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Aerial activity of linyphiid spiders: modelling dispersal distances from meteorology and behaviour.

Published online: 05 Nov 2003

Authors: Thomas, C. F. G. & Brain, P. & Jepson, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dispersal parameters are critical for modelling spatially dynamic populations yet remain among the most difficult to quantify. Linyphiid spider aerial...

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Protected areas shape the distribution of tourism across rural Europe.

Published online: 14 Dec 2024

Authors: Seguin, R. & Delbar, V. & Batista e Silva, F. & Mouillot, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Protected areas (PAs) have expanded rapidly in recent decades to help mitigate the ongoing biodiversity crisis but are under increasing human pressure...

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The role of livestock portfolios and group-based approaches for building resilience in the face of accelerating climate change: an asset-based panel data analysis from rural Kenya.

Published online: 04 Nov 2015

Authors: Ngigi, M. W. & Müller, U. & Birner, R.

Content type: Bulletin

This study examines the impact of multiple shocks on assets by employing two waves of a panel data set of 360 rural households in three agro-ecologica...

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The solutions to the brent goose problem: an economic analysis.

Published online: 14 Jan 1995

Authors: Vickery, J. A. & Watkinson, A. R. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Five possible solutions to the problem of over-wintering brent geese (Branta bernicla) grazing on farmers' crops in the UK are described: maintaining ...

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A multi-dimensional assessment of ecosystems and ecosystem services in Taplejung, Nepal.

Published online: 22 Aug 2018

Authors: Thapa, S. & Poudel, S. & Aryal, K. & Kandel, P. & Uddin, K. & Karki, S. & Sharma, B. & Chettri, N.

Content type: Bulletin

Excessive demand for ecosystem services arising from rapidly growing human population and several anthropogenic activities have led to the extensive m...

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Response of soybean to attack by stemfly Melanagromyza sojae in farmers' fields in Indonesia.

Published online: 06 Feb 1999

Authors: Berg, H. van den & Shepard, B. M. & Nasikin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To determine the effect of M. sojae, a pith-boring agromyzid fly, on soyabean under field conditions in East Java Province, Indonesia, physiologically...

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FIRETOOL: an expert system for the use of prescribed fires in Brazilian savannas.

Published online: 10 Aug 1996

Authors: Pivello, V. R. & Norton, G. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A prototype expert system, FIRETOOL, was developed to help decision makers and managers use prescribed burns for the ecological management of Brazilia...

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The harvest time method as a means of avoiding quelea damage to irrigated rice in Chad/Cameroun.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Elliott, C. C. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Studies on bird damage to irrigated rice were carried out in 1975-7 on 2 irrigated farms at Bongor, Chad and Yagoua, Cameroun. The level of damage in ...

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Studies in Festuca. X. Observations on germination and seedling cold tolerance in diploid Festuca pratensis and tetraploid F. pratensis var. apennina in relation to their altitudinal distribution.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Tyler, B. & Borrill, M. & Chorlton, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Populations were collected from twelve sites in Switzerland and Italy. Tetraploids occurred in grassland at high altitudes but in woodlands down to 11...

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Ecological aspects of water management in Britain.

Published online: 01 Sep 1990

Authors: Eaton, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Britain, man's alteration to river habitats began with forest clearances and continued with developments for water power and navigation. Industrial...

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