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Nature-reliant, low-income households face the highest rates of woody-plant encroachment in South Africa.

Published online: 09 Aug 2022

Authors: White, J. D. M. & Stevens, N. & Fisher, J. T. & Archibald, S. & Reynolds, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Woody-plant encroachment is an under-recognized consequence of land degradation. This phenomenon is common in rangeland ecosystems, where woody plants...

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1st meeting of the WECAFC/OSPESCA/CRFM/CITES/CFMC Working Group on Shark Conservation and Management, Barbados, 17-19 October 2017.

Published online: 01 Aug 2018

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

The First meeting of the WECAFC/OSPESCA/CRFM/CITES/CFMC working group on shark conservation and management was held in Barbados on 17-19 October 2017....

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Temperature- and latitude-specific individual growth rates shape the vulnerability of damselfly larvae to a widespread pesticide.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Khuong Dinh Van & Janssens, L. & Debecker, S. & Stoks, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Freshwater ecosystems are especially vulnerable to climate change and pollution. One key challenge for aquatic toxicology is to determine and manage t...

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Satellite imagery as a single source of predictor variables for habitat suitability modelling: how Landsat can inform the conservation of a critically endangered lemur.

Published online: 29 Sep 2010

Authors: Lahoz-Monfort, J. J. & Guillera-Arroita, G. & Milner-Gulland, E. J. & Young, R. P. & Nicholson, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Statistical modelling of habitat suitability is an important tool for planning conservation interventions, particularly for areas where species distri...

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Forecasting nocturnal bird migration for dynamic aeroconservation: the value of short-term datasets.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Bradarić, M. & Kranstauber, B. & Bouten, W. & Shamoun-Baranes, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Placing wind turbines within large migration flyways, such as the North Sea basin, can contribute to the decline of vulnerable migratory bird populati...

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Pesticide risk during commercial apple pollination is greater for honeybees than other managed and wild bees.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Mueller, T. G. & Baert, N. & Muñiz, P. A. & Sossa, D. E. & Danforth, B. N. & McArt, S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most pesticide research has focussed on risk to managed honeybees, but other managed and wild bees are also exposed to pesticides. Critically, we know...

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Marine Protected Area (MPA) Monitoring Programme: Lundy Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Monitoring Report 2017.

Published online: 26 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Bolam, S. & McIlwaine, P. & Hawes, J. & Arosio, R.

Content type: Reports

This monitoring report contains data acquired during a dedicated survey carried out at the Lundy Special Area of Conservation (SAC), a marine protecte...

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Monitoring carnivore populations at the landscape scale: occupancy modelling of tigers from sign surveys.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Karanth, K. U. & Gopalaswamy, A. M. & Kumar, N. S. & Srinivas Vaidyanathan & Nichols, J. D. & MacKenzie, D. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Assessing spatial distributions of threatened large carnivores at landscape scales poses formidable challenges because of their rarity and elusiveness...

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The distribution of breeding birds around upland wind farms.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Stephen, L. & Langston, R. H. W. & Bainbridge, I. P. & Bullman, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is an urgent need for climate change mitigation, of which the promotion of renewable energy, such as from wind farms, is an important component....

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An assessment of integrated watershed management in Ethiopia.

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Authors: Gebrehaweria Gebregziabher & Dereje Assefa Abera & Girmay Gebresamuel & Giordano, M. & Langan, S.

Content type: Bulletin

In Ethiopia, watershed management programs commenced in a formal way in the 1970s. From that time up to the late 1990s, implementation was typically a...

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