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The use of portable thermal imaging for estimating deer population density in forest habitats.

Published online: 16 Jan 1998

Authors: Gill, R. M. A. & Thomas, M. L. & Stocker, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The reliability of deer population management could be improved with good density estimates, but current methods are either labour-intensive or suffer...

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Spider adaptation to artificial biotopes: the fauna of percolating filter beds in a sewage treatment works.

Published online: 04 Jun 1998

Authors: Duffey, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spider faunas of 2 filter beds at the Minworth Sewage Treatment Works in Birmingham, UK, were studied from June 1980 to June 1981 inclusive, to in...

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Assessing genetic risk in revegetation.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Byrne, M. & Stone, L. & Millar, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Revegetation can provide major environmental benefits in degraded landscapes, but there is also potential for negative impacts from genetic change in ...

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Estimating survival and movements using both live and dead recoveries: a case study of oystercatchers confronted with habitat change.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Duriez, O. & Sæther, S. A. & Ens, B. J. & Choquet, R. & Pradel, R. & Lambeck, R. H. D. & Klaassen, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Animals facing partial habitat loss can try to survive in the remaining habitat or emigrate. Effects on survival and movements should be studied simul...

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Control of endemic bovine Tb in New Zealand possum populations: results from a simple model.

Published online: 13 Feb 1993

Authors: Barlow, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modified versions of the classic disease/host differential equation models were applied to rates of harvesting, sterilization and vaccination required...

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Storage fungi antagonistic to the flour mite (Acaras siró L.).

Published online: 04 Jul 1965

Authors: Solomon, M. E. & Hill, S. T. & Cunnington, A. M. & Ayerst, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based on the authors' summary. Under favourable physical conditions, populations of Acarus siró L. reared on sterilised wheat-germ fl...

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Monte Carlo analysis of parameter uncertainty in matrix models for the weed Cirsium vulgare.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Tenhumberg, B. & Louda, S. M. & Eckberg, J. O. & Takahashi, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Parameter uncertainty challenges the use of matrix models because it violates key assumptions underlying elasticity analyses. We have developed a matr...

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Plant size variation and vertebrate herbivory: winter wheat grazed by rabbits.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Crawley, M. J. & Weiner, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field trials in Silwood Park, Berkshire, UK in 1982-85, wheat cv. Hustler was subjected to no grazing or to several regimes of grazing by rabbits. ...

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Sampling methods and construction of life tables for Sitona humeralis populations (Col., Curculionidae) in Mediterranean climatic areas.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Aeschlimann, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Criteria for selecting sites are described and the various sampling, rearing and identification techniques used to investigate field populations of Si...

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Quantification of the impact of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) on cereal aphids in winter wheat: an analysis of field populations.

Published online: 08 Jul 1987

Authors: Chambers, R. J. & Adams, T. H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An analysis of predation of cereal aphids (Sitobion avenae and Metopolophium dirhodum) by larvae of Episyrphus balteatus is described. Field data on t...

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