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Comparative aspects of foraging behaviour of pronghorn antelope and cattle.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Ellis, J. E. & Travis, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

On shortgrass prairie in N.E. Colorado with dominant Bouteloua gracilis, Buchloe dactyloides, Agropyron smithii and Artemisia frigida, antelope and ca...

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Does carbaryl increase fluctuating asymmetry in damselflies under field conditions? A mesocosm experiment with Xanthocnemis zealandica (Odonata: Zygoptera).

Published online: 18 Nov 1999

Authors: Hardersen, S. & Wratten, S. D. & Frampton, C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Previous laboratory experiments have shown that carbaryl reduces emergence success and increases fluctuating asymmetry in cell patterns of damselfly w...

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Small scale heterogeneity in a semi-arid North American grassland. II. Cattle grazing of simulated urine patches.

Published online: 06 Jun 1992

Authors: Jaramillo, V. J. & Detling, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of simulated urine deposition on the selectivity and intensity of cattle grazing on Agropyron smithii [Elymus smithii] tillers were studie...

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Are threatened plant species specialists, or just more vulnerable to disturbance?

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Monks, A. & Burrows, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many studies report an association between species rarity and/or threat status, and habitat specialization. However, specialization is often inferred ...

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Conserving tropical biodiversity via strategic spatiotemporal harvest planning.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Ramage, B. S. & Marshalek, E. C. & Kitzes, J. & Potts, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical timber production forests have the potential to harbour many species, but landscape-level management strategies for minimizing extinctions ar...

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Refuges for fauna in fire-prone landscapes: their ecological function and importance.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Robinson, N. M. & Leonard, S. W. J. & Ritchie, E. G. & Bassett, M. & Chia, E. K. & Buckingham, S. & Gibb, H. & Bennett, A. F. & Clarke, M. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rapid environmental change is placing increasing pressure on the survival of many species globally. Ecological refuges can mitigate the impacts of cha...

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Assessing the CO2 capture potential of seagrass restoration projects.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Duarte, C. M. & Sintes, T. & Marbà, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seagrass meadows are important carbon sinks, and they are experiencing a global decline. Restoration of seagrass meadows provides a strategy to mitiga...

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The impact of 36 years of grazing management on vegetation dynamics in dune slacks.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Millett, J. & Edmondson, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grazing mammals are often used to maintain and restore high conservation value plant communities, but the evidence base for management is lacking long...

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Species loss in fragments of tropical rain forest: a review of the evidence.

Published online: 28 Aug 1996

Authors: Turner, I. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A review of the literature shows that in nearly all cases tropical rain forest fragmentation has led to a local loss of species. Isolated fragments su...

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Factors determining the abundance of vespertilionid bats in Britain: geographical, land class and local habitat relationships.

Published online: 21 Oct 1996

Authors: Walsh, A. L. & Harris, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Transect surveys of foraging bats in a stratified sample of 1030 1-km squares in Britain were used to compare bat abundance in different land classes....

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