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Tourism in protected areas can threaten wild populations: from individual response to population viability of the chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Kerbiriou, C. & Viol, I. le & Robert, A. & Porcher, E. & Gourmelon, F. & Julliard, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many protected areas are now faced with increasing pressure from visitors and tourism development. There is thus an urgent need for conservation biolo...

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Diet reconstruction and historic population dynamics in a threatened seabird.

Published online: 29 Aug 2007

Authors: Norris, D. R. & Arcese, P. & Preikshot, D. & Bertram, D. F. & Kyser, T. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

For the overwhelming majority of species, we lack long-term information on the dynamics of populations. As a consequence, we face considerable uncerta...

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Riparian research and management: past, present, future: Volume 1.

Published online: 31 Jul 2019

Authors: Johnson, R. R. & Carothers, S. W. & Finch, D. M. & Kingsley, K. J. & Stanley, J. T.

Content type: Bulletin

Fifty years ago, riparian habitats were not recognized for their extensive and critical contributions to wildlife and the ecosystem function of waters...

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Habitat area and local habitat conditions outweigh fragmentation effects on insect communities in vineyards.

Published online: 13 Apr 2023

Authors: Bosco, L. & Moser, V. & Jones, M. M. & Opedal, O. & Ovaskainen, O. & Sonja, G. & Klink, R. van & Cushman, S. A. & Arlettaz, R. & Jacot, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Fragmentation of habitat, for example by intensive agricultural practices, can be detrimental to local biodiversity. However, it often remains unclear...

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A scenario for impacts of water availability loss due to climate change on riverine fish extinction rates.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Tedesco, P. A. & Oberdorff, T. & Cornu, J. F. & Beauchard, O. & Brosse, S. & Dürr, H. H. & Grenouillet, G. & Leprieur, F. & Tisseuil, C. & Zaiss, R. & Hugueny, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Current models estimating impact of habitat loss on biodiversity in the face of global climate change usually project only percentages of species 'com...

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A comparative analysis of restoration measures and their effects on hydromorphology and benthic invertebrates in 26 central and southern European rivers.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Jähnig, S. C. & Brabec, K. & Buffagni, A. & Erba, S. & Lorenz, A. W. & Ofenböck, T. & Verdonschot, P. F. M. & Hering, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hydromorphological river restoration usually leads to habitat diversification, but the effects on benthic invertebrates, which are frequently used to ...

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Citizen science involving farmers as a means to document temporal trends in farmland biodiversity and relate them to agricultural practices.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Billaud, O. & Vermeersch, R. L. & Porcher, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification is often recognized as a major driver of the decline of wild biodiversity in farmland. However, few studies have managed ...

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Evaluating the combined effects of climate and land-use change on tree species distributions.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: García-Valdés, R. & Svenning, J. C. & Zavala, M. A. & Purves, D. W. & Araújo, M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A large proportion of the world's biodiversity is reportedly threatened by habitat loss and climate change. However, there are few studies that invest...

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Biological introduction risks from shipping in a warming Arctic.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Ware, C. & Berge, J. & Jelmert, A. & Olsen, S. M. & Pellissier, L. & Wisz, M. & Kriticos, D. & Semenov, G. & Kwaśniewski, S. & Alsos, I. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Several decades of research on invasive marine species have yielded a broad understanding of the nature of species invasion mechanisms and associated ...

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Assemblages of soil macrofauna across a Scottish land-use intensification gradient: influences of habitat quality, heterogeneity and area.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Eggleton, P. & Vanbergen, A. J. & Jones, D. T. & Lambert, M. C. & Rockett, C. & Hammond, P. M. & Beccaloni, J. & Marriott, D. & Ross, E. & Giusti, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land-use intensification strongly influences biodiversity by altering habitat heterogeneity, the distribution of habitat types and their extent. This ...

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