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NatureScot Research Report 1275 - Time series analysis to determine change in maerl beds.

Published online: 21 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Doggett, M. & Morris-Webb, L. & Baldock, L.

Content type: Reports

This report evaluates methods for monitoring the recovery of maerl beds, a sensitive and declining habitat protected in several Marine Protected Areas...

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Invader Relative Impact Potential: a new metric to understand and predict the ecological impacts of existing, emerging and future invasive alien species.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Dick, J. T. A. & Laverty, C. & Lennon, J. J. & Barrios-O'Neill, D. & Mensink, P. J. & Britton, J. R. & Médoc, V. & Boets, P. & Alexander, M. E. & Taylor, N. G. & Dunn, A. M. & Hatcher, M. J. & Rosewarne, P. J. & Crookes, S. & MacIsaac, H. J. & Xu Meng & Ricciardi, A. & Wasserman, R. J. & Ellender, B. R. & Weyl, O. L. F. & Lucy, F. E. & Banks, P. B. & Dodd, J. A. & MacNeil, C. & Penk, M. R. & Aldridge, D. C. (et al)

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Predictions of the identities and ecological impacts of invasive alien species are critical for risk assessment, but presently we lack universal and s...

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The Hemiptera of two sown calcareous grasslands. III. Comparisons with the Auchenorrhyncha faunas of other grasslands.

Published online: 21 Sep 1990

Authors: Morris, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Auchenorrhyncha faunas of 2 contrasting types of grasslands seeded on chalk at Royston, Herts, UK, were compared with those from a range of semi-n...

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How Conservation Practice can Generate Evidence.

Published online: 22 Feb 2023

Published by: UK, Conservation Evidence

Authors: Ockendon, N. & Cadotte, M. W. & Eklund, J. & Ferraro, P. J. & Fisher, M. & Hancock, M. & Worthington, T. A.

Content type: Book chapter

Conservation practice provides a considerable opportunity to generate new evidence to inform future decision-making. Substantial resources are current...

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Forest management and regional tree composition drive the host preference of saproxylic beetle communities.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Müller, J. & Wende, B. & Strobl, C. & Eugster, M. & Gallenberger, I. & Floren, A. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Linsenmair, K. E. & Weisser, W. W. & Gossner, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Among saproxylic beetles, many early colonizers prefer particular host species. Ranking of preferred hosts of local saproxylic beetle communities is c...

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Studying long-term, large-scale grassland restoration outcomes to improve seeding methods and reveal knowledge gaps.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Rinella, M. J. & Espeland, E. K. & Moffatt, B. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies are increasingly investigating effects of large-scale management activities on grassland restoration outcomes. These studies are providing use...

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Diet quality and intake requirements of adult female caribou of the Denali herd, Alaska.

Published online: 31 Aug 1990

Authors: Boertje, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Empirical, derived, and theoretical values of diet digestibility, DM intake requirements (DMI), diet nutrient content, and nitrogen and phosphorus bal...

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Landscape properties affect biodiversity response to retention approaches in forestry.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Mori, A. S. & Tatsumi, S. & Gustafsson, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Retention forestry, in which trees and tree patches are set aside at harvest to promote biodiversity, has been proven to have positive effects on biod...

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Confronting contingency in restoration: management and site history determine outcomes of assembling prairies, but site characteristics and landscape context have little effect.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Grman, E. & Bassett, T. & Brudvig, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The outcomes of ecological restoration are notoriously unpredictable, but we have no general predictive understanding of this contingency. Management ...

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Supplementing small farms with native mason bees increases strawberry size and growth rate.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Horth, L. & Campbell, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination services, especially those of bees, play a vital role in agriculture. Declining honeybee populations require us to find alternative soluti...

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