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Using Leslie matrices to determine wild rabbit population growth and the potential for control.

Published online: 02 Mar 1995

Authors: Smith, G. C. & Trout, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data on fecundity and mortality obtained from wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) populations in England were used in Leslie Matrix population project...

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The effects on butterfly abundance of the management of uncropped edges of arable fields.

Published online: 12 Mar 1997

Authors: Feber, R. E. & Smith, H. & Macdonald, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance and species richness of butterflies [Rhopalocera] on expanded-width uncropped arable field edges, which were subject to 10 contrasting, ...

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Links between natural environments, learning and health: evidence briefing.

Published online: 23 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Dillon, J. & Lovell, B.

Content type: Reports

This briefing note is one of a series that summarises evidence of the relationships between the natural environment and a range of outcomes. This brie...

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Population responses to sterility imposed on female European rabbits.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Williams, C. K. & Davey, C. C. & Moore, R. J. & Hinds, L. A. & Silvers, L. E. & Kerr, P. J. & French, N. & Hood, G. M. & Pech, R. P. & Krebs, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Additional methods are needed in Australia to control the European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus, which continues to destroy valued native flora. A con...

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Recreational harvest and incident-response management reduce human-carnivore conflicts in an anthropogenic landscape.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Raithel, J. D. & Reynolds-Hogland, M. J. & Koons, D. N. & Carr, P. C. & Aubry, L. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conserving viable large carnivore populations requires managing their interactions with humans in increasingly anthropogenic landscapes. Faced with de...

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Population structure of the rare, long-lived perennial Gentiana pneumonanthe in relation to vegetation and management in the Netherlands.

Published online: 14 Oct 1994

Authors: Oostermeijer, J. G. B. & Veer, R. van't & Nijs, J. C. M. den

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Analysis of population age-state spectra of Gentiana pneumonanthe in a variety of vegetation types (principally wet heathlands and unmanured hay meado...

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Instability of insular tree communities in an Amazonian mega-dam is driven by impaired recruitment and altered species composition.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Jones, I. L. & Peres, C. A. & Benchimol, M. & Bunnefeld, L. & Dent, D. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mega-dams create highly fragmented archipelagos, affecting biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in remnant forest isolates. This study assessed the ...

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Age-dependent habitat relationships of a burned forest specialist emphasise the role of pyrodiversity in fire management.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Stillman, A. N. & Siegel, R. B. & Wilkerson, R. L. & Johnson, M. & Tingley, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variation in fire characteristics, termed pyrodiversity, plays an important role in structuring post-fire communities, but little is known about the i...

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Habitat utilization in a stratified upland landscape by two lagomorphs with different feeding strategies.

Published online: 10 Aug 1996

Authors: Hulbert, I. A. R. & Iason, G. R. & Racey, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) are summer grazers that switch to browse in winter, while rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) eat mostly grasses throughout...

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Physical limits for complete development of the grain mite, Acarus siro L. (Acarina, Acaridae), in relation to its world distribution.

Published online: 03 Jul 1966

Authors: Cunnington, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is virtually the author's summary. The investigation described de-fines the limits of temperature and humidity beyond which the grain mi...

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