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Responses of small mammal populations to a forest herbicide application in a 20-year-old conifer plantation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Sullivan, T. P. & Sullivan, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Populations of deer mouse, Oregon vole, Townsend chipmunk and shrew were examined before and after the application of glyphosate in a 20-yr-old planta...

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Roundup causes high levels of mortality following contact exposure in bumble bees.

Published online: 12 Jun 2021

Authors: Straw, E. A. & Carpentier, E. N. & Brown, M. J. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinators underpin global food production, but they are suffering significant declines across the world. Pesticides are thought to be important driv...

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Change in crop management strategies could double the maize yield in Africa.

Published online: 29 Nov 2017

Authors: Rezaei, E. E. & Gaiser, T.

Content type: Bulletin

Change in cropping practices is required to address the food security issues in Africa. Yet, testing of the performance of such changes, in particular...

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Disease spread in small-size directed trade networks: the role of hierarchical categories.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Pautasso, M. & Xu XiangMing & Jeger, M. J. & Harwood, T. D. & Moslonka-Lefebvre, M. & Pellis, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Small-size, directed networks are relevant for many biological applications, from meta-populations to food webs, from transport flows to evolutionary ...

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BEEHAVE: a systems model of honeybee colony dynamics and foraging to explore multifactorial causes of colony failure.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Becher, M. A. & Grimm, V. & Thorbek, P. & Horn, J. & Kennedy, P. J. & Osborne, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A notable increase in failure of managed European honeybee Apis mellifera L. colonies has been reported in various regions in recent years. Although t...

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The effects of reseeding, fertilizer application and disturbance on the use of grasslands by barnacle geese, and the implications for refuge management.

Published online: 03 Sep 1993

Authors: Percival, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Because of increasing numbers of barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) wintering on the island of Islay, Scotland, UK, a network of refuges has been estab...

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Exploiting pathogens and their impact on fitness costs to manage the evolution of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis.

Published online: 29 Aug 2007

Authors: Raymond, B. & Sayyed, A. H. & Hails, R. S. & Wright, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sustainable insect control requires effective management of the evolution of resistance to pesticides. Resistance management may ultimately depend on ...

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Spatial replicates as an alternative to temporal replicates for occupancy modelling when surveys are based on linear features of the landscape.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Charbonnel, A. & D'Amico, F. & Besnard, A. & Blanc, F. & Buisson, L. & Némoz, M. & Laffaille, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Occupancy estimates can inform biodiversity managers about the distribution of elusive species, such as the Pyrenean desman Galemys pyrenaicus, a smal...

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Modelling the emergence response of weed seeds to burial depth: interactions with seed density, weight and shape.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Grundy, A. C. & Mead, A. & Burston, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Weeds play an important role in arable and horticultural habitats, and models are being developed to improve our understanding of their population dyn...

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Modelling wildlife-human relationships for social species with mixed-effects resource selection models.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Hebblewhite, M. & Merrill, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resource selection functions (RSF) have contributed to the conservation of species negatively affected by human activities. Despite these applications...

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