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The relevance of ecological status to ecosystem functions and services in a large boreal lake.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Tolonen, K. T. & Hämäläinen, H. & Lensu, A. & Meriläinen, J. J. & Palomäki, A. & Karjalainen, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental conventions aim to protect ecosystem structures and functions to provide goods and services for mankind. The degree of aquatic ecosystem...

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Understanding and predicting the combined effects of climate change and land-use change on freshwater macroinvertebrates and fish.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Mantyka-Pringle, C. S. & Martin, T. G. & Moffatt, D. B. & Linke, S. & Rhodes, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change and land-use change are having substantial impacts on biodiversity world-wide, but few studies have considered the impact of these fact...

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An environmental oestrogen disrupts fish population dynamics through direct and transgenerational effects on survival and fecundity.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Schwindt, A. R. & Winkelman, D. L. & Keteles, K. & Murphy, M. & Vajda, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increased need for water and projected declines in precipitation due to climate change could leave waterways increasingly dominated by wastewater effl...

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Defining ecologically relevant water quality targets for lakes in Europe.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Poikane, S. & Portielje, R. & Berg, M. van den & Phillips, G. & Brucet, S. & Carvalho, L. & Mischke, U. & Ott, I. & Soszka, H. & Wichelen, J. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The implementation of the Water Framework Directive requires EU member states to establish and harmonize ecological status class boundaries for biolog...

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Testing a silvicultural recommendation: Brazil nut responses 10 years after liana cutting.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Kainer, K. A. & Wadt, L. H. O. & Staudhammer, C. L. & Barlow, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lianas or woody vines can be detrimental to the trees that support them. Research on liana cutting for tropical timber management has demonstrated pos...

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Big-leaf mahogany Swietenia macrophylla population dynamics and implications for sustainable management.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Grogan, J. & Landis, R. M. & Free, C. M. & Schulze, M. D. & Lentini, M. & Ashton, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The impacts of selective harvesting in tropical forests on population recovery and future timber yields by high-value species remain largely unknown f...

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Long-term fire history in northern Quebec: implications for the northern limit of commercial forests.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Oris, F. & Asselin, H. & Finsinger, W. & Hély, C. & Blarquez, O. & Ferland, M. E. & Bergeron, Y. & Ali, A. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire frequency is expected to increase in boreal forests over the next century owing to climate change. In Quebec (Canada), the location of the northe...

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Large frugivorous birds facilitate functional connectivity of fragmented landscapes.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Mueller, T. & Lenz, J. & Caprano, T. & Fiedler, W. & Böhning-Gaese, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Quantifying ecosystem functions in spatially explicit ways is important for management decisions in increasingly fragmented landscapes. Between-patch ...

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Simple individual-based models effectively represent Afrotropical forest bird movement in complex landscapes.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Aben, J. & Strubbe, D. & Adriaensen, F. & Palmer, S. C. F. & Travis, J. M. J. & Lens, L. & Matthysen, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reliable estimates of dispersal rates between habitat patches (i.e. functional connectivity) are critical for predicting long-term effects of habitat ...

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Effects of prey metapopulation structure on the viability of black-footed ferrets in plague-impacted landscapes: a metamodelling approach.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Shoemaker, K. T. & Lacy, R. C. & Verant, M. L. & Brook, B. W. & Livieri, T. M. & Miller, P. S. & Fordham, D. A. & Akçakaya, H. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species interactions have been largely ignored in extinction risk assessment. However, the black-footed ferret Mustela nigripes exemplifies a class of...

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