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Human impacts on leaf economics in heterogeneous landscapes: the effect of harvesting non-timber forest products from African mahogany across habitats and climates.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Gaoue, O. G. & Sack, L. & Ticktin, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-timber forest products (NTFP) are harvested by millions of people for their livelihood. To define sustainable harvest limits it is critical to und...

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Decision-making for mitigating wildlife diseases: from theory to practice for an emerging fungal pathogen of amphibians.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Canessa, S. & Bozzuto, C. & Grant, E. H. C. & Cruickshank, S. S. & Fisher, M. C. & Koella, J. C. & Lötters, S. & Martel, A. & Pasmans, F. & Scheele, B. C. & Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A. & Steinfartz, S. & Schmidt, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation science can be most effective in its decision-support role when seeking answers to clearly formulated questions of direct management rele...

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Modelling the long-term consequences of crop-wild relative hybridization: a case study using four generations of hybrids.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Hooftman, D. A. P. & Jong, M. J. de & Oostermeijer, J. G. B. & Nijs, H. C. M. den

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hybridization between crops and wild relatives seems possible for many crop taxa. Subsequent introgression of crop-specific traits into wild relatives...

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Facilitating grassland diversification using the hemiparasitic plant Rhinanthus minor.

Published online: 17 Nov 2004

Authors: Pywell, R. F. & Bullock, J. M. & Walker, K. J. & Coulson, S. J. & Gregory, S. J. & Stevenson, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species-rich grasslands are of high conservation value because of the diverse floral and faunal assemblages they support. Intensive agriculture has re...

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Estimating deer abundance from line transect surveys of dung: sika deer in southern Scotland.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Marques, F. F. C. & Buckland, S. T. & Goffin, D. & Dixon, C. E. & Borchers, D. L. & Mayle, B. A. & Peace, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Accurate and precise estimates of abundance are required for the development of management regimes for deer populations. In woodland areas, indirect d...

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Recovery of anuran community diversity following habitat replacement.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Lesbarrères, D. & Fowler, M. S. & Pagano, A. & Lodé, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recently habitat degradation, road construction and traffic have all increased with human populations, to the detriment of aquatic habitats and specie...

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Assessing trade-offs in developing a landscape-scale nest monitoring programme for a threatened shorebird.

Published online: 02 May 2024

Authors: Ellis, K. S. & Anteau, M. J. & MacDonald, G. J. & Ring, M. M. & Sherfy, M. H. & Swift, R. J. & Toy, D. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Effective monitoring of wildlife species requires thorough planning and development of survey programmes that can address management and conservation ...

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Demography and management of the invasive plant species Hypericum perforatum. I. Using multi-level mixed-effects models for characterizing growth, survival and fecundity in a long-term data set.

Published online: 27 Aug 2003

Authors: Buckley, Y. M. & Briese, D. T. & Rees, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hypericum perforatum, St John's wort, is an invasive perennial herb that is especially problematic on waste ground, roadsides, pastures and open woodl...

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The consequences of ant-attendance to the biological control of the red wax scale insect Ceroplastes rubens by Anicetus beneficus.

Published online: 25 Sep 1996

Authors: Itioka, T. & Inoue, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of an attendant ant (Lasius niger) on the host-parasitoid system of the red wax scale insect (Ceroplastes rubens) and its parasitoid wasp ...

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Testing genetically engineered potato, producing the lectins GNA and Con A, on non-target soil organisms and processes.

Published online: 04 May 2000

Authors: Griffiths, B. S. & Geoghegan, I. E. & Robertson, W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two lectins, concanavalin A (Con A) and Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA), have anti-feedant properties that suggest a potential for the control of i...

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