Search

All content is free for everyone to browse, read and share. You’ll find journal articles and non-peer reviewed grey literature. Type keywords into the search box or Use the filtering options below to browse the content.

Filter by...

Showing 442 results

Experimental verification of suction sampler capture efficiency in grasslands of differing vegetation height and structure.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Brook, A. J. & Woodcock, B. A. & Sinka, M. & Vanbergen, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Suction sampling is a popular method for the collection of quantitative data on grassland invertebrate populations, although there have been no detail...

Read more

Species loss in fragments of tropical rain forest: a review of the evidence.

Published online: 28 Aug 1996

Authors: Turner, I. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A review of the literature shows that in nearly all cases tropical rain forest fragmentation has led to a local loss of species. Isolated fragments su...

Read more

Foraging habitat preferences of vespertilionid bats in Britain.

Published online: 21 Oct 1996

Authors: Walsh, A. L. & Harris, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The selection of foraging habitats by vespertilionid bats in Britain was quantified using a stratified sample of 1030 1-km squares. Quantitative analy...

Read more

Factors determining the abundance of vespertilionid bats in Britain: geographical, land class and local habitat relationships.

Published online: 21 Oct 1996

Authors: Walsh, A. L. & Harris, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Transect surveys of foraging bats in a stratified sample of 1030 1-km squares in Britain were used to compare bat abundance in different land classes....

Read more

An evaluation of eight methods of botanical analysis on grasslands in Rhodesia.

Published online: 11 Jan 1971

Authors: Walker, B. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

2 grassland sites on the Matopos Research Station in Rhodesia were analysed by 3 different operators using the line intercept, wheel-point, variable p...

Read more

Should sacred groves become part of protected area networks in the Middle East?

Published online: 13 Nov 2020

Authors: Plieninger, T. & Quintas-Soriano, C. & Torralba, M. & Samani, K. M. & Shakeri, Z.

Content type: Blog

As a complement to ongoing vegetation studies in the Kurdistan province of Iran, a study was conducted on local people's views on sacred groves and th...

Read more

The Potential Contribution of Agroforestry to Net Zero Objectives [updated Nov 2022].

Published online: 06 Jan 2023

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Burgess, P. J. & Graves, A.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this report is to examine the potential contribution of agroforestry to net zero objectives in the United Kingdom over the next 40-50 years...

Read more

Nutrient limitation of primary production in a sub-arctic salt marsh.

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Cargill, S. M. & Jefferies, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In view of the use of salt marshes along the southern shores of Hudson Bay as breeding grounds and feeding areas by lesser snow geese and Canada geese...

Read more

The use of portable thermal imaging for estimating deer population density in forest habitats.

Published online: 16 Jan 1998

Authors: Gill, R. M. A. & Thomas, M. L. & Stocker, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The reliability of deer population management could be improved with good density estimates, but current methods are either labour-intensive or suffer...

Read more

Fire behaviour in South African fynbos (macchia) vegetation and predictions from Rothermel's fire model.

Published online: 25 Mar 1988

Authors: Wilgen, B. W. van & Maitre, D. C. le & Kruger, F. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a study of 14 experimental fires in tall open sclerophyllous shrubland in 2 state forests, rates of spread ranged from 0.04 to 0.89 m/s, flame leng...

Read more