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Understanding the effects of a new grazing policy: the impact of seasonal grazing on shrub demography in the Inner Mongolian steppe.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Li ShouLi & Yu FeiHai & Werger, M. J. A. & Dong Ming & Ramula, S. & Zuidema, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grazing by livestock is a common land use in arid and semi-arid areas. Developing sustainable grazing regimes that conserve vegetation and maintain pr...

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Soil drainage facilitates earthworm invasion and subsequent carbon loss from peatland soil.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Wu XinWei & Cao Rui & Wei Xue & Xi XinQiang & Shi PeiLi & Eisenhauer, N. & Sun ShuCun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human activities have been a significant driver of environmental changes with tremendous consequences for carbon (C) dynamics. Peatlands are critical ...

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Population dynamics of an invasive forest insect and associated natural enemies in the aftermath of invasion: implications for biological control.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Duan, J. J. & Bauer, L. S. & Abell, K. J. & Ulyshen, M. D. & Driesche, R. G. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the population dynamics of exotic pests and associated natural enemies is important in developing sound management strategies in invaded...

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What do matrix population models reveal about the sustainability of non-timber forest product harvest?

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Schmidt, I. B. & Mandle, L. & Ticktin, T. & Gaoue, O. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding how management activities impact plant population dynamics is necessary to conserve at-risk species, control invasive species and sustai...

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Towards a population ecology of stressed environments: the effects of zinc on the springtail Folsomia candida.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Noël, H. L. & Hopkin, S. P. & Hutchinson, T. H. & Williams, T. D. & Sibly, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To understand population dynamics in stressed environments it is necessary to join together two classical lines of research. Population responses to e...

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Population dynamics and larval establishment of Sitona discoideus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand lucerne.

Published online: 08 Jun 1988

Authors: Goldson, S. L. & Frampton, E. R. & Proffitt, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population data on Sitona discoideus collected from young lucerne in Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1982-86 were analysed using life tables. Manipulated ...

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Population dynamics of cabbage root fly in Canada and England.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Benson, J. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Life tables for populations of Hylemya (Erioischia) brassicae (Bch.) on cabbage crops in Canada [cf. RAE/A 60, 538] and England [50, p. 286] are analy...

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Simple estimation of instrinsic increase rates for aphids and tetranychid mites.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Wyatt, I. J. & White, P. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A simplified method for the estimation of the intrinsic rate of natural increase (rm) of aphids is proposed. Having determined the prereproductive tim...

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The control of Pieris rapae with DDT. I. The natural mortality of the young stages of Pieris.

Published online: 02 Jul 1969

Authors: Dempster, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based largely on the authors summary. This paper is the first of a series describing observations on a population of Pieris rapae (L....

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Environmentally dependent host-pathogen and vector-pathogen interactions in the Barley yellow dwarf virus pathosystem.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Davis, T. S. & Bosque-Pérez, N. A. & Foote, N. E. & Magney, T. & Eigenbrode, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding environmentally dependent variation in interspecific interactions is needed for evaluating how agroecosystems respond to abiotic stresso...

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