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Thinning the thickets: foraging of hardy cattle, sheep and goats in green alder shrubs.

Published online: 04 Aug 2022

Authors: Pauler, C. M. & Zehnder, T. & Staudinger, M. & Lüscher, A. & Kreuzer, M. & Berard, J. & Schneider, M. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Green alder shrubs Alnus viridis increasingly overgrow European mountain pastures but hinder natural forest succession. This nitrogen-fixing, autochth...

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How CIAT's climate research informs and influences decision making in IFAD and the cocoa and coffee sector globally: an outcomes validation report.

Published online: 10 May 2017

Authors: Nyangaga, J.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Programs and projects are implemented to produce results that are beneficial to sustainable societal wellbeing (both human and environmental). These r...

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Marine protected areas' positive effect on fish biomass persists across the steep climatic gradient of the Mediterranean Sea.

Published online: 24 Aug 2023

Authors: Frid, O. & Malamud, S. & Franco, A. di & Guidetti, P. & Azzurro, E. & Claudet, J. & Micheli, F. & Yahel, R. & Sala, E. & Belmaker, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The positive effect of fully protected marine protected areas (MPAs) on marine biodiversity, and specifically on fishes, has been widely documented. I...

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Coffee pulp accelerates early tropical forest succession on old fields.

Published online: 13 May 2021

Authors: Cole, R. J. & Zahawi, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Applying nutrient-rich agricultural by-products, such as fruit peels and pulp, to degraded land has been proposed as a strategy to overcome a number o...

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Stakeholder consensus suggests strategies to promote sustainability in an artisanal fishery with high rates of poaching and marine mammal bycatch.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Svolkinas, L. & Holmes, G. & Dmitrieva, L. & Ermolin, I. & Suvorkov, P. & Goodman, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Illegal fishing for high value species in artisanal fisheries drives incidental catch and declines of marine mammals and other large vertebrates of co...

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A mixed methods approach for measuring topic sensitivity in conservation.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Ibbett, H. & Jones, J. P. G. & Dorward, L. & Kohi, E. M. & Dwiyahreni, A. A. & Prayitno, K. & Sankeni, S. & Kaduma, J. & Mchomvu, J. & Saputra, A. W. & Sabiladiyni, H. & Supriatna, J. & St John, F. A. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Conservationists increasingly aim to understand human behaviour to inform intervention design. However, obtaining information from people about their ...

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Escaping social-ecological traps through ecological restoration and socioeconomic development in China's Loess Plateau.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Wang ZhuangZhuang & Fu BoJie & Wu XuTong & Li YingJie & Wang Shuai & Lu Nan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The social-ecological trap is an emerging concept that describes situations in which self-reinforcing social and ecological feedbacks maintain or push...

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Urbanization focuses carnivore activity in remaining natural habitats, increasing species interactions.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Parsons, A. W. & Rota, C. T. & Forrester, T. & Baker-Whatton, M. C. & McShea, W. J. & Schuttler, S. G. & Millspaugh, J. J. & Kays, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Interspecific interactions can provoke temporal and spatial avoidance, ultimately affecting population densities and spatial distribution patterns. Th...

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Habitat invasions by alien plants: a quantitative comparison among Mediterranean, subcontinental and oceanic regions of Europe.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Chytrý, M. & Maskell, L. C. & Pino, J. & Pyšek, P. & Vilà, M. & Font, X. & Smart, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although invasions by alien plants are major threats to the biodiversity of natural habitats, individual habitats vary considerably in their susceptib...

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Invasive plant removal: assessing community impact and recovery from invasion.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Guido, A. & Pillar, V. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive species spread on natural ecosystems is one of the most important causes of biodiversity loss. To disentangle the invasive plant impact on co...

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