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How to control pest species: application of models from the theory of island biogeography in formulating pest control strategies.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Stenseth, N. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mathematical models for birth and death processes in local populations (within a local patch), and for migration between local patches in a heterogene...

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The effect of human trampling on a sand dune ecosystem dominated by Empetrum nigrum.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Hylgaard, T. & Liddle, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The influence of trampling was studied on the outer dune heath of Skallingen, southwest Jutland. The total number of passages and the period of time o...

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Modelling pest population resurgence due to recolonization of fields following an insecticide application.

Published online: 19 Aug 1998

Authors: Trumper, E. V. & Holt, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In order to investigate the effect of insect recolonization on the insecticide-induced resurgence of crop pests, a modified Lotka-Volterra predator-pr...

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A spatially aggregated disease/host model for bovine Tb in New Zealand possum populations.

Published online: 13 Feb 1993

Authors: Barlow, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Deterministic disease/host models based on differential equations, with and without age-structure, are used to aid understanding of the epidemiology o...

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Density dependence only affects increase rates in baleen whale populations at high abundance levels.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Authors: Kanaji, Y. & Williams, R. & Zerbini, A. N. & Branch, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most baleen whale populations are increasing after the end of industrial whaling, but their recovery patterns challenge long-standing assumptions abou...

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A feeding guild indicator to assess environmental change impacts on marine ecosystem structure and functioning.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Thompson, M. S. A. & Pontalier, H. & Spence, M. A. & Pinnegar, J. K. & Greenstreet, S. P. R. & Moriarty, M. & Hélaouët, P. & Lynam, C. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Integrating food web indicators into ecological status assessments is central to developing effective management measures that can improve degraded ec...

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Individual-plant selectivity by sheep in drylands scales-up at plant population level and controls the forage supply and its accessibility.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Oñatibia, G. R. & Aguiar, M. R. & Oesterheld, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Diet selectivity by domestic herbivores controls plant community structure and dynamics and may induce rangeland degradation, particularly in drylands...

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Developing a population target for an overabundant ungulate for ecosystem restoration.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Serrouya, R. & McLellan, B. N. & Boutin, S. & Seip, D. R. & Nielsen, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem restoration typically focuses on re-establishing native plant communities with the hope of restoring ecological processes over the long term...

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Estimating lichen biomass and caribou grazing on the wintering grounds of northern Québec: an application of fire history and Landsat data.

Published online: 26 Jun 1997

Authors: Arseneault, D. & Villeneuve, N. & Boismenu, C. & Leblanc, Y. & Deshaye, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) remote sensing imagery, previously published fire history data, and field observations were used to examine the influence...

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Rapid spread of the invasive yellow-legged hornet in France: the role of human-mediated dispersal and the effects of control measures.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Robinet, C. & Suppo, C. & Darrouzet, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The invasive yellow-legged hornet was first discovered in Europe, in south-western France, in 2004. It has since spread very rapidly and has caused si...

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