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A double-observer method for reducing bias in faecal pellet surveys of forest ungulates.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Jenkins, K. J. & Manly, B. F. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Faecal surveys are used widely to study variations in abundance and distribution of forest-dwelling mammals when direct enumeration is not feasible. T...

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Fishing for mammals: landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems.

Published online: 27 Nov 2020

Authors: Sales, N. G. & McKenzie, M. B. & Drake, J. & Harper, L. R. & Browett, S. S. & Coscia, I. & Wangensteen, O. S. & Baillie, C. & Bryce, E. & Dawson, D. A. & Ochu, E. & Hänfling, B. & Handley, L. L. & Mariani, S. & Lambin, X. & Sutherland, C. & McDevitt, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has revolutionized biomonitoring in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. However, for semi-aquatic and terres...

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Evaluating population recovery for sea turtles under nesting beach protection while accounting for nesting behaviours and changes in availability.

Published online: 20 Jun 2012

Authors: Thorson, J. T. & Punt, A. E. & Nel, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sea turtles and sea birds generally have high conservation importance world-wide and are often difficult to survey except when present on nesting grou...

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Using generalised dissimilarity modelling and targeted field surveys to gap-fill an ecosystem surveillance network.

Published online: 02 Aug 2021

Authors: Guerin, G. R. & Williams, K. J. & Leitch, E. & Lowe, A. J. & Sparrow, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effective ecosystem management requires spatially distributed measurements that are representative of ecological diversity. When considering which sit...

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Tilbury Fort Marshes Terrestrial Invertebrate Survey Report 2022.

Published online: 05 Sep 2023

Published by: UK, Natural England & Colin Plant Associates (UK)

Content type: Reports

The Tilbury Fort Marshes are a network of brackish watercourses and dry grassland compartments surrounding Tilbury Fort in Tilbury, south Essex, UK. T...

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Accounting for detectability improves estimates of species richness in tropical bat surveys.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Meyer, C. F. J. & Aguiar, L. M. S. & Aguirre, L. F. & Baumgarten, J. & Clarke, F. M. & Cosson, J. F. & Villegas, S. E. & Fahr, J. & Faria, D. & Furey, N. & Henry, M. & Hodgkison, R. & Jenkins, R. K. B. & Jung, K. G. & Kingston, T. & Kunz, T. H. & Gonzalez, M. C. M. & Moya, I. & Patterson, B. D. & Pons, J. M. & Racey, P. A. & Rex, K. & Sampaio, E. M. & Solari, S. & Stoner, K. E. & Voigt, C. C. (et al)

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species richness is a state variable of some interest in monitoring programmes but raw species counts are often biased due to imperfect species detect...

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Examining disease prevalence for species of conservation concern using non-invasive spatial capture-recapture techniques.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Muneza, A. B. & Linden, D. W. & Montgomery, R. A. & Dickman, A. J. & Roloff, G. J. & Macdonald, D. W. & Fennessy, J. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-invasive techniques have long been used to estimate wildlife population abundance and density. However, recent technological breakthroughs have fa...

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Research and information needs assessment to support sustainable watershed management in the Thompson-Okanagan Natural Resource Region, British Columbia.

Published online: 15 Jun 2016

Authors: Scherer, R. & Redding, T. & Ronneseth, K. & Wilford, D.

Content type: Bulletin

Watershed management issues are among the many challenges facing natural resource managers in British Columbia, Canada. The B.C. Ministry of Forests, ...

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Chowilla icon site - floodplain vegetation monitoring 2016 interim report.

Published online: 15 Mar 2017

Authors: Gehrig, S. L. & Nicol, J. M. & Frahn, K. A. & Fredberg, J. & Marsland, K. B. & Weedon, J. T.

Content type: Bulletin

The aim of this study was to monitor and assess vegetation condition at the Chowilla Icon Site in South Australia against the objectives and associate...

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Predicting weed distribution at the landscape scale: using naturalized Brassica as a model system.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Peltzer, D. A. & Ferriss, S. & Fitzjohn, R. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Quantifying and predicting the distribution of naturalized plant species is a major concern for weed risk assessment and understanding the potential i...

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