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Marine Restoration Potential MaRePo.

Published online: 19 Oct 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Johnson, C. L. E. & Axelsson, M. & Brown, L. & Carrigan, K. H. O. & Cordingley, A. & Elliot, A. L. & Downie, A. & Gannon, L. & Green, B. C. & Jones, J. & Marsh, M. K. & McNie, F. & Mills, S. R. A. & Wallace, N. M. & Woods, H. J.

Content type: Reports

This report focuses on the Marine Restoration Potential (MaRePo) project, which serves as a proof-of-concept study investigating the habitat restorati...

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Genetic variation on the rocks - the impact of climbing on the population ecology of a typical cliff plant.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Vogler, F. & Reisch, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rock climbing enjoys enormous popularity world-wide. As a consequence, the anthropogenic pressure on the vegetation of formerly undisturbed cliff ecos...

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Upgrades of coastal protective infrastructure affect benthic communities.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Mamo, L. T. & Porter, A. G. & Tagliafico, A. & Coleman, M. A. & Smith, S. D. A. & Figueira, W. F. & Kelaher, B. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sea-level rise, storm surges, ageing and wear are forcing upgrades to breakwaters and sea walls to protect coastal areas from erosion and inundation. ...

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Some species play a key cultural role in our lives - could that be used to protect nature and benefit local people?

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Freitas, C. T. & Lopes, P. F. M. & Campos-Silva, J. V. & Noble, M. M. & Dyball, R. & Peres, C. A.

Content type: Blog

This paper focuses on the importance of some culturally important species (CIS), which should be regarded as a highly relevant aspect of conservation ...

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Assessing impact risk to tropical marine ecosystems from human activities with a Southeast Asian example.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: Culhane, F. & Austen, M. C. & Ashley, M. & Javier, J. & Sui Hyang Kuit & Nguyen Phuc Hung & Hau Duc Tran & Praptiwi, R. A. & Sainal, S. & Justine, E. & Wulandari, P. & Broszeit, S. & Jontila, J. B. & Johari, S. & Creencia, L. & Then, A. Y. H. & Gajardo, L. J. & Maharja, C. & Goh HongChing & Wan Mohd Syazwan & Yang Amri Affendi & Le Ngoc Thao & Sugardjito, J. & Mullier, T. & Langmead, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Society relies on intact marine ecosystems for ecosystem services such as nutrition, livelihoods, health and well-being. Yet, to obtain these benefits...

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Densities of mammals in partially protected areas: the Katavi ecosystem of western Tanzania.

Published online: 17 Jul 1999

Authors: Caro, T. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large and medium-sized mammal densities in 3 different sorts of partially protected area were compared with mammal densities in the adjacent Katavi Na...

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Communities in infrastructure habitats are species rich but only partly support species associated with semi-natural grasslands.

Published online: 12 Nov 2023

Authors: Dániel-Ferreira, J. & Fourcade, Y. & Bommarco, R. & Wissman, J. & Öckinger, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity linked to traditionally managed semi-natural grasslands is declining, despite conservation efforts. At the same time, the area of novel g...

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Landscape-level vegetation recovery from herbivory: progress after four decades of invasive red deer control.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Tanentzap, A. J. & Burrows, L. E. & Lee, W. G. & Nugent, G. & Maxwell, J. M. & Coomes, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ungulates have reached such high densities in some natural ecosystems that culling is frequently used to reduce their impacts on vegetation. However, ...

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Assessing habitat quality for conservation using an integrated occurrence-mortality model.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Falcucci, A. & Ciucci, P. & Maiorano, L. & Gentile, L. & Boitani, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat suitability models are usually produced using species presence or habitat selection, without taking into account the demographic performance o...

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Evidence that dingoes limit abundance of a mesopredator in eastern Australian forests.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Johnson, C. N. & VanDerwal, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Aggressive behaviour of top predators may have strong effects on the distribution and abundance of mesopredator species. Such interactions between pre...

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