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A guide to modelling priorities for managing land-based impacts on coastal ecosystems.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Brown, C. J. & Jupiter, S. D. & Albert, S. & Anthony, K. R. N. & Hamilton, R. J. & Fredston-Hermann, A. & Halpern, B. S. & Lin HsienYung & Maina, J. & Mangubhai, S. & Mumby, P. J. & Possingham, H. P. & Saunders, M. I. & Tulloch, V. J. D. & Wenger, A. & Klein, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollution from land-based run-off threatens coastal ecosystems and the services they provide, detrimentally affecting the livelihoods of millions peop...

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Weighing the unknowns: value of information for biological and operational uncertainty in invasion management.

Published online: 11 Oct 2021

Authors: Li ShouLi & Keller, J. & Runge, M. C. & Shea, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The management of biological invasions is a worldwide conservation priority. Unfortunately, decision-making on optimal invasion management can be impe...

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Guidelines for aspen restoration in Utah with applicability to the Intermountain West.

Published online: 31 Jul 2019

Authors: Kitchen, S. G. & Behrens, P. N. & Goodrich, S. K. & Green, A. & Guyon, J. & O'Brien, M. & Tart, D.

Content type: Bulletin

As highly productive and biologically diverse communities, healthy quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides; hereafter aspen) forests provide a wide range o...

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Ecological anachronisms in the recruitment of temperate light-demanding tree species in wooded pastures.

Published online: 14 Jul 2004

Authors: Bakker, E. S. & Olff, H. & Vandenberghe, C. & Maeyer, K. de & Smit, R. & Gleichman, J. M. & Vera, F. W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Light-demanding trees and thorny shrubs in temperate plant communities may reflect adaptations to now-extinct large grazers, such as aurochs and tarpa...

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The perpetual forest: using undesirable species to bridge restoration.

Published online: 18 Jul 2007

Authors: Kirkman, L. K. & Mitchell, R. J. & Kaeser, M. J. & Pecot, S. D. & Coffey, K. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conversion of established forests of undesirable species composition or structure to a multi-age, native forest community is a common restoration goal...

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Season, decay stage, habitat, temperature and carrion beetles allow estimating the post-mortem interval of wild boar carcasses.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Müller, J. & Rietz, J. & Hoermann, C. von & Conraths, F. J. & Benbow, M. E. & Mitesser, O. & Schlüter, J. & Lackner, T. & Reckel, F. & Heurich, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The decay process of animal carcasses is a highly complex succession driven by abiotic and biotic variables and their interactions. As an underexplore...

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Resource limitation of compensatory responses in ecosystem processes after biodiversity loss.

Published online: 08 Dec 2024

Authors: Hiddink, J. G. & Davies, T. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity loss may result in the decline in important ecosystem processes. The effect of biodiversity loss on ecosystem functioning is determined b...

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Impacts of an aggressive riparian invader on community structure and ecosystem functioning in stream food webs.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Hladyz, S. & Åbjörnsson, K. & Giller, P. S. & Woodward, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bioassessment in running waters has focused primarily on the impacts of organic pollution on community structure. Other stressors (e.g. invasive speci...

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Non-random extinctions dominate plant community changes in abandoned coppices.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Kopecký, M. & Hédl, R. & Szabó, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The plant community structure of European lowland forests has changed dramatically in the twentieth century, leading to biodiversity decline at variou...

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Inclusive approaches for cumulative effects assessments.

Published online: 14 Aug 2023

Authors: Adams, M. S. & Tulloch, V. J. D. & Hemphill, J. & Penn, B. & Anderson, L. T. & Davis, K. & Avery-Gomm, S. & Harris, A. & Martin, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The cumulative impacts of human activities and natural disturbance are leading to loss and extinction of species, ecological communities and biocultur...

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