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Economic valuation of forest ecosystem services in Kenya: implication for design of PES schemes and participatory forest management.

Published online: 08 Nov 2017

Authors: Okumu, B. & Muchapondwa, E.

Content type: Bulletin

Forest ecosystem services are critical for human well-being as well as functioning and growth of economies. However, despite the growing demand for th...

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Mass-migrating bumblebees: an overlooked phenomenon with potential far-reaching implications for bumblebee conservation.

Published online: 19 Apr 2022

Authors: Fijen, T. P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bumblebees are one of the most commonly studied pollinators, but they are declining in large parts of their distribution. Whether bumblebees can cope ...

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Pollination by bats enhances both quality and yield of a major cash crop in Mexico.

Published online: 27 Aug 2020

Authors: Tremlett, C. J. & Moore, M. & Chapman, M. A. & Zamora-Gutierrez, V. & Peh, K. S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bats pollinate many plants of high socio-economic value, including the majority of columnar cacti (Cactaceae) in Mexico, which have been used by human...

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Effects of habitat cover, landscape structure and spatial variables on the abundance of birds in an agricultural-forest mosaic.

Published online: 17 Nov 2004

Authors: Heikkinen, R. K. & Luoto, M. & Virkkala, R. & Rainio, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Numerical studies of the relationship between birds and their habitat are important because they provide understanding of the impacts of natural and h...

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Moving out of town? The status of alien plants in high-Arctic Svalbard, and a method for monitoring of alien flora in high-risk, polar environments.

Published online: 17 Apr 2021

Authors: Bartlett, J. C. & Bakke-Westergaard, K. & Paulsen, I. M. G. & Wedegärtner, R. E. M. & Wilken, F. & Ravolainen, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Rising human activity in the Arctic, combined with a warming climate, increases the probability of introduction and establishment of alien plant speci...

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Bush-control studies in the drier areas of Kenya. 3. Control of Disperma in semi-desert dwarf shrub grassland.

Published online: 05 Mar 1967

Authors: Pratt, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

At 3 sites on the El Barta plains of northern Kenya, the ecological effects of controlling the dominant shrub Disperma sp. near D. eremophilum were st...

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Profiling research on PFAS in wildlife: protocol of a systematic evidence map and bibliometric analysis.

Published online: 15 Dec 2021

Authors: Vendl, C. & Taylor, M. D. & Bräunig, J. & Gibson, M. J. & Hesselson, D. & Neely, G. G. & Lagisz, M. & Nakagawa, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group of manufactured chemicals. Since the beginning of their commercial production in the 1950...

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Beavers in licensed enclosures: licensees' objectives, opinions and experiences.

Published online: 05 Sep 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wilson, C.

Content type: Reports

The key aims of this research were to provide evidence on (i) the objectives, opinions and experiences of licensees and (ii) to understand human and E...

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Anthropogenic impacts on lake and stream ecosystems, and approaches to restoration.

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Søndergaard, M. & Jeppesen, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Freshwater ecosystems have long been affected by numerous types of human interventions that have a negative impact on their water quality and ecologic...

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Ecological niche modelling of two cryptic bat species calls for a reassessment of their conservation status.

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Sattler, T. & Bontadina, F. & Hirzel, A. H. & Arlettaz, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It is difficult to establish conservation priorities for cryptic species when their ecological requirements are confounded by problems with species id...

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