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Making use of harvest information to examine alternative management scenarios: a body weight-structured model for wild boar.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Gamelon, M. & Gaillard, J. M. & Servanty, S. & Gimenez, O. & Toïgo, C. & Baubet, E. & Klein, F. & Lebreton, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Harvest models are often built to explore the sustainability of the dynamics of exploited populations and to help evaluate hunting management scenario...

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Generalized estimating equations and generalized linear mixed-effects models for modelling resource selection.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Koper, N. & Manseau, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Accurate resource selection functions (RSFs) are important for managing animal populations. Developing RSFs using data from GPS telemetry can be probl...

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Consideration of avoidance behaviour of northern gannet (Morus bassanus) in collision risk modelling for offshore wind farm impact assessments.

Published online: 19 Oct 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Pavat, D. & Harker, A. J. & Humphries, G. & Keogan, K. & Webb, A. & Macleod, K.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this project was to deliver an evidence-based method to ensure macro-avoidance behaviour is appropriately accounted for in collision risk m...

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A simulation model of the pattern of dispersal in urban fox (Vulpes vulpes) populations and its application for rabies control.

Published online: 12 Oct 1988

Authors: Trewhella, W. J. & Harris, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The reasons for choosing a stochastic spatial simulation model of urban fox dispersal are described, and the biological assumptions behind the constru...

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Incorporating expert opinion and fine-scale vegetation mapping into statistical models of faunal distribution.

Published online: 15 Aug 2001

Authors: Pearce, J. L. & Cherry, K. & Drielsma, M. & Ferrier, S. & Whish, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Abiotic environmental predictors and broad-scale vegetation have been used widely to model the regional distributions of faunal species within foreste...

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Aerial activity of linyphiid spiders: modelling dispersal distances from meteorology and behaviour.

Published online: 05 Nov 2003

Authors: Thomas, C. F. G. & Brain, P. & Jepson, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dispersal parameters are critical for modelling spatially dynamic populations yet remain among the most difficult to quantify. Linyphiid spider aerial...

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Modelling patterns of defoliation by grazing animals in rangelands.

Published online: 24 Jun 1994

Authors: Pickup, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Techniques and models for identifying the distribution of grazing by domestic animals in large (>100 km2) rangeland paddocks in arid central Austra...

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Deciding where to put them: sensitivity tests and independent evaluation are critical when using species distribution models to inform conservation translocations.

Published online: 15 Jul 2024

Authors: Finn, K. J. & Bergman, J. C. & Lee-Yaw, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation translocations are an important tool for combating species declines and population losses. Species distribution models (SDMs) can facilit...

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Hierarchical Bayes estimation of species richness and occupancy in spatially replicated surveys.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Kéry, M. & Royle, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species richness is the most widely used biodiversity metric, but cannot be observed directly as, typically, some species are overlooked. Imperfect de...

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How can computer models better help policymakers to solve problems in human-environment systems?

Published online: 19 Aug 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Will, M. & Dressler, G. & Kreuer, D. & Thulke, H. H. & Grêt-Regamey, A. & Müller, B.

Content type: Blog

This article investigates why the degree to which different models are used to support policy-making varies so much and synthesizes four key factors f...

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