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Conditions favouring Bromus tectorum dominance of endangered sagebrush steppe ecosystems.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Reisner, M. D. & Grace, J. B. & Pyke, D. A. & Doescher, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem invasibility is determined by combinations of environmental variables, invader attributes, disturbance regimes, competitive abilities of res...

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Subordinate plants sustain the complexity and stability of soil micro-food webs in natural bamboo forest ecosystems.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Shao YuanHu & Wang XiaoLi & Zhao Jie & Wu JianPing & Zhang WeiXin & Neher, D. A. & Li YanXia & Lou YiPing & Fu ShengLei

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Subordinate plants have a significant impact on soil organisms in primary successional floodplains and grassland ecosystems, but their role in subtrop...

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Managing Neotropical oil palm expansion to retain phylogenetic diversity.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Prescott, G. W. & Gilroy, J. J. & Haugaasen, T. & Uribe, C. A. M. & Foster, W. A. & Edwards, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expansion of tropical agriculture is a major driver of the extinction crisis. A key question is whether biodiversity losses can be minimized by re...

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A mechanistic framework to improve understanding and applications of push-pull systems in pest management.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Eigenbrode, S. D. & Birch, A. N. E. & Lindzey, S. & Meadow, R. & Snyder, W. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Push-pull or stimulo-deterrent cropping systems combine a trap crop or other attractant or arrestant stimulus distant from the crop and a deterrent or...

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Enriched rearing environment and wild genetic background can enhance survival and disease resistance of salmonid fishes during parasite epidemics.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Karvonen, A. & Aalto-Araneda, M. & Virtala, A. M. & Kortet, R. & Koski, P. & Hyvärinen, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The importance and volume of aquaculture is increasing world-wide. Rearing practices play a key role in determining growth rate, survival and disease ...

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Prescribed fire does not promote outbreaks of a primary bark beetle at low-density populations.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Tabacaru, C. A. & Park, J. & Erbilgin, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The causes of bark beetle outbreaks - particularly the role of disturbances - are poorly understood. Stand-scale disturbances, like fires, can suddenl...

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Conservation tillage mitigates the negative effect of landscape simplification on biological control.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Tamburini, G. & Simone, S. de & Sigura, M. & Boscutti, F. & Marini, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological pest control is a key ecosystem service, and it depends on multiple factors acting from the local to the landscape scale. However, the effe...

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38th Session of the FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, Rome, Italy, 19-24 May 2014.

Published online: 18 Mar 2015

Published by: Food and Agriculture Organization

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

The thirty-eighth session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), including the fifth session of the Committee on Administra...

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Ignoring the role forests play in local livelihood strategies can undermine restoration success.

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Whittaker, A.

Content type: Blog

Under the Bonn Challenge, the government of Malawi committed to reforest over 30% of the country by 2030, but at least in the south, few trees planted...

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Forest ecosystem services and the pillars of Bhutan's Gross National Happiness.

Published online: 03 Jan 2018

Authors: Sears, R. R. & Phuntsho, S. & Dorji, T. & Choden, K. & Norbu, N. & Baral, H.

Content type: Bulletin

In the eastern Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, culture, society, economy and environment are linked in the development framework of Gross National Happin...

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