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Distribution and breeding of red kites Milvus milvus in relation to afforestation and other land-use in Wales.

Published online: 28 Aug 1996

Authors: Newton, I. & Davis, P. E. & Moss, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Between 1946 and 1993, the numbers of territorial red kites, which form an isolated relict population in central Wales, increased from seven pairs to ...

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The influence of forage and climatic conditions on range community preference of Shorthorn cattle in central Australia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Low, W. A. & Dudzinski, M. L. & Muller, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In central Australia, grazing preferences of Shorthorn cattle for seven major and four minor range communities were determined from 108 aerial surveys...

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Effects of long-term fixed fire regimes on African savanna vegetation biomass, vertical structure and tree stem density.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Singh, J. & Boucher, P. B. & Hockridge, E. G. & Davies, A. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire plays an integral role in shaping the vegetation structure of savanna ecosystems. However, the effects of fire regime characteristics, such as fr...

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Comparative foraging and nutrition of horses and cattle in European wetlands.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Menard, C. & Duncan, P. & Fleurance, G. & Georges, J. Y. & Lila, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Equids are generalist herbivores that co-exist with bovids of similar body size in many ecosystems. There are two major hypotheses to explain their co...

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Pattern and process of a floodplain forest, Vermont, USA: predicted responses of vegetation to perturbation.

Published online: 08 Aug 1997

Authors: Hughes, J. W. & Cass, W. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The potential diversity of vegetation in a lowland floodplain forest in North Ferrisburg, Vermont was evaluated as a way of predicting the range of po...

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Exploring spatial vegetation dynamics using logistic regression and a multinomial logit model.

Published online: 03 Jan 2002

Authors: Augustin, N. H. & Cummins, R. P. & French, D. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This study presents statistical methodology that uses spatial explanatory variables to improve simpler estimates of transition probabilities from cate...

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The legacy of forest disturbance on stream ecosystem functioning.

Published online: 23 Jul 2021

Authors: Frainer, A. & McKie, B. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest clearance is a pervasive disturbance worldwide, but many of its impacts are regarded as transient, diminishing in intensity as forest recovers....

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Acoustic monitoring shows invasive beavers Castor canadensis increase patch-level avian diversity in tierra del fuego.

Published online: 24 Dec 2021

Authors: Francomano, D. & Valenzuela, A. E. J. & Gottesman, B. L. & González-Calderón, A. & Anderson, C. B. & Hardiman, B. S. & Pijanowski, B. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The North American beaver Castor canadensis is an invasive species in the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago. Due to this biological invasion, Argentina and...

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Conservation value of linear woody remnants for two forest carnivores in a Mediterranean agricultural landscape.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Pereira, M. & Rodríguez, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The loss of biodiversity caused by agricultural expansion can be countered by adopting wildlife-friendly farming strategies and by expanding the netwo...

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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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