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The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia: drivers, agents and institutions.

Published online: 13 Jan 2016

Authors: Müller, R. & Pacheco, P. & Montero, J. C.

Content type: Bulletin

Bolivia's forest resources are of global importance, its main forest areas are located in subtropical and tropical regions. There is severe deforestat...

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Forest damage by deer depends on cross-scale interactions between climate, deer density and landscape structure.

Published online: 22 Nov 2020

Authors: Spake, R. & Bellamy, C. & Gill, R. & Watts, K. & Wilson, T. & Ditchburn, B. & Eigenbrod, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Deer (Cervidae) populations are increasing across the temperate zone, threatening forest biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, the fundamental...

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Managing interacting disturbances: lessons from a case study in Australian forests.

Published online: 27 Nov 2020

Authors: Lindenmayer, D. B. & Foster, C. N. & Westgate, M. J. & Scheele, B. C. & Blanchard, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystems are shaped by a range of drivers including human and natural disturbances. They also may be subject to interactions between disturbances wh...

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The importance of trees for woody pasture bird diversity and effects of the European Union's tree density policy.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Jakobsson, S. & Lindborg, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent reforms in the Common Agricultural Policy aim for a greening of the subsidy system with potential improvements for biodiversity conservation. A...

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Emerging viral disease risk to pollinating insects: ecological, evolutionary and anthropogenic factors.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Manley, R. & Boots, M. & Wilfert, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The potential for infectious pathogens to spillover and emerge from managed populations to wildlife communities is poorly understood, but ecological, ...

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Fire prevents woody encroachment only at higher-than-historical frequencies in a South African savanna.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Case, M. F. & Staver, A. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woody encroachment is a pervasive challenge facing savanna and grassland managers world-wide. Proposed drivers of the phenomenon range from local chan...

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Finding clarity in ecological outcomes using empirical integrated social-ecological systems: a case study of agriculture-dependent grassland birds.

Published online: 13 Mar 2021

Authors: Allen, M. C. & Lockwood, J. L. & Burger, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Efforts to monitor and conserve populations and ecosystems in human-dominated landscapes can benefit from an empirical social-ecological systems appro...

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Under pressure: how human-wild-captive elephant social-ecological system in Laos is teetering due to global forces and sociocultural changes.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: Maurer, G. & Gimenez, O. & Mulot, B. & Lescureux, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Few empirical studies have described social-ecological systems (SESs) in transition. Some studies focused on external drivers that impact the SES and ...

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Pinkworthy and Driver Farm proposed Site of Special Scientific Interest. Grassland Fungi Assessment.

Published online: 31 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: McLay, A.

Content type: Reports

The present survey took place in 2017 and 2018 and was carried out to ascertain whether the site fully met the recently revised SSSI (Site of Special ...

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Human-habitat associations in the native distributions of alien bird species.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Cardador, L. & Blackburn, T. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The role of human tolerance is increasingly being proposed as a key driver of invasion success by alien species. Human-habitat associations may facili...

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