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Community disassembly and invasion of remnant native grasslands under fluctuating resource supply.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Tognetti, P. M. & Chaneton, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Native vegetation fragments embedded in anthropogenic landscapes are increasingly threatened by land-use intensification. Managing disturbance regimes...

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Predicting the spread of an invasive tree pest: the pine wood nematode in Southern Europe.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Fuente, B. de la & Saura, S. & Beck, P. S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive tree pests are increasingly threatening forest ecosystems. Understanding and controlling their spread presents a major challenge for managers...

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Development of a risk assessment tool to assess the significance of septic tanks around freshwater SSSIs: Phase 1 - Understanding better the retention of phosphorus in the drainage field.

Published online: 02 Feb 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: May, L. & Withers, P. J. & Stratford, C. & Bowes, M. & Robinson, D. & Gozzard, E.

Content type: Reports

This project was undertaken to investigate some of the processes to protect SSSIs and provide information to underpin the development a 'family' of bu...

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Rotational grazing with cattle-free zones supports the coexistence of cattle and wild herbivores in African rangelands.

Published online: 19 Feb 2024

Authors: Herrik, A. L. & Mogensen, N. & Svenning, J. C. & Buitenwerf, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

African wildlife populations are declining at an alarming rate. To stop further population declines and restore ecosystems, more areas for wildlife ar...

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Impact of China's Grain for Green Project on the landscape of vulnerable arid and semi-arid agricultural regions: a case study in northern Shaanxi Province.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Cao ShiXiong & Chen Li & Yu XinXiao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

China's Grain for Green Project is a rapid landscape-scale shift in ground cover and land use with significant implications for biodiversity. From 199...

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Selecting among land sparing, sharing and Triad in a temperate rainforest depends on biodiversity and timber production targets.

Published online: 24 Aug 2023

Authors: Harris, S. H. & Betts, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As demand for wood products increases in step with global population growth, balancing the potentially competing values of biodiversity conservation, ...

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A study of the ecology of Acacia mellifera, A. seyal, and Balanites aegyptiaca in relation to land clearing.

Published online: 26 Feb 1966

Authors: Adams, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land clearing for irrigated agriculture in the Sudan clay plains is urgently needed because the Roseires Dam is to be completed in 1967. Two different...

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Contrasting long-term effects of transient anthropogenic edges and forest fragment size on generalist and specialist deadwood-dwelling fungi.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Ruete, A. & Snäll, T. & Jonsson, B. G. & Jönsson, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forests are becoming increasingly fragmented world-wide, creating forest patches with reduced area and greater exposure to human land uses along fragm...

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Quantifying human activity intensity in the Qinling-Daba Mountains.

Published online: 07 Nov 2024

Authors: Xie WenQi & Yao YongHui

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Human activities profoundly impact the Earth system such as climate change, biodiversity, disease transmission. Accurately acquiring and assessing the...

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Testing a non-equilibrium model of rangeland vegetation dynamics in Mongolia.

Published online: 26 Jan 2000

Authors: Fernandez-Gimenez, M. E. & Allen-Diaz, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The extent to which the non-equilibrium persistent (NEP) model of rangeland vegetation dynamics applies to three distinct Mongolian rangeland ecosyste...

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