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Vegetation and deer habitat relations in southern Ontario: classification of habitat types.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Stocker, M. & Gilbert, F. F. & Smith, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A functional habitat classification was derived using the parametric land classification approach. Construction of a habitat map was based on photoeco...

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Detecting copper toxicity in sediments: from the subindividual level to the population level.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Jeppe, K. J. & Yang JiangHua & Long, S. M. & Carew, M. E. & Zhang XiaoWei & Pettigrove, V. & Hoffmann, A. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sediments accumulate chemicals that can be toxic to biota and often contribute to aquatic ecosystem decline. Measuring mortality in laboratory-bred or...

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How common road salts and organic additives alter freshwater food webs: in search of safer alternatives.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Schuler, M. S. & Hintz, W. D. & Jones, D. K. & Lind, L. A. & Mattes, B. M. & Stoler, A. B. & Sudol, K. A. & Relyea, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The application of deicing road salts began in the 1940s and has increased drastically in regions where snow and ice removal is critical for transport...

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Differential responses by stream and riparian biodiversity to in-stream restoration of forestry-impacted streams.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Turunen, J. & Aroviita, J. & Marttila, H. & Louhi, P. & Laamanen, T. & Tolkkinen, M. & Luhta, P. L. & Kløve, B. & Muotka, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forestry can have detrimental impacts on stream ecosystems, particularly via excessive sedimentation. A key challenge to stream management is therefor...

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Abundance of aphids on cereals from before 1973 to 1977.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Jones, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

At Rothamsted in southern England from 1973 to 1977, alate cereal aphids (Sitobion avenae (F.), Metopolophium dirhodum (Wlk.), and in some years S. fr...

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Habitat associations and breeding success of yellowhammers on lowland farmland.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Bradbury, R. B. & Kyrkos, A. & Morris, A. J. & Clark, S. C. & Perkins, A. J. & Wilson, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Yellowhammers (Emberiza citrinella) began to decline on British lowland farmland in the late 1980s and losses are presently 10% per year. This study e...

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Establishment of vegetation on serpentine asbestos mine wastes, southeastern Quebec, Canada.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Moore, T. R. & Zimmermann, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The serpentine tailings from asbestos mines in southeastern Quebec cover 5.5 km2 and are largely devoid of vegetation. The tailings have a high pH, ve...

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Seasonal differences in abundance and distribution of cocoa-pollinating midges in relation to flowering and fruit set between shaded and sunny habitats of the La Lola Cocoa Farm in Costa Rica.

Published online: 28 Jun 1988

Authors: Young, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The distribution and abundance of adults, larvae and pupae of ceratopogonid midges in shaded and sunny habitats was investigated in relation to phenol...

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Decomposition of slash residues in thinned regrowth eucalypt forest in Western Australia.

Published online: 04 Jul 1997

Authors: O'Connell, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stand thinning is being used increasingly by forest managers to maximize wood production from regrowth eucalypt forests in Australia. Many of the ecol...

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Response of a herbivore community to increased food quality and quantity: an experiment with nitrogen fertilizer in a boreal forest.

Published online: 12 Jul 2000

Authors: Ball, J. P. & Danell, K. & Sunesson, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Herbivores make decisions at different spatial levels in response to food plant quality and quantity. Although experiments have examined the responses...

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