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Using habitat suitability and landscape connectivity in the spatial prioritization of public outreach and management during carnivore recolonization.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Boudreau, M. R. & Gantchoff, M. G. & Ramirez-Reyes, C. & Conlee, L. & Belant, J. L. & Iglay, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite continued global declines in large carnivore abundance and distribution, some species are recovering. In North America, these recoveries can o...

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Compensatory effects of recruitment and survival when amphibian populations are perturbed by disease.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Muths, E. & Scherer, R. D. & Pilliod, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The need to increase our understanding of factors that regulate animal population dynamics has been catalysed by recent, observed declines in wildlife...

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Towards smarter harvesting from natural palm populations by sparing the individuals that contribute most to population growth or productivity.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Jansen, M. & Anten, N. P. R. & Bongers, F. & Martínez-Ramos, M. & Zuidema, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Natural populations deliver a wide range of products that provide income for millions of people and need to be exploited sustainably. Large heterogene...

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Quantifying aphid predation: the mealy plum aphid Hyalopterus pruni in California as a case study.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Latham, D. R. & Mills, N. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Generalist insect predators provide an important ecosystem service in the regulation of agricultural pests. However, the role of predation in the dyna...

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Assessing the population impacts and cost-effectiveness of a conservation translocation.

Published online: 02 Oct 2021

Authors: Yackulic, C. B. & Haverbeke, D. R. van & Dzul, M. & Bair, L. & Young, K. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managers often move, or translocate, organisms into habitats that are assumed to be suitable; however, the consequences of these translocations are us...

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Facilitating grassland diversification using the hemiparasitic plant Rhinanthus minor.

Published online: 17 Nov 2004

Authors: Pywell, R. F. & Bullock, J. M. & Walker, K. J. & Coulson, S. J. & Gregory, S. J. & Stevenson, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species-rich grasslands are of high conservation value because of the diverse floral and faunal assemblages they support. Intensive agriculture has re...

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Population dynamics in wild boar Sus scrofa: ecology, elasticity of growth rate and implications for the management of pulsed resource consumers.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Bieber, C. & Ruf, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In terrestrial ecosystems many species show large population fluctuations caused by pulsed resources, such as mast seeding. A prime example of a mamma...

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Modelling detection probabilities to evaluate management and control tools for an invasive species.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Christy, M. T. & Adams, A. A. Y. & Rodda, G. H. & Savidge, J. A. & Tyrrell, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

For most ecologists, detection probability (p) is a nuisance variable that must be modelled to estimate the state variable of interest (i.e. survival,...

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Guidelines for large herbivore translocation simplified: black rhinoceros case study.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Linklater, W. L. & Adcock, K. & Preez, P. du & Swaisgood, R. R. & Law, P. R. & Knight, M. H. & Gedir, J. V. & Kerley, G. I. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most hypotheses for translocation success are elaborate, hierarchical, and untested combinations of socio-ecological predictors. Empirical support for...

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Shade-grown cacao supports a self-sustaining population of two-toed but not three-toed sloths.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Peery, M. Z. & Pauli, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The development of shade-grown agro-ecosystems has increasingly been identified as a strategy for conserving tropical biodiversity. While biodiversity...

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