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Bayesian modelling procedures for the evaluation of changes in wildlife habitat suitability: a case study of roe deer in the Italian Alps.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Morgia, V. la & Bona, F. & Badino, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Combining species protection with land management is a central concern for nature conservation but requires a collaborative, problem-solving approach....

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Tree ring-based metrics for assessing old-growth forest naturalness.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Filippo, A. di & Biondi, F. & Piovesan, G. & Ziaco, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Old-growth studies commonly emphasize structural and age conditions, selecting proxy indicators of long-term ecological processes. Transition dynamics...

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Modelling ecological niches with support vector machines.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Drake, J. M. & Randin, C. & Guisan, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ecological niche is a fundamental biological concept. Modelling species' niches is central to numerous ecological applications, including predicti...

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Changes in prey abundance unlikely to explain the demography of a critically endangered Central European bat.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Bontadina, F. & Schmied, S. F. & Beck, A. & Arlettaz, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recognizing the factor(s) that caused a demographic crash is a prerequisite to the development of a tailored population restoration plan. While habita...

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Mountain hares Lepus timidus and tourism: stress events and reactions.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Rehnus, M. & Wehrle, M. & Palme, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Winter tourism in the European Alps has developed rapidly over the past few decades, leading to the expansion of ski resorts, growing numbers of visit...

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Imaging spectroscopy as a tool for mapping Ellenberg indicator values.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Schmidtlein, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Maps of averaged plant indicator values can supply spatially explicit information about environmental gradients and are therefore tools of broad relev...

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Biomass partitioning in a future dry and CO2 enriched climate: shading aggravates drought effects in Scots pine but not European black pine seedlings.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Bachofen, C. & Wohlgemuth, T. & Moser, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change alters both water and CO2 availability for plants, but it is largely unknown how they interact with light to affect tree seedling estab...

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Optimizing invasive species control across space: willow invasion management in the Australian Alps.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Giljohann, K. M. & Hauser, C. E. & Williams, N. S. G. & Moore, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A key problem facing invasive species management is how best to allocate surveillance and control effort. Models of the establishment and spread of in...

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'I owe it to the animals': the bidirectionality of Swiss alpine farmers' relational values.

Published online: 09 Mar 2023

Authors: Chapman, M. & Deplazes-Zemp, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Relational values have recently been proposed as a concept to expand our understanding of environmental values from the categories previously dominati...

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Forest disturbances increase the body mass of two contrasting ungulates.

Published online: 19 Feb 2024

Authors: Reiner, R. & Seidl, R. & Seibold, S. & Senf, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As climate change intensifies and demand for timber rises, forest disturbances are increasing. Disturbances in forests cause an abrupt loss in canopy ...

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