...

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