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Shedding light on pollination deficits: cueing into plant spectral reflectance signatures to monitor pollination delivery across landscapes.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Parry, C. & Turnbull, C. & Barter, L. M. C. & Gill, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollination underlies plant yield, health and reproductive success in agricultural and natural systems worldwide. It is therefore concerning that decl...

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Early seral communities in a limestone quarry: an experimental study of treatment effects on cover and richness of vegetation.

Published online: 28 Oct 1985

Authors: Davis, B. N. K. & Lakhani, K. H. & Brown, M. C. & Park, D. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Oolitic limestone workings on the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire border were sown in 1981 with Brachypodium sylvaticum and Lotus corniculatus; in a facto...

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The salinity of motorway soils. I. Variation in time and between regions in the salinity of soils on central reserves.

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Thompson, J. R. & Rutter, A. J. & Ridout, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sodium chloride is used as the standard de-icing agent on motorways in England at annual application rates varying from 2 to 20 tonnes per lane km. So...

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The salinity of motorway soils. II. Distance from the carriageway and other sources of local variation in salinity.

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Thompson, J. R. & Rutter, A. J. & Ridout, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The variation of soil sodium concentration with distance from the carriageway on central reserves and verges was studied on a number of motorway sites...

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The salinity of motorway soils. III. Simulation of the effects of salt usage and rainfall on sodium and chloride concentrations in the soil of central reserves.

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Rutter, A. J. & Thompson, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Transfer to the central reserve of salt applied to motorway carriageways and the leaching of sodium and chloride ions from the soil of the reserve are...

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The salinity of motorway soils. IV. Effects of sodium chloride on some native British shrub species, and the possibility of establishing shrubs on the central reserves of motorways.

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Thompson, J. R. & Rutter, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Individuals of eleven native British shrub species growing in containers out of doors were subjected to sodium chloride solutions of different concent...

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A general optimal adaptive framework for managing a threatened species.

Published online: 25 Oct 2022

Authors: Nicol, S. & Ferrer-Mestres, J. & Lloyd, H. & Brazill-Boast, J. & Gorrod, E. & Chades, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Managers must determine which interventions best protect threatened species when the outcomes of interventions are uncertain. Adaptive management i...

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Developing fencing policies for dryland ecosystems.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Durant, S. M. & Becker, M. S. & Creel, S. & Bashir, S. & Dickman, A. J. & Beudels-Jamar, R. C. & Lichtenfeld, L. & Hilborn, R. & Wall, J. & Wittemyer, G. & Badamjav, L. & Blake, S. & Boitani, L. & Breitenmoser, C. & Broekhuis, F. & Christianson, D. & Cozzi, G. & Davenport, T. R. B. & Deutsch, J. & Devillers, P. & Dollar, L. & Dolrenry, S. & Douglas-Hamilton, I. & Dröge, E. & FitzHerbert, E. & Foley, C. (et al)

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In dryland ecosystems, mobility is essential for both wildlife and people to access unpredictable and spatially heterogeneous resources, particularly ...

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Assemblage composition in key habitats of Marine Protected Areas: Seasearch data report to Natural England.

Published online: 13 Jan 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Jackson, A. C.

Content type: Reports

This report discusses the potential role of citizen science data, specifically from the Seasearch programme, in supporting formal condition assessment...

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Long-term trends in climate and hydrology in an agricultural headwater watershed of central Pennsylvania, USA.

Published online: 10 Feb 2016

Authors: Bryant, R. B. & Lu HaiMing & Elkin, K. R. & Buda, A. R. & Collick, A. S. & Folmar, G. J. & Kleinman, P. J.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Climate change has emerged as a key issue facing agriculture and water resources in the US. Long-term (1968-2012) temperature, precipitation and strea...

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