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A population viability analysis modelling tool for seabird species.

Published online: 18 Jul 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Searle, K. & Mobbs, D. & Daunt, F. & Butler, A.

Content type: Reports

This report discusses a project which aims to develop a Population Viability Analysis (PVA) modelling framework, applicable to seabirds at a variety o...

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Suppression of weeds by spring wheat Triticum aestivum increases with crop density and spatial uniformity.

Published online: 17 Oct 2001

Authors: Weiner, J. & Griepentrog, H. W. & Kristensen, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent advances in our understanding of the advantage of initial size in competition among individual plants (size-asymmetric competition) suggest tha...

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A study of gene dispersal via pollen in Nicotiana tabacum using introduced genetic markers.

Published online: 02 May 1996

Authors: Paul, E. M. & Capiau, K. & Jacobs, M. & Dunwell, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agrobacterium tumefaciens was used to introduce two marker genes (kanamycin resistance and β-glucuronidase) into tobacco. These plants were grown in a...

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The effect of plant density on the response of Agrostemma githago to herbicide.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Humphry, R. W. & Mortimer, M. & Marrs, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The estimation of dose-response relationships is an integral and legally necessary part of the routine regulatory process for herbicides. For each her...

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Green-tree retention benefits recovery of ground beetles.

Published online: 10 Nov 2020

Authors: Wu LinHao

Content type: Blog

This paper focuses on the importance of ground beetles (members of the family Carabidae) as major components of forest biodiversity. The effects of re...

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How do management interventions influence soil carbon storage and sequestration in UK woodland?

Published online: 13 Oct 2021

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Bavin, S.

Content type: Reports

The focus of this review is on the dynamics of woodland soil carbon and its exchange with the atmosphere as CO2. Activities that can influence soil ca...

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Traditional stewardship practices promote the sustainability and resilience of a small-scale kelp fishery.

Published online: 29 Jul 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Kobluk, H. M. & Gladstone, K. & Reid, M. & Brown, K. & Krumhansl, K. A. & Salomon, A. K.

Content type: Blog

This research sought to inform a management plan for the culturally important feather boa kelp rooted in traditional practices and complemented by exp...

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Plant size variation and vertebrate herbivory: winter wheat grazed by rabbits.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Crawley, M. J. & Weiner, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field trials in Silwood Park, Berkshire, UK in 1982-85, wheat cv. Hustler was subjected to no grazing or to several regimes of grazing by rabbits. ...

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Relationship between plant weight and numbers in mixed populations of Sinapis alba (L) Rabenh. and Lepidium sativum L.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Bazzaz, F. A. & Harper, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plants of white mustard (Sinapis alba) and garden cress (Lepidium sativum) grown together at high densities underwent collective self-thinning in acco...

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Effects of soil disturbance on vegetation recovery and nutrient accumulation following whole-tree harvest of a northern hardwood ecosystem.

Published online: 29 Mar 1995

Authors: Mou, P. & Fahey, T. J. & Hughes, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Accumulation of recovering vegetation is often the principal mechanism limiting nutrient loss following large-scale disturbance of forest ecosystems. ...

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