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The application of a filter-based assembly model to develop best practices for Pannonian sand grassland restoration.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Halassy, M. & Singh, A. N. & Szabó, R. & Szili-Kovács, T. & Szitár, K. & Török, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The application of a filter-based assembly model is a promising concept to support ecological restoration. The filters illustrate dispersal, abiotic a...

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Seed size predicts community composition and carbon storage potential of tree communities in rain forest fragments in India's Western Ghats.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Osuri, A. M. & Mahesh Sankaran

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fragmentation is ubiquitous across tropical forests and drives marked shifts in tree community composition by differentially affecting species' disper...

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Fire management in Mediterranean-climate shrublands: a case study from the Cape fynbos, South Africa.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Wilgen, B. W. van & Forsyth, G. G. & Klerk, H. de & Sonali Das & Khuluse, S. & Schmitz, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire is an important process in Mediterranean-ecosystem shrublands, and prescribed burning is often used to manage these ecosystems. Analyses of past ...

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Central hypotheses for the third agroforestry paradigm within a common definition.

Published online: 18 Jan 2017

Authors: Noordwijk, M. van & Coe, R. & Sinclair, F.

Content type: Bulletin

In the four decades of its existence, agroforestry as a concept has been understood and defined in multiple ways, often referring to a specific system...

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Who eats wild meat? Profiling consumers in ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Olmedo, A. & Veríssimo, D. & Challender, D. W. S. & Dao, H. T. T. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Overexploitation for consumption of meat from wild animals in urban centres currently threatens numerous species across the globe. Indiscriminate offt...

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Traditional forest management practices stop forest succession and bring back rare plant species.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Douda, J. & Boublík, K. & Doudová, J. & Kyncl, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Past management practices may continue to influence ecosystem functions and processes for decades, centuries or even longer after they have been aband...

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Integrating invasive species policies across ornamental horticulture supply chains to prevent plant invasions.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Hulme, P. E. & Brundu, G. & Carboni, M. & Dehnen-Schmutz, K. & Dullinger, S. & Early, R. & Essl, F. & González-Moreno, P. & Groom, Q. J. & Kueffer, C. & Kühn, I. & Maurel, N. & Novoa, A. & Pergl, J. & Pyšek, P. & Seebens, H. & Tanner, R. & Touza, J. M. & Kleunen, M. van & Verbrugge, L. N. H. & Flory, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ornamental horticulture is the primary pathway for invasive alien plant introductions. We critically appraise published evidence on the effectiveness ...

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Top soil removal reduces water pollution from phosphorus and dissolved organic matter and lowers methane emissions from rewetted peatlands.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Zak, D. & Goldhammer, T. & Cabezas, A. & Gelbrecht, J. & Gurke, R. & Wagner, C. & Reuter, H. & Augustin, J. & Klimkowska, A. & McInnes, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A valid strategy to mitigate the eutrophication of water bodies due to non-point source phosphorus (P) pollution and to reduce the emissions of greenh...

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Effect of reducing red deer Cervus elaphus density on browsing impact and growth of Scots pine Pinus sylvestris seedlings in semi-natural woodland in the Cairngorms, UK.

Published online: 12 Sep 2018

Authors: Rao, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Fencing is the most commonly used management intervention to prevent damage to young woodland regeneration from deer. However, damage can also be prev...

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The use of social attraction techniques to restore seabird colonies on Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico.

Published online: 10 Jul 2021

Authors: Herrera-Giraldo, J. L. & Figuerola-Hernández, C. E. & Wolf, C. A. & Colón-Merced, R. & Ventosa-Febles, E. & Silander, S. & Holmes, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Desecheo Island (117 ha) was historically an important seabird island in the Caribbean with 15 species recorded, of which seven are known to breed, in...

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