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Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines.

Published online: 21 Feb 2025

Authors: Montabaranom, J. & Gillespie, D. & Longden, E. & Rapson, K. & Holoborodko, A. & Sparling, C. & Hastie, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tidally energetic habitats are used by a range of marine mammals, including pinnipeds. These areas are also important to the tidal energy industry, le...

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Site-level connectivity identified from multiple sources of movement data to inform conservation of a migratory bird.

Published online: 21 Feb 2025

Authors: Beal, M. & Nightingale, J. & Belo, J. R. & Batey, C. & Belting, H. & Bocher, P. & Burgess, M. & Craft, T. B. & Crockford, N. & Delaporte, P. & Donaldson, L. & Gélinaud, G. & Gill, J. A. & Gunnarsson, T. G. & Þórisson, B. & Gutiérrez, J. S. & Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W. & Howison, R. A. & Hunke, P. & Jomat, L. & Lemke, H. & Ludwig, J. & Majoor, F. A. & Marlow, C. & Masero, J. A. & Melter, J. & Nicholson, I. & Parejo, M. & O'Mahony, B. & Pasanen, E. & Pessa, J. & Piersma, T. & Rocha, A. D. & Robin, F. & Roodbergen, M. & Rousseau, P. & Salewski, V. & Schmidt, L. & Smart, J. & Staneva, A. & Tibbitts, T. L. & Timonen, S. & Alves, J. A. & Dias, M. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Migratory birds depend on a suite of sites across their annual cycles, making them vulnerable to a wide variety of anthropogenic pressures. Current ar...

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Predicting spring migration of the damson-hop aphid Phorodon humuli (Homoptera: Aphididae) from historical records of host-plant flowering phenology and weather.

Published online: 13 Apr 1995

Authors: Worner, S. P. & Tatchell, G. M. & Woiwod, I. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Historical data of the spring migration of the aphid Phorodon humuli recorded at Wye, Kent and Rosemaund, Herefordshire, UK, and the phenology of over...

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Modelling interactions of toxicants and density dependence in wildlife populations.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Schipper, A. M. & Hendriks, H. W. M. & Kauffman, M. J. & Hendriks, A. J. & Huijbregts, M. A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A major challenge in the conservation of threatened and endangered species is to predict population decline and design appropriate recovery measures. ...

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Assessing the effect of predator control on an endangered goose population subjected to predator-mediated food web dynamics.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Marolla, F. & Aarvak, T. & Øien, I. J. & Mellard, J. P. & Henden, J. A. & Hamel, S. & Stien, A. & Tveraa, T. & Yoccoz, N. G. & Ims, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Assessing the effectiveness of conservation actions to halt population declines is challenging when confounded by other factors. We assessed whether c...

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The effect of sprays on the fauna of apple trees. II. Some aspects of the interaction between populations of Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fall.) (Heteroptera: Miridae) and its prey, Panonychus ulmi (Koch) (Acarina: Tetranychidae).

Published online: 04 Jul 1965

Authors: Muir, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

These two parts of a series deal with studies in an apple orchard in south-eastern England in 1953-59 on the effect of routine sprays of winter wash (...

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Carbon sink function of sedge and Sphagnum patches in a restored cut-away peatland: increased functional diversity leads to higher production.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Kivimäki, S. K. & Yli-petäys, M. & Tuittila, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cut-away peatlands devoid of vegetation form a persistent source of carbon (C) to the atmosphere. The restoration of the C sink function in such areas...

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A comparison of regeneration dynamics following gap creation at two geographically contrasting heathland sites.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Britton, A. J. & Carey, P. D. & Pakeman, R. J. & Marrs, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lowland Calluna-dominated heathlands are a high priority for conservation in Europe. As an anthropogenic subclimax community they require regular mana...

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Role of seed reproduction in the population ecology of Sorghum halepense in maize crops.

Published online: 11 Jul 1989

Authors: Scopel, A. L. & Ballaré, C. L. & Ghersa, C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The contribution of seed reproduction to population growth of S. halepense was studied on an 80-ha maize field in Rojas province, Buenos Aires during ...

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Brown locust outbreaks and climate variability in southern Africa.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Todd, M. C. & Washington, R. & Cheke, R. A. & Kniveton, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The brown locust Locustana pardalina is a major agricultural pest in southern Africa, with populations periodically reaching plague proportions. Manag...

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