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Ecosystem services management: an analysis of stakeholders' perceptions in Thiou, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso.

Published online: 17 Jan 2018

Authors: Yameogo, V.

Content type: Miscellaneous

A qualitative assessment of stakeholders' preferences and perceptions of ecosystem services was carried out in Thiou, Yatenga province, Burkina Faso. ...

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A framework to diagnose the causes of river ecosystem deterioration using biological symptoms.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Feld, C. K. & Saeedghalati, M. & Hering, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

River assessments are predominantly based on biological metrics and indices selected or designed to integrate the impact of multiple causes of deterio...

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Fishing for mammals: landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems.

Published online: 27 Nov 2020

Authors: Sales, N. G. & McKenzie, M. B. & Drake, J. & Harper, L. R. & Browett, S. S. & Coscia, I. & Wangensteen, O. S. & Baillie, C. & Bryce, E. & Dawson, D. A. & Ochu, E. & Hänfling, B. & Handley, L. L. & Mariani, S. & Lambin, X. & Sutherland, C. & McDevitt, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has revolutionized biomonitoring in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. However, for semi-aquatic and terres...

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Spatial and temporal patterns of Best Management Practice implementation in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, 1985-2014.

Published online: 25 Sep 2019

Authors: Sekellick, A. J. & Devereux, O. H. & Keisman, J. L. D. & Sweeney, J. S. & Blomquist, J. D.

Content type: Bulletin

Efforts to restore water quality in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries often include extensive Best Management Practice (BMP) implementation on agricu...

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Manipulating wetland hydroperiod to improve occupancy rates by an endangered amphibian: modelling management scenarios.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Hamer, A. J. & Heard, G. W. & Urlus, J. & Ricciardello, J. & Schmidt, B. & Quin, D. & Steele, W. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental managers have the difficult task of ensuring species persistence despite considerable uncertainty about their response to management. Sp...

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Response of taxonomic groups in streams to gradients in resource and habitat characteristics.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Johnson, R. K. & Hering, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Compared to other ecosystem types, a wide variety of biomonitoring methods are available for rivers. Few studies have, however, compared the response ...

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Verifying voluntary ecosystem restoration - case-studies from Mozambique and Sweden.

Published online: 25 Jan 2017

Authors: Vorhies, F. & Winkler, S.

Content type: Bulletin article

Under the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on ...

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What does life-cycle assessment of agricultural products need for more meaningful inclusion of biodiversity?

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Teillard, F. & Souza, D. M. de & Thoma, G. & Gerber, P. J. & Finn, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Decision-makers increasingly use life-cycle assessment (LCA) as a tool to measure the environmental sustainability of products. LCA is of particular i...

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Predicting secondary succession in wetland mesocosms on the basis of autecological information on seeds and seedlings.

Published online: 14 Oct 1994

Authors: Stockey, A. & Hunt, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A variety of autecological attributes of seeds and seedlings (seed weight, germination rate, germination percentage, absolute growth and RGR variation...

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Ask the locals - urban land management driven by local perceptions of cultural benefits.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Jones, L. & Holland, R. A. & Ball, J. & Sykes, T. & Taylor, G. & Ingwall-King, L. & Snaddon, J. L. & Peh, K. S. H.

Content type: Blog

This paper summarizes a study which aims to explore new ways to measure cultural benefits in Riverside Park, an urban park in Southampton, UK. As peop...

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