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Rotational grazing can mitigate ecosystem service trade-offs between livestock production and water quality in semi-arid rangelands.

Published online: 15 Nov 2021

Authors: Hulvey, K. B. & Mellon, C. D. & Kleinhesselink, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mitigating ecosystem service (ES) trade-offs is a key management goal in locations where stakeholders value different and potentially conflicting ecos...

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Livestock grazing promotes ecosystem multifunctionality of a coastal salt marsh.

Published online: 03 Nov 2021

Authors: Zhang Pei & Yang ZaiChao & Wu JiHua

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of livestock grazing on grasslands have garnered much attention; however, little is known about how grazing affects ecosystems' ability to...

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Invasive grass fuel loads suppress native species by increasing fire intensity and soil heating.

Published online: 04 Nov 2021

Authors: Tomat-Kelly, G. & Dillon, W. W. & Flory, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-native invasive grasses are driving intense fires across the globe but the impacts of native versus invader-fuelled fires on community assemblages...

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Drivers of soil microbial community assembly during recovery from selective logging and clear-cutting.

Published online: 16 Nov 2021

Authors: Chen Jie & Chazdon, R. L. & Swenson, N. G. & Xu Han & Luo TuShou

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite important progress in understanding the impacts of forest clearing and logging on above-ground communities, how these disturbances affect soil...

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Organic farming supports lower pest infestation, but fewer natural enemies than flower strips.

Published online: 01 Nov 2021

Authors: Török, E. & Zieger, S. & Rosenthal, J. & Földesi, R. & Gallé, R. & Tscharntke, T. & Batáry, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification has led to dramatic losses of species and associated ecosystem services. In the European Union, agri-environment schemes ...

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Field boundary features can stabilise bee populations and the pollination of mass-flowering crops in rotational systems.

Published online: 02 Nov 2021

Authors: Gardner, E. & Breeze, T. D. & Clough, Y. & Smith, H. G. & Baldock, K. C. R. & Campbell, A. & Garratt, M. P. D. & Gillespie, M. A. K. & Kunin, W. E. & McKerchar, M. & Potts, S. G. & Senapathi, D. & Stone, G. N. & Wäckers, F. & Westbury, D. B. & Wilby, A. & Oliver, T. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinators experience large spatiotemporal fluctuations in resource availability when mass-flowering crops are rotated with resource-poor cereal crop...

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Tree species richness promotes an early increase of stand structural complexity in young subtropical plantations.

Published online: 03 Nov 2021

Authors: Perles-Garcia, M. D. & Kunz, M. & Fichtner, A. & Härdtle, W. & Oheimb, G. von

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest structural complexity has been identified as an important driver for promoting simultaneously biodiversity across trophic levels and multiple e...

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Effect of a joint policy statement by nine UK shooting and rural organisations on the use of lead shotgun ammunition for hunting common pheasants Phasianus colchicus in Britain.

Published online: 23 May 2022

Authors: Green, R. E. & Taggart, M. A. & Pain, D. J. & Clark, N. A. & Clewley, L. & Cromie, R. & Elliot, B. & Green, R. M. W. & Huntley, B. & Huntley, J. & Leslie, R. & Porter, R. & Robinson, J. A. & Smith, K. & Smith, L. & Spencer, J. & Stroud, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

There are significant negative effects of exposure to spent lead ammunition on wildlife and human health. A joint statement was issued by nine UK shoo...

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Effect of height and colour of bee bricks on nesting occupancy of bees and wasps in SW England.

Published online: 16 May 2022

Authors: Shaw, R. F. & Christman, K. P. & Crookes, R. & Gilbert, C. N. & Osborne, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Bee bricks are a novel solitary-bee nesting habitat made from reclaimed concrete, designed to be built into walls to provide nest sites in urban areas...

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Using Dartmoor ponies in conservation grazing to reduce Molinia caerulea dominance and encourage germination of Calluna vulgaris in heathland vegetation on Dartmoor, UK.

Published online: 14 May 2022

Authors: Lunt, P. H. & Leigh, J. L. & McNeil, S. A. & Gibb, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

The increasing dominance of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea in heathland ecosystems in the UK is of growing concern due to its detrimental impact o...

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