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Seed size predicts community composition and carbon storage potential of tree communities in rain forest fragments in India's Western Ghats.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Osuri, A. M. & Mahesh Sankaran

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fragmentation is ubiquitous across tropical forests and drives marked shifts in tree community composition by differentially affecting species' disper...

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Nectar accessibility determines fitness, flower choice and abundance of hoverflies that provide natural pest control.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Rijn, P. C. J. van & Wäckers, F. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In modern agricultural landscapes, many organisms providing ecosystem services such as pollination and natural pest control are likely constrained by ...

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Provenance variation of ecologically important traits of forest trees: implications for restoration.

Published online: 18 Jul 2007

Authors: O'Brien, E. K. & Mazanec, R. A. & Krauss, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The source of seed or plant material can have profound implications for the success of restoration efforts because most species exhibit adaptive genet...

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Control of parasite burdens in wild red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus through the indirect application of anthelmintics.

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Newborn, D. & Foster, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus populations in Britain exhibit cyclic fluctuations in abundance with periodic population crashes. Substantial evid...

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External conditions drive optimal planting configurations for salt marsh restoration.

Published online: 27 Jul 2020

Authors: Duggan-Edwards, M. F. & Pagès, J. F. & Jenkins, S. R. & Bouma, T. J. & Skov, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Coastal salt marshes are threatened by erosion from storminess and sea level rise, with resulting losses in flood protection, wildlife and recreationa...

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Soil ammonium accumulation after sod cutting hampers the restoration of degraded wet heathlands.

Published online: 05 Nov 2003

Authors: Dorland, E. & Bobbink, R. & Messelink, J. H. & Verhoeven, J. T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of formerly species-rich wet heaths and matgrass swards has not always been successful. The constraints on this restoration process are no...

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Slowing down a pine invasion despite uncertainty in demography and dispersal.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Buckley, Y. M. & Brockerhoff, E. & Langer, L. & Ledgard, N. & North, H. & Rees, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management decisions regarding invasive plants often have to be made quickly and in the face of fragmentary knowledge of their population dynamics. Ho...

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Demographic vital rates determine the performance advantage of crop-wild hybrids in lettuce.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Hooftman, D. A. P. & Oostermeijer, J. G. B. & Jacobs, M. M. J. & Nijs, H. C. M. den

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hybridization seems possible for many crop species after pollen transfer from crops to wild relatives in the surrounding vegetation. Subsequent introg...

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Predator control may not increase ungulate populations in the future: a formal meta-analysis.

Published online: 17 Aug 2021

Authors: Clark, T. J. & Hebblewhite, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human-dominated landscapes are being recolonized by large carnivores, thereby increasing conflicts worldwide via predation of livestock and harvested ...

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Linking agri-environment scheme habitat area, predation and the abundance of chick invertebrate prey to the nesting success of a declining farmland bird.

Published online: 28 Aug 2022

Authors: McHugh, N. M. & White, P. J. C. & Moreby, S. & Szczur, J. & Stoate, C. & Leather, S. R. & Holland, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Across Europe, farmland bird populations have continued to decline since the 1970s owing to the intensification of farming practices. Studies of su...

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