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Seasonal variation in the abundance, biomass and biodiversity of earthworms in soils contaminated with metal emissions from a primary smelting works.

Published online: 16 Jun 1999

Authors: Spurgeon, D. J. & Hopkin, S. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta) were sampled on four occasions (spring, summer, autumn and winter) at 14 sites along two transects from a primary l...

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Dispersal and establishment limitation slows plant community recovery in post-agricultural longleaf pine savannas.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Turley, N. E. & Orrock, J. L. & Ledvina, J. A. & Brudvig, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Abandoned agricultural lands often have distinct plant communities from areas with no history of agriculture because plant species fail to recolonize....

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Drought responses by individual tree species are not often correlated with tree species diversity in European forests.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Forrester, D. I. & Bonal, D. & Dawud, S. & Gessler, A. & Granier, A. & Pollastrini, M. & Grossiord, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Drought frequency and intensity are predicted to increase in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere and the effects of such changes on forest growth an...

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Predator refuges for conservation biological control in an intermediately disturbed system: the rise and fall of a simple solution.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Liman, A. S. & Eklund, K. & Björkman, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managed systems harvested at intermediate time-scales have advantages over annual short-cycled systems in maintaining top-down control of insect herbi...

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Weed risk assessment: a way forward or a waste of time?

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Hulme, P. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many alien weeds pose significant environmental and/or economic threats across the globe, and methods to assess the potential risk of species introduc...

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Validation of reflex indicators for measuring vitality and predicting the delayed mortality of wild coho salmon bycatch released from fishing gears.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Raby, G. D. & Donaldson, M. R. & Hinch, S. G. & Patterson, D. A. & Lotto, A. G. & Robichaud, D. & English, K. K. & Willmore, W. G. & Farrell, A. P. & Davis, M. W. & Cooke, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effective management of fish and wildlife populations benefits from an understanding of the effects of stressors on individual physiology. While physi...

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Novel coupling of individual-based epidemiological and demographic models predicts realistic dynamics of tuberculosis in alien buffalo.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Bradshaw, C. J. A. & McMahon, C. R. & Miller, P. S. & Lacy, R. C. & Watts, M. J. & Verant, M. L. & Pollak, J. P. & Fordham, D. A. & Prowse, T. A. A. & Brook, B. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increasing sophistication of population viability analysis has broadened our capacity to model population change while accounting for system complexit...

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Individual-based modelling of moth dispersal to improve biosecurity incursion response.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Guichard, S. & Kriticos, D. J. & Leriche, A. & Kean, J. M. & Worner, S. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Some biosecurity systems aimed at reducing the impacts of invasive alien species that employ sentinel trapping systems to detect the presence of unwan...

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Limits to exploitation: dynamic food web models predict the impact of livestock grazing on Ethiopian wolves Canis simensis and their prey.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Vial, F. & Macdonald, D. W. & Haydon, D. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anticipating the consequences of, and sustainable limits to, human exploitation of ecosystem resources requires a quantitative understanding of food w...

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Modelling the koi herpesvirus (KHV) epidemic highlights the importance of active surveillance within a national control policy.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Taylor, N. G. H. & Norman, R. A. & Way, K. & Peeler, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Koi herpesvirus can cause serious disease in carp Cyprinus carpio populations globally. Populations of carp exposed to the virus are already widesprea...

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