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Urban wildflower meadow planting for biodiversity, climate and society: an evaluation at King's College, Cambridge.

Published online: 30 Sep 2023

Authors: Marshall, C. A. M. & Wilkinson, M. T. & Hadfield, P. M. & Rogers, S. M. & Shanklin, J. D. & Eversham, B. C. & Healey, R. & Kranse, O. P. & Preston, C. D. & Coghill, S. J. & McGonigle, K. L. & Moggridge, G. D. & Pilbeam, P. G. & Marza, A. C. & Szigecsan, D. & Mitchell, J. & Hicks, M. A. & Wallis, S. M. & Xu ZhiFan & Toccaceli, F. & McLennan, C. M. & Akker, S. E. van den

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The biodiversity and climate crises are critical challenges of this century. Wildflower meadows in urban areas could provide important nature-based so...

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A study of succession on lowland heaths in Dorset, southern England: changes in vegetation and soil chemical properties.

Published online: 22 Apr 1998

Authors: Mitchell, R. J. & Marrs, R. H. & Duc, M. G. le & Auld, M. H. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lowland heaths are high-profile ecosystems for conservation action in The UK, but they are under threat from invasion by Betula spp., Pinus sylvestris...

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Analysing shrub encroachment in the southern Kalahari: a grid-based modelling approach.

Published online: 22 Apr 1998

Authors: Jeltsch, F. & Milton, S. J. & Dean, W. R. J. & Rooyen, N. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shrub encroachment is reducing the carrying capacity of arid grasslands in southern Africa for cattle. Although shrub-encroachment is known to occur a...

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Silvicultural regime shapes understory functional structure in European forests.

Published online: 08 Dec 2024

Authors: Chianucci, F. & Napoleone, F. & Ricotta, C. & Ferrara, C. & Fusaro, L. & Balducci, L. & Trentanovi, G. & Bradley, O. & Kovacs, B. & Mina, M. & Cerabolini, B. E. L. & Vandekerkhove, K. & Smedt, P. de & Lens, L. & Hertzog, L. & Verheyen, K. & Hofmeister, J. & Hošek, J. & Matula, R. & Doerfler, I. & Müller, J. & Weisser, W. W. & Helback, J. & Schall, P. & Fischer, M. & Heilmann-Clausen, J. & Riis-Hansen, R. & Goldberg, I. & Aude, E. & Kepfer-Rojas, S. & Schmidt, I. K. & Nielsen, T. R. & Mårell, A. & Dumas, Y. & Janssen, P. & Paillet, Y. & Archaux, F. & Xystrakis, F. & Tinya, F. & Ódor, P. & Aszalós, R. & Bölöni, J. & Cutini, A. & Bagella, S. & Sitzia, T. & Brazaitis, G. & Marozas, V. & Ujházyová, M. & Ujházy, K. & Máliš, F. & Nordén, B. & Burrascano, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managing forests to sustain their diversity and functioning is a major challenge in a changing world. Despite the key role of understory vegetation in...

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Landscape connectivity for African elephants in the world's largest transfrontier conservation area: a collaborative, multi-scalar assessment.

Published online: 07 Dec 2024

Authors: Naidoo, R. & Beytell, P. & Brennan, A. & Carter, J. & Carter, K. D. & Chamaillé-Jammes, S. & Chilambe, B. & Hoare, R. & Iiyambo, N. & Jooste, D. & Karidozo, M. & Kilian, J. W. & Madhlamoto, D. & Madiri, T. H. & McCulloch, G. & Monks, N. & Mudimba, I. & Ngwenya, N. & Nyambe, N. & Osborn, L. & Pelham, M. & Phologo, L. & Reid, R. & Savituma, M. & Schutgens, M. & Simpamba, T. & Slabbert, S. & Stronza, A. & Taylor, R. & Tshipa, A. & Songhurst, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landscape connectivity operates at a variety of scales, depending on the geography of the area in question and the focal species or ecological process...

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Estimating the effects of smolt size and migration timing on salmon marine survival using a multivariate mixed-effect model.

Published online: 21 Nov 2024

Authors: Bond, M. H. & Chasco, B. & Zabel, R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When the conditions encountered by a migratory species are highly variable, the timing of migration and migrant condition are critical to survival. Sp...

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Thin lines between native and invasive aquatic plants are common, posing challenges for response efforts.

Published online: 26 Nov 2024

Authors: Larkin, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lines separating native and invasive plant species can be thin due to close relatedness, obscured by cryptic invasions, or breached by hybridization. ...

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Regional variation in habitat-occupancy thresholds: a warning for conservation planning.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Rhodes, J. R. & Callaghan, J. G. & McAlpine, C. A. & Jong, C. de & Bowen, M. E. & Mitchell, D. L. & Lunney, D. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An important target for conservation planning is the minimum amount of habitat needed in a landscape to ensure the persistence of a species. Appropria...

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Modelling the effects of fertility control on koala-forest dynamics.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Todd, C. R. & Forsyth, D. M. & Choquenot, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Koala Phascolarctos cinereus populations sometimes exhibit eruptive dynamics, increasing to peak abundance and then crashing to low abundance. This dy...

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Modelling the habitat requirements of leopard Panthera pardus in west and central Asia.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Gavashelishvili, A. & Lukarevskiy, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Top predators are seen as keystone species of ecosystems. Knowledge of their habitat requirements is important for their conservation and the stabilit...

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