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 3,698 results

Changes in population biology of two succulent shrubs along a grazing gradient.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Riginos, C. & Hoffman, M. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Heavy livestock grazing in Namaqualand, South Africa, is threatening the region's unique diversity of succulent shrubs. This is especially true in the...

Read more

Understanding the biodiversity consequences of habitat change: the value of secondary and plantation forests for neotropical dung beetles.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Gardner, T. A. & Hernández, M. I. M. & Barlow, J. & Peres, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Secondary and plantation forests are becoming increasingly widespread in the tropics. A recent meta-analysis on the impacts of land-use change on trop...

Read more

Proactive limber pine conservation strategy for the Greater Rocky Mountain National Park Area.

Published online: 31 Jul 2019

Authors: Schoettle, A. W. & Burns, K. S. & Cleaver, C. M. & Connor, J. J.

Content type: Bulletin

This proactive conservation strategy addresses the unique situation of limber pine in the Greater Rocky Mountain National Park Area (GRMNPA). The targ...

Read more

Biomass and nutrient dynamics in a C4 semi-arid Australian grassland community.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Christie, E. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The seasonal pattern of above-ground live biomass production of a C4 Mitchell (Astrebla spp.) grassland community in subtropical, semi-arid Queensland...

Read more

Added soil nitrogen does not allow Rumex obtusifolius to escape the effects of insect-fungus interactions.

Published online: 18 Jun 1997

Authors: Hatcher, P. E. & Paul, N. D. & Ayres, P. G. & Whittaker, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The rust fungus Uromyces rumicis and the chrysomelid beetle Gastrophysa viridula have been considered as biocontrol agents against Rumex obtusifolius....

Read more

Responses of the willow beetle Phratora vulgatissima to genetically and spatially diverse Salix spp. plantations.

Published online: 22 Jan 2001

Authors: Peacock, L. & Herrick, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Phratora vulgatissima is the most serious pest of willow grown as short-rotation coppice in Britain. The effects of genetically diverse plantations of...

Read more

The effect of the pesticide carbofuran on soil organisms and root and shoot production in shortgrass prairie.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Stanton, N. L. & Allen, M. & Campion, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To test the hypothesis that ectoparasitic phytophagous nematodes are a major consumer of primary production in arid grasslands, carbofuran was applied...

Read more

The influence of thermal ecology on the distribution of three nymphalid butterflies.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Bryant, S. R. & Thomas, C. D. & Bale, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies have shown that many adult and immature insects are able to maintain body temperature well above, and often independently of, ambient temperat...

Read more

The verification and application of bioindicators: a case study of dung beetles in a savanna ecosystem.

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: McGeoch, M. A. & Rensburg, B. J. van & Botes, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bioindicators of habitat quality and environmental change must be identified quantitatively and tested independently to confirm their usefulness. We u...

Read more

On the loss of saltmarshes in south-east England and methods for their restoration.

Published online: 14 Jul 2004

Authors: Hughes, R. G. & Paramor, O. A. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The saltmarshes of south-east England have been eroding rapidly for about the last 50 years, at a continuing rate of about 40 ha year-1, with deleteri...

Read more