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Alleviating human-wildlife conflicts: identifying the causes and mapping the risk of illegal poisoning of wild fauna.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Mateo-Tomás, P. & Olea, P. P. & Sánchez-Barbudo, I. S. & Mateo, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Illegal human behaviour such as those affecting natural resource use or resulting from human-wildlife conflicts threaten the sustainable management of...

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First evidence that marine protected areas can work for marine mammals.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Gormley, A. M. & Slooten, E. & Dawson, S. & Barker, R. J. & Rayment, W. & Fresne, S. du & Bräger, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been advocated for the protection of threatened marine mammals, but there is no empirical evidence that they are ef...

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Revisiting the pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis: long-term fire regimes and the structure of ant communities in a Neotropical savanna hotspot.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Maravalhas, J. & Vasconcelos, H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The idea that variable fire regimes (pyrodiversity) may increase habitat heterogeneity and, consequently, increase biodiversity at the landscape level...

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A structurally enriched agricultural landscape maintains high reptile diversity in sub-arid south-western Madagascar.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Nopper, J. & Lauströer, B. & Rödel, M. O. & Ganzhorn, J. U. & Bellard, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The concept of biodiversity conservation relies primarily on protected areas. Yet, protected areas are influenced by the surrounding anthropogenic mat...

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Archetypes of nature-based solutions for farming in the North York Moors National Park.

Published online: 22 Apr 2025

Authors: Barrios, L. & Arnott, D. & Thompson, R. & Marchant, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Nature-based solutions (NbS) have emerged as crucial strategies to address climate change challenges, offering manifold benefits to biodiversity and c...

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Assessing habitat quality for conservation using an integrated occurrence-mortality model.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Falcucci, A. & Ciucci, P. & Maiorano, L. & Gentile, L. & Boitani, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat suitability models are usually produced using species presence or habitat selection, without taking into account the demographic performance o...

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China's transboundary waters: new paradigms for water and ecological security through applied ecology.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: He DaMing & Wu RuiDong & Feng Yan & Li YunGang & Ding ChengZhi & Wang WenLing & Yu, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

China is Asia's most important upstream riparian country, sharing 110 rivers and lakes with 18 downstream countries. Consequently, China's management ...

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The comparative performance of land sharing, land sparing type interventions on place-based human well-being.

Published online: 03 Apr 2024

Authors: Carmenta, R. & Steward, A. & Albuquerque, A. & Carneiro, R. & Vira, B. & Carmona, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

enThis link goes to a English sectionptThis link goes to a English section Environment-facing interventions impact the distribution, use of and access...

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A phylogenetic evaluation of non-random medicinal plants selection around an African biosphere reserve.

Published online: 16 Mar 2024

Authors: Moutouama, J. K. & Gaoue, O. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Theory in ethnobiology suggests that the selection of medicinal plants by local people in a given region is not random and evolutionary closely relate...

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Visitor demographics, site-type and activities determine the occurrence and severity of environmental impacts at nature-based tourist destinations.

Published online: 13 Apr 2023

Authors: Torsney, A. & Buckley, Y. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

(1). Increasing demand for access to nature has the potential to increase environmental impacts. Identifying links between increased visitor intensity...

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