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Increased clonal growth in heavily harvested ecosystems failed to rescue ayahuasca lianas from decline in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.

Published online: 19 Feb 2024

Authors: Coe, M. A. & Gaoue, O. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing harvest and overexploitation of wild plants for non-timber forest products can significantly affect population dynamics of harvested popula...

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Forest change on a steep mountain gradient after extended fire exclusion: San Francisco Peaks, Arizona, USA.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Cocke, A. E. & Fulé, P. Z. & Crouse, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

More than a century of forest management, including fire exclusion, livestock grazing and tree harvesting, may have affected forest structure and comp...

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Wildlife roadkill and COVID-19: a biologically significant, but heterogeneous, reduction.

Published online: 04 Aug 2022

Authors: Pokorny, B. & Cerri, J. & Bužan, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Collisions with vehicles are a major cause of wildlife mortality. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries enforced lockdowns that reduced vehicul...

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Local biodiversity erosion in south Brazilian grasslands under moderate levels of landscape habitat loss.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Staude, I. R. & Vélez-Martin, E. & Andrade, B. O. & Podgaiski, L. R. & Boldrini, I. I. & Mendonça Júnior, M. & Pillar, V. D. & Overbeck, G. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat loss is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, exerting negative effects on the ecological viability of natural vegetation remnants. The...

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Native woody species depend on the soil microbiome to establish on burned soils, while non-native do not.

Published online: 22 Jan 2025

Authors: Escobedo, V. M. & Acuña-Rodríguez, I. S. & García, L. Y. & Torres-Díaz, C. & Atala, C. & Suazo, M. J. & Gómez-González, S. & Newsham, K. K. & Molina-Montenegro, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildfires are important natural disturbances with profound ecological impacts. However, our understanding of how to restore plant-soil microbiome inte...

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The ecological implications of rubber-based agroforestry: insect conservation and invasion control.

Published online: 21 Nov 2020

Authors: Lee Ho [Lee, H. R.] & Wang, C. L. W. & Guénard, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Protected areas are increasingly threatened by biological invasions, especially in tropical Asia where extensive areas of natural habitats have been c...

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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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Prioritizing landscapes for restoration based on spatial patterns of ecosystem controls and plant-plant interactions.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Barbosa, J. M. & Asner, G. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The widespread degradation of natural ecosystems requires cost-efficient restoration techniques that minimize risk and consider context-specific resto...

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A three decade assessment of climate-associated changes in forest composition across the north-eastern USA.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Bose, A. K. & Weiskittel, A. & Wagner, R. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate-associated changes in forest composition have been widely reported, particularly where changes in abiotic conditions have resulted in high mor...

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Using dark diversity and plant characteristics to guide conservation and restoration.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Moeslund, J. E. & Brunbjerg, A. K. & Clausen, K. K. & Dalby, L. & Fløjgaard, C. & Juel, A. & Lenoir, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dark diversity is a promising concept for prioritising management efforts as it focuses on species that are present in the regional pool, but locally ...

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