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Interacting effects of management and environmental variability at multiple scales on invasive species distributions.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Diez, J. M. & Buckley, H. L. & Case, B. S. & Harsch, M. A. & Sciligo, A. R. & Wangen, S. R. & Duncan, R. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The distribution and abundance of invasive species can be driven by both environmental variables and land management decisions. However, understanding...

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Carbon storage by habitat: review of the evidence of the impacts of management decisions and condition of carbon stores and sources.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Alonso, I. & Weston, K. & Gregg, R. & Morecroft, M.

Content type: Reports

The aims of this Natural England cross-cutting Evidence project were: (1) To collate information and identify knowledge gaps on carbon stocks (both in...

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Communities' perceptions and knowledge of ecosystem services: evidence from rural communities in Nigeria.

Published online: 29 Apr 2015

Authors: Zhang, W. & Kato, E. & Bhandary, P. & Nkonya, E. & Ibrahim, H. I. & Agbonlahor, M. & Ibrahim, H. Y.

Content type: Bulletin

This research has been undertaken to improve our understanding of stakeholders' knowledge and perception about ecosystem services (ES), which provides...

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Assessing the effect of the time since transition to organic farming on plants and butterflies.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Jonason, D. & Andersson, G. K. S. & Öckinger, E. & Rundlöf, M. & Smith, H. G. & Bengtsson, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental changes may not always result in rapid changes in species distributions, abundances or diversity. In order to estimate the effects of, f...

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Thresholds in forest bird communities along woody vegetation gradients in the South American Dry Chaco.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Macchi, L. & Baumann, M. & Bluhm, H. & Baker, M. & Levers, C. & Grau, H. R. & Kuemmerle, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

World-wide, tropical savannas and dry forests are under increasing pressure from land use. The environmental impacts of agricultural expansion into th...

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Have Welsh Agri-environment schemes delivered for focal species? Results from a comprehensive monitoring programme.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: MacDonald, M. A. & Angell, R. & Dines, T. D. & Dodd, S. & Haysom, K. A. & Hobson, R. & Johnstone, I. G. & Matthews, V. & Morris, A. J. & Parry, R. & Shellswell, C. H. & Skates, J. & Tordoff, G. M. & Wilberforce, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agri-environment schemes (AES) have been criticized for being inadequately monitored and for not delivering the expected benefits to nature. Consequen...

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Governance structures established for REDD+ implementation and their adaptation to the institutional and ecological conditions in Equateur province of the DRC.

Published online: 24 May 2017

Authors: Samndong, R. A. & Bush, G. K.

Content type: Bulletin

This report is one of the outputs of the project 'Man and forests - an evaluation of management strategies for reduced deforestation,' which aims to e...

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Local-scale factors structure wild bee communities in protected areas.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Murray, T. E. & Fitzpatrick, Ú. & Byrne, A. & Fealy, R. & Brown, M. J. F. & Paxton, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the current context of global habitat loss, a fundamental challenge is to understand how ecological processes interact to determine community compo...

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Wild bee pollinators provide the majority of crop visitation across land-use gradients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, USA.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Winfree, R. & Williams, N. M. & Gaines, H. & Ascher, J. S. & Kremen, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Concern about a global decline in wild pollinators has increased interest in how pollinators are affected by human land use, and how this, in turn, af...

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Small mammals in farm woodlands: the effects of habitat, isolation and surrounding land-use patterns.

Published online: 09 Jul 1997

Authors: Fitzgibbon, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The results of this study, which surveyed 38 small farm woodlands ranging in size from 0.05 to 4.45 ha, in an intensive arable region in Cambridgeshir...

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