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Modelling short-term energetic costs of sonar disturbance to cetaceans using high-resolution foraging data.

Published online: 06 Oct 2021

Authors: Czapanskiy, M. F. & Savoca, M. S. & Gough, W. T. & Segre, P. S. & Wisniewska, D. M. & Cade, D. E. & Goldbogen, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthropogenic noise is a pervasive and increasing source of disturbance to wildlife. Marine mammals exhibit behavioural and physiological responses to...

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Environmental valuation involves political choices that must be justified.

Published online: 13 Nov 2020

Authors: Tadaki, M. & Sinner, J. & Šunde, C. & Giorgetti, A. & Glavovic, B. & Awatere, S. & Lewis, N. & Stephenson, J.

Content type: Blog

To know what do stakeholders and decision makers want in a valuation process, and what would 'best practice' valuation look like, indigenous Māori cus...

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Human-wildlife coexistence needs more evidence-based interventions to reduce the losses of crops, livestock and fishery catches.

Published online: 27 Mar 2025

Authors: Huang Cheng & Chen YiQing & Li LiLi & Campos-Arceiz, A. & Wang Yi & Onditi, K. O. & Li ZhongQiu & Feng LiMin & Liu Yang & Lee TienMing

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Evidence-based interventions designed to reduce wildlife-caused losses are essential for human-wildlife coexistence. The lack of systematic summarizat...

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Futures of tropical production forests.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Putz, F. E. & Romero, C.

Content type: Bulletin

Forests are landscape-embedded complex systems with fates determined by multitudes of changing and interacting factors that are sectoral and extra-sec...

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Challenges in developing and implementing ecological standards for geomorphic river restoration projects: a practitioner's response to Palmer et al. (2005).

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Gillilan, S. & Boyd, K. & Hoitsma, T. & Kauffman, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The authors of 'Standards for ecologically successful restoration' (Palmer et al. 2005) are commended for clearly articulating and discussing the nuan...

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Do we really need to plant a trillion trees? Tree islands are an ecologically and economically sound strategy for tropical forest recovery.

Published online: 10 Nov 2020

Authors: Holl, K. & Reid, L.

Content type: Blog

This paper compares the use of tree islands to other strategies for tropical forest restoration. The ecological and economic benefits brought about by...

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Ecologically sound strategies for renewable energy transition: balancing conservation and energy development in coal plant conversions.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Pacifici, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The urgency to mitigate climate change and halt biodiversity loss underscores the importance of adopting conservation-driven approaches to energy tran...

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Abundance of an economically important nematode parasite increased in Puget Sound between 1930 and 2016: evidence from museum specimens confirms historical data.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Howard, I. & Davis, E. & Lippert, G. & Quinn, T. P. & Wood, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Does disturbance increase or decrease parasite transmission among wildlife hosts? Ecologists cannot answer this controversial question, in part becaus...

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Rethinking the interface between ecology and society. The case of the cockle controversy in the Dutch Wadden Sea.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Swart, J. A. A. & Andel, J. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Applied ecology, like conservation research, may deal with societal issues if its scientifically based interventions have societal consequences. Human...

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Assessing the impact of festival music on bat activity.

Published online: 26 Sep 2023

Authors: Hooker, J. & Daley, E. & Stone, E. & Lintott, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Sound is a critical component of an animal's habitat, where it is used to glean important environmental information from their surroundings. The modif...

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