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Managing interacting disturbances: lessons from a case study in Australian forests.

Published online: 27 Nov 2020

Authors: Lindenmayer, D. B. & Foster, C. N. & Westgate, M. J. & Scheele, B. C. & Blanchard, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystems are shaped by a range of drivers including human and natural disturbances. They also may be subject to interactions between disturbances wh...

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Can multi-species shark longline fisheries be managed sustainably using size limits? Theoretically, yes. Realistically, no.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Smart, J. J. & White, W. T. & Baje, L. & Chin, A. & D'Alberto, B. M. & Grant, M. I. & Mukherji, S. & Simpfendorfer, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Size limits are a common fisheries management strategy that are applied to many fisheries and species. Most size limits use a minimum legal size to pr...

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The effect of rainfall on the survivorship and establishment of a biocontrol agent.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Norris, R. J. & Memmott, J. & Lovell, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The weather is believed to affect the establishment of insect biological control agents in the field, in particular heavy rainfall immediately after r...

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The effects of wildfire on ground-active spiders in deciduous forests on the Swiss southern slope of the Alps.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Moretti, M. & Conedera, M. & Duelli, P. & Edwards, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The influence of fire upon biodiversity has been investigated in many ecosystems under a wide range of environmental conditions. However, there is no ...

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Disturbance, resource pulses and invasion: short-term shifts in competitive effects, not growth responses, favour exotic annuals.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Besaw, L. M. & Thelen, G. C. & Sutherland, S. & Metlen, K. & Callaway, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increased resource availability and resource pulses often promote invasion by exotic invasive plants, but the relative importance of increased resourc...

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Competition in an invaded rodent community reveals black rats as a threat to native bush rats in littoral rainforest of south-eastern Australia.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Stokes, V. L. & Banks, P. B. & Pech, R. P. & Spratt, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Interspecific competition is a recognized but under-studied mechanism by which invasive species affect native fauna. We experimentally reduced populat...

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Island characteristics and samplingmethodologies influence the use of stable isotopes as an ecosystem function assessment tool.

Published online: 06 Oct 2021

Authors: Pascoe, P. & Shaw, J. & Trebilco, R. & Kong, S. & Jones, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Monitoring seabird-derived nutrients on islands following invasive mammal eradications may provide a useful, cost- and time-efficient indication of th...

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Habitat preferences and survival in wildlife reintroductions: an ecological trap in reintroduced grey partridges.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Rantanen, E. M. & Buner, F. & Riordan, P. & Sotherton, N. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildlife reintroductions can help to restore populations and save species from extinction. However, success rates of reintroductions are low due to in...

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Life-history studies of the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei, Scolytidae) on coffee trees in southern Mexico.

Published online: 24 Mar 1995

Authors: Baker, P. S. & Barrera, J. F. & Rivas, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A series of experiments involving artificial infestation of coffee trees with Hypothenemus hampei was carried out in Chiapas, Mexico. Attacked berries...

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Farmstead modernization adversely affects farmland birds.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Šálek, M. & Mayer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmland biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate and various conservation measures have been implemented to reverse this negative trend. Farmste...

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