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Plant species composition and key-species abundance drive ecosystem multifunctionality.

Published online: 27 Nov 2024

Authors: Li XinShuai & Chen YouChao & Liu Feng & Cheng XiaoLi & Zhang QuanFa & Zhang KeRong

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Global biodiversity loss has generated great interest in the role of plant communities in driving ecosystem functions. There is limited understanding ...

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A structured approach for building multi-community state and transition models to support conservation planning.

Published online: 27 Nov 2024

Authors: Good, M. K. & Rumpff, L. & Fraser, H. & Gould, E. & Jones, C. S. & Prober, S. M. & Bourne, M. & Butt, N. & Byrne, M. & Duncan, D. H. & Gorrod, E. & Gosper, C. R. & Jordan, R. & McIntyre, S. & Moore, J. L. & Nerenberg, S. & Pulsford, S. & Richards, A. E. & Rogers, D. J. & Sinclair, S. & Standish, R. J. & Tulloch, A. & Travers, S. K. & Vranjic, J. & White, M. & Wilson, J. & Begley, J. & Wright, J. & Yates, C. & Vesk, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Global declines in ecosystem extent and condition mean there is an increasing demand for recovery and conservation plans. Conservation plans for ecolo...

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Linking agricultural diversification practices, soil arthropod communities and soil health.

Published online: 12 Jan 2024

Authors: Elmquist, D. C. & Kahl, K. B. & Johnson-Maynard, J. L. & Eigenbrode, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil arthropods comprise a substantial portion of soil biodiversity and regulate processes in the soil ecosystem. Despite this, cropping system divers...

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Rapid response of macroinvertebrates to drainage management of shallow connected lakes.

Published online: 03 May 2006

Authors: Meutter, F. van de & Stoks, R. & Meester, L. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shallow lakes throughout the world are subject to drainage, either for fish harvesting or lake restoration. Lake drainage of fish lakes is known to im...

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Sustainable protected areas: synergies between biodiversity conservation and socioeconomic development.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Gatiso, T. T. & Kulik, L. & Bachmann, M. & Bonn, A. & Bösch, L. & Freytag, A. & Heurich, M. & Wesche, K. & Winter, M. & Ordaz-Németh, I. & Sop, T. & Kühl, H. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Reconciling conservation and socioeconomic development goals is key to sustainability but remains a source of fierce debate. Protected areas (PAs) are...

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First-year development of plant communities originating from forest topsoils placed on southern Appalachian minesoils.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Farmer, R. E., Jr. & Cunningham, M. & Barnhill, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In microplots, forest topsoils from mixed deciduous stands in the Cumberland Mountains of eastern Tennessee were spread over surface minesoils from th...

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The relative importance of green infrastructure as refuge habitat for pollinators increases with local land-use intensity.

Published online: 06 Dec 2020

Authors: Li PengYao & Kleijn, D. & Badenhausser, I. & Zaragoza-Trello, C. & Gross, N. & Raemakers, I. & Scheper, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural expansion and intensification have resulted in strong declines in farmland biodiversity across Europe. In many intensively farmed landsca...

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The effects of fragmentation on fluctuating asymmetry in passerine birds of Brazilian tropical forests.

Published online: 29 Oct 2001

Authors: Anciães, M. & Marini, M. Â.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) refers to the difference between the right and left sides in characters that should otherwise be bilaterally symmetrical, b...

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Beyond enforcement: engaging communities in tackling wildlife crime.

Published online: 08 Jul 2015

Authors: Roe, D. & Cooney, R. & Dublin, H. & Challender, D. & Biggs, D. & Skinner, D. & Abensperg-Traun, M. & Ahlers, N. & Melisch, R. & Murphree, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Alarming rises in illegal wildlife trade over the last decade show that tougher law enforcement is not enough to stop poachers from devastating popula...

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Woody plant encroachment and the ecology of vector-borne diseases.

Published online: 12 Feb 2022

Authors: Loss, S. R. & Noden, B. H. & Fuhlendorf, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) impact human and animal health globally, and their ecology and transmission are affected by human-caused ecosystem and bi...

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