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Limitations to sustainable frankincense production: blocked regeneration, high adult mortality and declining populations.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Groenendijk, P. & Eshete, A. & Sterck, F. J. & Zuidema, P. A. & Bongers, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resins are highly valued non-timber forest products (NTFP). One of the most widely traded resins is frankincense, tapped from several Boswellia tree s...

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Silviculture enhances the recovery of overexploited mahogany Swietenia macrophylla.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Verwer, C. & Peña-Claros, M. & Staak, D. van der & Ohlson-Kiehn, K. & Sterck, F. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Big leaf mahogany Swietenia macrophylla is the most valuable timber species in the tropics but its future as a commercial timber species is at risk. T...

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Effects of human shoreline development on littoral macroinvertebrates in lowland lakes.

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Brauns, M. & Garcia, X. F. & Walz, N. & Pusch, M. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The shores of many lakes have been substantially altered by human developments such as erosion control structures or recreational beaches. Such altera...

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Influence of deferred grazing on vegetation dynamics and livestock productivity in an Andean pastoral system.

Published online: 15 Sep 2004

Authors: Buttolph, L. P. & Coppock, D. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management recommendations intended to reduce rangeland degradation and increase livestock productivity often assume equilibrium conditions wherein ve...

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Can offsets really compensate for habitat removal? The case of the endangered red-tailed black-cockatoo.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Maron, M. & Dunn, P. K. & McAlpine, C. A. & Apan, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat offsets are increasingly used in attempts to avoid the impacts of permitted habitat removal on biodiversity, but their ability to achieve a ge...

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Bridging scenario planning and backcasting: a q-analysis of divergent stakeholder priorities for future landscapes.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Jiren, T. S. & Abson, D. J. & Schultner, J. & Riechers, M. & Fischer, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Many landscapes in sub-Saharan Africa have undergone rapid changes, often with negative social and ecological impacts. Avoiding (or reversing) such ne...

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Living with rodent pests: unifying stakeholder interests to prioritise pest management in rural Madagascar.

Published online: 11 Aug 2023

Authors: Scobie, K. & Lambin, X. & Telfer, S. & Rasahivelo, M. F. & Raheliarison, R. N. & Rajerison, M. & Young, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Rodent pests can have major social, economic, and environmental impacts. Their management, therefore, represents a complex socio-ecological problem in...

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Predictability of anthrax infection in the Serengeti, Tanzania.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Hampson, K. & Lembo, T. & Bessell, P. & Auty, H. & Packer, C. & Halliday, J. & Beesley, C. A. & Fyumagwa, R. & Hoare, R. & Ernest, E. & Mentzel, C. & Metzger, K. L. & Mlengeya, T. & Stamey, K. & Roberts, K. & Wilkins, P. P. & Cleaveland, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthrax is endemic throughout Africa, causing considerable livestock and wildlife losses and severe, sometimes fatal, infection in humans. Predicting ...

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Experimental extensification of mountain grasslands restores plant species richness but not species composition in the mid-term.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Humann-Guilleminot, S. & Boch, S. & León, G. M. de & Lessard-Therrien, M. & Hayoz-Andrey, A. & Serres-Hänni, A. & Humbert, J. Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The traditional grasslands that characterize the cultural landscapes of the Palaeartic mountain massifs represent biodiversity hotspots. Yet, they are...

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Plant communities can predict the distribution of solitarious desert locust Schistocerca gregaria.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Werf, W. van der & Woldewahid, G. & Huis, A. van & Butrous, M. & Sykora, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The desert locust is a migratory pest whose population development in remote areas must be monitored to prevent outbreaks, upsurges and plagues. Monit...

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