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Land abandonment and intensification diminish spatial and temporal β-diversity of grassland plants and herbivorous insects within paddy terraces.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Uchida, K. & Ushimaru, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although traditional land-use and management practices are known to enhance environmental heterogeneity in agricultural lands, loss of heterogeneity r...

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Management of ecological thresholds to re-establish disturbance-maintained herbaceous wetlands of the south-eastern USA.

Published online: 05 Aug 2009

Authors: Martin, K. L. & Kirkman, L. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The restoration of disturbance-maintained ecosystems may require management to overcome ecological thresholds and re-establish feedbacks that perpetua...

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Community-level restoration profiles in Mediterranean vegetation: nurse-based vs. traditional reforestation.

Published online: 05 Aug 2009

Authors: Rey, P. J. & Siles, G. & Alcántara, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many restoration projects aim to transform degraded vegetation into mature native plant communities. The recovery of the structure and properties of r...

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The development of a bioindicator system for soil acidity based on arthropod pH preferences.

Published online: 27 Aug 1997

Authors: Straalen, N. M. van & Verhoef, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A bioindicator system that supported the interpretation of acidity-related changes in soil chemistry was developed, using the tendencies of soil arthr...

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Plant community response to the management of an invasive tree.

Published online: 26 Jun 2019

Authors: Pile, L. S. & Wang, G. G. & Walker, J. L. & Layton, P. A.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

We designed several treatments to directly control an invasive tree, Chinese tallow [Triadica sebifera (L.) Small] on Parris Island Marine Corps Recru...

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Herbivory by insects on oak trees in pure stands compared with paired mixtures.

Published online: 09 Oct 1992

Authors: Moore, R. & Warrington, S. & Whittaker, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Herbivorous insect communities were studied on oak (Quercus petraea) trees in pure stands of oak or in mixtures with alder (Alnus glutinosa), pine (Pi...

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Slowing down a pine invasion despite uncertainty in demography and dispersal.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Buckley, Y. M. & Brockerhoff, E. & Langer, L. & Ledgard, N. & North, H. & Rees, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management decisions regarding invasive plants often have to be made quickly and in the face of fragmentary knowledge of their population dynamics. Ho...

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Population dynamics in wild boar Sus scrofa: ecology, elasticity of growth rate and implications for the management of pulsed resource consumers.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Bieber, C. & Ruf, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In terrestrial ecosystems many species show large population fluctuations caused by pulsed resources, such as mast seeding. A prime example of a mamma...

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Short-term trends in great ape density in a community-based conservation area in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Published online: 30 Oct 2024

Authors: Hoek, Y. van der & Perre, F. van de & Fastré, C. & Kirkpatrick, L. & Ngobobo, U. & Tokunda, R. & Binyinyi, E. & Stoinski, T. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) constitute a biodiversity hotspot and provide habitat to two globally threatened great a...

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Aerial eDNA contributes vital information for fungal biodiversity assessment.

Published online: 26 Nov 2024

Authors: Runnel, K. & Lõhmus, P. & Küngas, K. & Marmor-Ohtla, L. & Palo, A. & Pütsepp, G. & Tamm, H. & Tammekänd, I. & Lõhmus, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fungal diversity drives key processes in terrestrial ecosystems, but remains challenging to measure in the field and to monitor over time. In particul...

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