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Using species abundance models as indicators of habitat disturbance in tropical forests.

Published online: 08 Oct 1998

Authors: Hill, J. K. & Hamer, K. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In temperate communities, species abundance distributions have been used to detect ecosystem disturbance: in undisturbed habitats, distributions are c...

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A functional diversity approach of crop sequences reveals that weed diversity and abundance show different responses to environmental variability.

Published online: 01 Sep 2020

Authors: Mahaut, L. & Gaba, S. & Fried, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Combining several crop species and associated agricultural practices in a crop sequence has the potential to control weed abundance while promoting we...

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A factor toxic to seedlings of the same species associated with living roots of the non-gregarious subtropical rain forest tree Grevillea robusta.

Published online: 05 Mar 1967

Authors: Webb, L. J. & Tracey, J. G. & Haydock, K. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Monocultures of Grevillea robusta, a non-gregarious species, grow poorly in South Queensland where the tree occurs naturally. In G. robusta plantation...

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Scotch broom (Sarothamnus scoparius (L) Wimmer) and its insect fauna introduced into the Pacific Northwest of America.

Published online: 05 Mar 1967

Authors: Waloff, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Since its introduction from Europe to the Pacific coast of North America, Scotch broom has spread and has become a weed. The main broom sites in Calif...

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Optimizing dispersal study design by Monte Carlo simulation.

Published online: 21 Sep 2005

Authors: Skarpaas, O. & Shea, K. & Bullock, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The distribution of dispersal distances (the dispersal kernel) is a major determinant of spatial population dynamics, yet little is known about the sh...

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FSC Tomorrow's Biodiversity monitoring and indicators of UK biodiversity change. A review for the FSC Tomorrow's Biodiversity project.

Published online: 07 Jul 2020

Published by: UK, Field Studies Council

Authors: Burkmar, R.

Content type: Reports

This report presents an overview of how biodiversity is monitored in the UK within certain limits: consideration of biodiversity is more or less limit...

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Biology of Poa annua in a temperate zone golf putting green (Agrostis stolonifera/Poa annua). I. The above-ground population.

Published online: 15 Aug 1989

Authors: Lush, W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seasonal changes in the above-ground population of a temperate zone golf green were studied for 2 years by destructive sampling (coring and sorting). ...

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Will agri-environment schemes deliver substantial biodiversity gain, and if not why not?

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Whittingham, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One of the main aims of agri-environment schemes (AES) is to increase biodiversity on farmland. Common conservation practice is to identify areas cont...

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Understorey removal effects on tree regeneration in temperate forests: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 04 Mar 2021

Authors: Lombaerde, E. de & Baeten, L. & Verheyen, K. & Perring, M. P. & Ma ShiYu & Landuyt, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The unwanted development of dense understorey vegetation composed of resource-acquisitive, tall plant species competing strongly with tree regeneratio...

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Lichen species to bioindicate air quality in Eastern United States from elemental composition: lessons from the midwest.

Published online: 02 Jan 2019

Authors: Will-Wolf, S. & Jovan, S. & Amacher, M. C.

Content type: Bulletin article

This study was conducted to evaluate the recommendations of Will-Wolf and others (in press) using data from other studies. The 1994-2005 distribution ...

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