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Temporal variation in recruitment and mortality for the pasture weed Hieracium floribundum: implications for a model of population dynamics.

Published online: 11 Jun 1985

Authors: Reader, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

3-fold differences in annual recruitment and 8-fold differences in annual mortality were recorded for H. floribundum between 1975 and 1983. Annual var...

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Population density and biomass of earthworms in different types of Egyptian soils.

Published online: 16 Jul 1966

Authors: El-duweini, A. K. & Ghabbour, S. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Earthworms were sampled by hand-sorting at 14 localities in and near the Beheira Province. Soil was analysed for water content, texture, pH, total sol...

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How imperfect can land sparing be before land sharing is more favourable for wild species?

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Balmford, B. & Green, R. E. & Onial, M. & Phalan, B. & Balmford, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two solutions, at opposite ends of a continuum, have been proposed to limit negative impacts of human agricultural demand on biodiversity. Under land ...

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Conserving a moving target: planning protection for a migratory species as its distribution changes.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Singh, N. J. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation of declining migratory species is a challenging task, as the factors that may have determined their past distribution may not determine t...

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Rigorous gharial population estimation in the Chambal: implications for conservation and management of a globally threatened crocodilian.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Tarun Nair & Thorbjarnarson, J. B. & Aust, P. & Jagdish Krishnaswamy

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

India's Chambal River hosts the largest population of the critically endangered gharial. Boat-based daylight surveys to date only provide indices of r...

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Density-dependent responses of moose to hunting and landscape change.

Published online: 07 Apr 2025

Authors: Hessami, M. & Serrouya, R. & Lamb, C. T. & Dickie, M. & Ford, A. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

In many areas of the boreal forests and temperate mountains of Canada, resource extraction activities have created forage conditions that are favourab...

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A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology.

Published online: 27 Jul 2020

Authors: Carneiro, A. P. B. & Pearmain, E. J. & Oppel, S. & Clay, T. A. & Phillips, R. A. & Bonnet-Lebrun, A. S. & Wanless, R. M. & Abraham, E. & Richard, Y. & Rice, J. & Handley, J. & Davies, T. E. & Dilley, B. J. & Ryan, P. G. & Small, C. & Arata, J. & Arnould, J. P. Y. & Bell, E. & Bugoni, L. & Campioni, L. & Catry, P. & Cleeland, J. & Deppe, L. & Elliott, G. & Freeman, A. & González-Solís, J. & Granadeiro, J. P. & Grémillet, D. & Landers, T. J. & Makhado, A. & Nel, D. & Nicholls, D. G. & Rexer-Huber, K. & Robertson, C. J. R. & Sagar, P. M. & Scofield, P. & Stahl, J. C. & Stanworth Andrew & Stevens, K. L. & Trathan, P. N. & Thompson, D. R. & Torres, L. & Walker, K. & Waugh, S. M. & Weimerskirch, H. & Dias, M. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The identification of geographic areas where the densities of animals are highest across their annual cycles is a crucial step in conservation plannin...

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A model for the spatial dynamics of linyphiid spiders in farmland.

Published online: 25 Sep 1996

Authors: Halley, J. M. & Thomas, C. F. G. & Jepson, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Linyphiid spiders are important predators of pests in agricultural ecosystems. Their ability to disperse aeronautically is a pre-adaptation to ephemer...

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Bayesian state-space model of fin whale abundance trends from a 1991-2008 time series of line-transect surveys in the California Current.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Moore, J. E. & Barlow, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Estimating temporal trends in animal abundance is central to ecology and conservation, but obtaining useful trend estimates is challenging when animal...

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A systems analysis approach to brown planthopper control on rice in Zhejiang Province, China. I. Simulation of outbreaks.

Published online: 09 Feb 1991

Authors: Cheng, J. A. & Holt, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simulation model of the population dynamics of the delphacid Nilaparvata lugens on rice in Zhejiang Province, China, was constructed using field pop...

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