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Controlling the spread of plant invasions: The importance of nascent foci.

Published online: 11 Jul 1989

Authors: Moody, M. E. & Mack, R. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simple geometric model for one-time control was expanded to incorporate more realistic aspects of invasion and used to evaluate the spatial growth o...

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Estimating the effects of land degradation and rainfall variation on productivity in rangelands: an approach using remote sensing and models of grazing and herbage dynamics.

Published online: 13 Nov 1996

Authors: Pickup, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land degradation in non-equilibrium rangelands may be defined in terms of loss of resilience and is linked with lower economic productivity through r...

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An analysis of the potential production of swards of subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) at Adelaide, South Australia.

Published online: 18 Jan 1965

Authors: Black, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Potential annual production at optimal LAI in the absence of growth-limiting factors was estimated at 65 (metric) tons DM/ha. Allowing for summer drou...

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Urban green space soundscapes and their perceived restorativeness.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Uebel, K. & Marselle, M. & Dean, A. J. & Rhodes, J. R. & Bonn, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The positive influence of urban green spaces on human health and well-being is well known while the pathways are little understood. Past research has ...

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Primary production of a grassland in Nairobi National Park, Kenya.

Published online: 22 Jul 1986

Authors: Deshmukh, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Primary production of a grassland in Nairobi National Park was estimated at harvest and by mortality estimates of the 3 most abundant grass spp. (Them...

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Ecological studies of the vegetation of the Sudan. IV. The effect of simulated grazing on the growth of Acacia senegal (L.) Wild. seedlings.

Published online: 24 Feb 1970

Authors: Seif el Din, A. & Obeid, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes a study of seedling survival after simulated browsing (removal of the cotyledons of 3-day seedlings, or the leading shoots of seedlings 1-11...

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The natural shelter for red deer (Cervus elaphus) in a Scottish glen.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Grace, J. & Easterbee, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

[See FA 40, 4698] Small-scale undulations in topography and a small area of woodland reduced wind speed by up to 95%. The reduction of windspeed in th...

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Evaluation of aerial surveys of ptarmigan Lagopus species.

Published online: 06 Apr 1999

Authors: Pelletier, L. & Krebs, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study was conducted during 1990-96 to evaluate the reliability of aerial surveys to monitor trends in the breeding population density of ptarmigan L...

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Conservation policies: who responds to price and who responds to prescription?

Published online: 04 May 2016

Authors: Wichman, C. J. & Taylor, L. O. & Haefen, R. H. von

Content type: Bulletin

The efficiency properties of price and nonprice instruments for conservation in environmental policy are well understood. However, there is little evi...

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Marine birds: vision-based wind turbine collision mitigation.

Published online: 10 Nov 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Martin, G. R.

Content type: Reports

In this paper, marine birds (38 species from Anseriformes (ducks and geese); Podicipediformes (grebes); Charadriiformes (gulls and auks); Suliformes (...

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