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Forecasting the future establishment of invasive alien freshwater fish species.

Published online: 24 Dec 2021

Authors: Perrin, S. W. & Bærum, K. M. & Helland, I. P. & Finstad, A. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive alien species constitute a major threat to the world's freshwater ecosystems. Human translocations as well as rising temperatures have allowe...

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Tropical rainforest conversion and land use intensification reduce understorey plant phylogenetic diversity.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Kusuma, Y. W. C. & Rembold, K. & Tjitrosoedirdjo, S. S. & Kreft, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conversion of rainforest into agricultural land affects multiple facets of tropical plant diversity. While the effects of tropical land use change and...

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Gradients in vegetation cover, structure and species richness of Nama-Karoo shrublands in relation to distance from livestock watering points.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Todd, S. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Gradients of animal impact known as piospheres tend to develop around artificial watering points, particularly in arid zones. Such grazing gradients r...

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Assessing potential invasiveness of woody horticultural plant species using seedling growth rate traits.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Grotkopp, E. & Erskine-Ogden, J. & Rejmánek, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ornamental plant trade, forestry, and agriculture have been responsible for the initial introduction of over 60% of invasive alien plant species. ...

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Depletion of heterogeneous source species pools predicts future invasion rates.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Liebhold, A. M. & Brockerhoff, E. G. & Kimberley, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Predicting how increasing rates of global trade will result in new establishments of potentially damaging invasive species is a question of critical i...

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Functional community ecology meets restoration ecology: assessing the restoration success of alluvial floodplain meadows with functional traits.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Engst, K. & Baasch, A. & Erfmeier, A. & Jandt, U. & May, K. & Schmiede, R. & Bruelheide, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species-rich grasslands are highly endangered habitats in Central Europe. To halt their ongoing loss, many sites have become subjects of restoration e...

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When are extinctions simply bad luck? Rarefaction as a framework for disentangling selective and stochastic extinctions.

Published online: 25 Jul 2020

Authors: Smith, K. G. & Almeida, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A key challenge in conservation biology is that not all species are equally likely to go extinct when faced with a disturbance, but there are multiple...

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Nine years of vegetation development in a postmining site: effects of spontaneous and assisted site recovery.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Baasch, A. & Kirmer, A. & Tischew, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Highly disturbed areas such as surface-mined land provide a great challenge for ecological restoration. The goal is to identify appropriate restoratio...

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Pathways of introduction of alien species in Norway: analyses of an exhaustive dataset to prioritise management efforts.

Published online: 08 May 2023

Authors: Sandvik, H. & Olsen, S. L. & Töpper, J. P. & Hilmo, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Alien species constitute one of the major threats to global biodiversity. Stopping alien species at an early stage, preferably before establishment, i...

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Two co-occurring invasive woody shrubs alter soil properties and promote subdominant invasive species.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Kuebbing, S. E. & Classen, A. T. & Simberloff, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Though co-occurrence of invasive plant species is common, few studies have compared the community and ecosystem impacts of invaders when they occur al...

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