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Cost-effective monitoring of biological invasions under global change: a model-based framework.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Vicente, J. R. & Alagador, D. & Guerra, C. & Alonso, J. M. & Kueffer, C. & Vaz, A. S. & Fernandes, R. F. & Cabral, J. A. & Araújo, M. B. & Honrado, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological monitoring programmes are designed to detect and measure changes in biodiversity and ecosystems. In the case of biological invasions, they ...

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Moisture availability and ecological restoration limit fine fuels and modelled wildfire intensity following non-native ungulate removal in Hawaii.

Published online: 19 Nov 2021

Authors: Zhu, T. R. & Litton, C. M. & Giardina, C. P. & Trauernicht, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The removal and exclusion of non-native ungulates for conservation of biodiversity is common globally, including on tropical Pacific Islands. However,...

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Can niche use in red and grey squirrels offer clues for their apparent coexistence?

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Bryce, J. & Johnson, P. J. & MacDonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Introduced species are, worldwide, one of the most serious threats to biodiversity. Grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis are one of many introduced spe...

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Native trees are responsible for the high carbon density in urban natural area forests across eight United States cities.

Published online: 08 Apr 2025

Authors: Jevon, F. & Crown, C. A. & Clark, J. A. G. & Doroski, D. A. & Darling, L. & Sonti, N. F. & Yesilonis, I. D. & Dietsch, G. & Bradford, M. & Pregitzer, C. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Urban natural area forests provide cities with crucial ecosystem services, including carbon storage and sequestration. Although previous work from a s...

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The potential effect of exotic Pacific rats Rattus exulans on vectors of scrub typhus.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Kuo, C. C. & Wang HsiChieh & Huang ChingLun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The role and influence of exotic species in indigenous vector-borne diseases are important but remain understudied. Ascertaining whether disease vecto...

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A basin-scale application of environmental DNA assessment for rare endemic species and closely related exotic species in rivers: a case study of giant salamanders in Japan.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Fukumoto, S. & Ushimaru, A. & Minamoto, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To prevent the invasion of exotic species causing a decline in an endangered endemic species, it is important to determine the distribution of both sp...

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Effects of experimental soil disturbance on revegetation by natives and exotics in coastal Californian meadows.

Published online: 23 Jul 1997

Authors: Kotanen, P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Disturbance is widely believed to facilitate invasions by exotic plants, but is also important for the persistence of many native species. The results...

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Tracking the cultural niches of North American birds through time.

Published online: 27 Oct 2021

Authors: Schuetz, J. G. & Johnston, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Conservation efforts are constrained by our poor grasp of changing relationships between humans and other species. We used internet query data describ...

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Restoration demography: a 10-year demographic comparison between introduced and natural populations of endemic Centaurea corymbosa (Asteraceae).

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Colas, B. & Kirchner, F. & Riba, M. & Olivieri, I. & Mignot, A. & Imbert, E. & Beltrame, C. & Carbonell, D. & Fréville, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a context of increasing human impact on ecosystems and species distributions, population restoration (introductions, reintroductions, reinforcement...

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Impacts of forestation on water and soils in the Andes: what do we know?

Published online: 31 Jan 2019

Authors: Bonnesoeur, V. & Locatelli, B. & Ochoa-Tocachi, B. F.

Content type: Bulletin

This infobrief presents findings on the impacts of forestation on: (1) water supply; (2 and 3) hydrological regulation; and (4) soil erosion in the An...

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