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Livestock and their management are key to the future of Africa's wildlife.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Western, D. & Tyrrell, P. & Brehony, P. & Russell, S. & Western, G. & Kamanga, J.

Content type: Blog

Protected areas fall far short of securing the space needed to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem function at a global scale and in the face of climat...

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Road age and its importance in earthworm invasion of northern boreal forests.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Cameron, E. K. & Bayne, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Roads are an important conduit for the spread of invasive species. Road age is a key factor that could influence the susceptibility of roads to invasi...

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Semi-natural habitat surrounding farms promotes multifunctionality in avian ecosystem services.

Published online: 13 Jun 2022

Authors: Olimpi, E. M. & Garcia, K. & Gonthier, D. J. & Kremen, C. & Snyder, W. E. & Wilson-Rankin, E. E. & Karp, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmland birds can suppress insect pests, but may also consume beneficial insects, damage crops and potentially carry foodborne pathogens. As bird com...

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Improving the design and management of forest strips in human-dominated tropical landscapes: a field test on Amazonian dung beetles.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Barlow, J. & Louzada, J. & Parry, L. & Hernández, M. I. M. & Hawes, J. & Peres, C. A. & Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. & Gardner, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The future of tropical forest species depends in part on their ability to survive in human-modified landscapes. Forest strips present a priority area ...

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Butterfly and plant specialists suffer from reduced connectivity in fragmented landscapes.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Brückmann, S. V. & Krauss, J. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Calcareous grasslands are diversity hotspots for plant and butterfly species in Europe, but connectivity of these grasslands has been reduced by habit...

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Diversity for Restoration (D4R): guiding the selection of tree species and seed sources for climate-resilient restoration of tropical forest landscapes.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Fremout, T. & Thomas, E. & Taedoumg, H. & Briers, S. & Gutiérrez-Miranda, C. E. & Alcázar-Caicedo, C. & Lindau, A. & Kpoumie, H. M. & Vinceti, B. & Kettle, C. & Ekué, M. & Atkinson, R. & Jalonen, R. & Gaisberger, H. & Elliott, S. & Brechbühler, E. & Ceccarelli, V. & Krishnan, S. & Vacik, H. & Wiederkehr-Guerra, G. & Salgado-Negret, B. & González, M. A. & Ramírez, W. & Moscoso-Higuita, L. G. & Vásquez, Á. & Cerrón, J. & Maycock, C. & Muys, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

At the start of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), the restoration of degraded ecosystems is more than ever a global priority. Tree p...

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The delivery of cultural ecosystem services in urban forests of different landscape features and land use contexts.

Published online: 07 Dec 2022

Authors: Wang Yuan & Niemelä, J. & Kotze, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Urban greenspace provides citizens with important cultural ecosystem services (CES). Identifying landscape features and land use contexts that facilit...

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Seed limitation during early forest succession in a rural landscape on Chiloé Island, Chile: implications for temperate forest restoration.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Bustamante-Sánchez, M. A. & Armesto, J. J. & Landis, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Re-establishment of native forest species in rural landscapes may be conditioned by the proximity of seed sources, the post-disturbance composition of...

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Sustainable landscape, soil and crop management practices enhance biodiversity and yield in conventional cereal systems.

Published online: 27 Mar 2021

Authors: Redlich, S. & Martin, E. A. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Input-driven, modern agriculture is commonly associated with large-scale threats to biodiversity, the disruption of ecosystem services and long-term r...

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Divergent fire management leads to multiple beneficial outcomes for butterfly conservation in a production mosaic.

Published online: 25 Aug 2020

Authors: Gaigher, R. & Samways, M. J. & Samways, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire is an intrinsic component of many natural ecosystems. In human-modified landscapes that occur in fire-driven ecosystems, it can be difficult to m...

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