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Evaluating the ability of wetland mitigation banks to replace plant species lost from destroyed wetlands.

Published online: 01 Dec 2023

Authors: Tillman, S. C. & Matthews, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Offset policies are used world-wide as a means to compensate for destruction of ecosystems by requiring developers to restore or preserve ecosystems e...

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Urban park soundscapes: spatial and social factors influencing bird and traffic sound experiences.

Published online: 05 Jan 2023

Authors: Uebel, K. & Rhodes, J. R. & Wilson, K. & Dean, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Natural soundscapes experienced in parks are increasingly recognised as a valuable ecosystem service, yet urban parks soundscapes also commonly contai...

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Can oil palm plantations be made more hospitable for forest butterflies and birds?

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Koh, L. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rising global demand for palm oil is likely to exacerbate deforestation rates in oil palm-producing countries. This will lead to a net reduction in bi...

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Accounting for population variation improves estimates of the impact of climate change on species' growth and distribution.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: O'Neill, G. A. & Hamann, A. & Wang TongLi

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large differences exist in the predictions of plant responses to climate change among models that consider population variation and those that do not....

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Predicting the impact of an invasive seaweed on the fitness of native fauna.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Wright, J. T. & Gribben, P. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the impacts of invasive species on natural ecosystems is an important component of developing management strategies. Habitat-forming inv...

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The pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis: a test with savanna termite assemblages.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Davies, A. B. & Eggleton, P. & Rensburg, B. J. van & Parr, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire is an important disturbance in African savannas where it is generally assumed that high levels of pyrodiversity (variation in aspects of the fire...

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Effect of undercutting and wrenching on growth of Pinus radiata D. Don seedlings.

Published online: 05 Nov 1971

Authors: Rook, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

cf. FA 31 No. 601.] Seedlings of P. radiata, from autumn sowings at Rotorua, New Zealand, were undercut in Dec. and then wrenched weekly (W/1), fortni...

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Bioindication using trap-nesting bees and wasps and their natural enemies: community structure and interactions.

Published online: 17 Mar 1999

Authors: Tscharntke, T. & Gathmann, A. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Results from four field studies conducted in Germany showed that communities of trap-nesting bees and wasps (Vespidae) and their natural enemies are p...

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Comparing the precision and cost-effectiveness of faecal pellet group count methods.

Published online: 19 Jan 2005

Authors: Campbell, D. & Swanson, G. M. & Sales, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Faecal pellet group (FPG) count data are widely used to estimate animal abundance, with two alternative methods normally employed. Faecal accumulation...

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Valuable habitat and low deforestation can reduce biodiversity gains from development rights markets.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Helmstedt, K. J. & Potts, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Illegal private land deforestation threatens global biodiversity, even in areas with native habitat requirements stipulated by law. Compliance can be ...

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