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The state of the world's biodiversity for food and agriculture.

Published online: 19 Jun 2019

Authors: Bélanger, J. & Pilling, D.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This report presents the first global assessment of biodiversity for food and agriculture (BFA). It complements other global assessments prepared unde...

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Editor's choice: review: trait matching of flower visitors and crops predicts fruit set better than trait diversity.

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Garibaldi, L. A. & Bartomeus, I. & Bommarco, R. & Klein, A. M. & Cunningham, S. A. & Aizen, M. A. & Boreux, V. & Garratt, M. P. D. & Carvalheiro, L. G. & Kremen, C. & Morales, C. L. & Schüepp, C. & Chacoff, N. P. & Freitas, B. M. & Gagic, V. & Holzschuh, A. & Klatt, B. K. & Krewenka, K. M. & Krishnan, S. & Mayfield, M. M. & Motzke, I. & Otieno, M. & Petersen, J. & Potts, S. G. & Ricketts, T. H. & Rundlöf, M. (et al)

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the relationships between trait diversity, species diversity and ecosystem functioning is essential for sustainable management. For func...

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On the ground or in the air? : A methodological experiment on crop residue cover measurement in Ethiopia.

Published online: 19 Oct 2016

Authors: Kosmowski, F. & Stevenson, J. & Campbell, J. & Ambel, A. & Tsegay, A. H.

Content type: Bulletin

Maintaining permanent coverage of the soil using crop residues is an important and commonly recommended practice in conservation agriculture. Measurin...

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Reversing the effects of evolutionary prey naiveté through controlled predator exposure.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Ross, A. K. & Letnic, M. & Blumstein, D. T. & Moseby, K. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Inappropriate anti-predator responses (naiveté) towards introduced predators is a key factor contributing to the extinction and endangerment of prey s...

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Tree mortality response to drought-density interactions suggests opportunities to enhance drought resistance.

Published online: 29 Apr 2022

Authors: Bradford, J. B. & Shriver, R. K. & Robles, M. D. & McCauley, L. A. & Woolley, T. J. & Andrews, C. A. & Crimmins, M. & Bell, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The future of dry forests around the world is uncertain given predictions that rising temperatures and enhanced aridity will increase drought-induced ...

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Chronic anthropogenic disturbance drives the biological impoverishment of the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Ribeiro, E. M. S. & Arroyo-Rodríguez, V. & Santos, B. A. & Tabarelli, M. & Leal, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In addition to acute transformations of ecosystems caused by deforestation, old-growth forests world-wide are being increasingly altered by low-intens...

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Global knowledge-action networks at the frontlines of sustainability: insights from five decades of science for action in UNESCO's World Network of biosphere reserves.

Published online: 22 Oct 2023

Authors: Barraclough, A. D. & Reed, M. G. & Coetzer, K. & Price, M. F. & Schultz, L. & Moreira-Muñoz, A. & Måren, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Generating actionable knowledge to meet current sustainability challenges requires unprecedented collaboration across scales, geographies, cultures an...

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Taxon-specific responses to landscape-scale and long-term implementation of environmentally friendly rice farming.

Published online: 21 Dec 2023

Authors: Katayama, N. & Baba, Y. G. & Okubo, S. & Matsumoto, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rice feeds about half of the world's population. The intensification of rice farming has threatened biodiversity and ecosystem services, such as pest ...

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Investigating the impacts of field-realistic exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide on bumblebee foraging, homing ability and colony growth.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Stanley, D. A. & Russell, A. L. & Morrison, S. J. & Rogers, C. & Raine, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ability to forage and return home is essential to the success of bees as both foragers and pollinators. Pesticide exposure may cause behavioural c...

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Resource selection and landscape change reveal mechanisms suppressing population recovery for the world's most endangered antelope.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Ali, A. H. & Ford, A. T. & Evans, J. S. & Mallon, D. P. & Hayes, M. M. & King, J. & Amin, R. & Goheen, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding how bottom-up and top-down forces affect resource selection can inform restoration efforts. With a global population size of <500 ind...

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