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Vegetation and deer habitat relations in southern Ontario: application of habit classification to white-tailed deer.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Stocker, M. & Gilbert, F. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In response to an increasing need for an effective method to evaluate land for its potential to support wildlife populations, a land evaluation method...

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Payoff of the grain for green policy.

Published online: 28 Dec 2020

Authors: Cao ShiXiong & Xia ChengQi & Xian JunLi & Guo Hao & Zheng HeRan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To protect the global ecological environment and prevent threats to human safety and property, nations around the world have invested heavily in ecolo...

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Monitoring species abundance and distribution at the landscape scale.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Jones, J. P. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance and distribution of a species are affected by processes which operate at multiple scales. Large-scale dynamics are increasingly recogniz...

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Chief Scientist Report 2022: Nature recovery, led by evidence.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Clements, A.

Content type: Reports

This 5th report in the series describes the nature conservation activities and recommendations in the UK in 2022, including developing recommendations...

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Alluring restoration strategies to attract seed-dispersing animals need more rigorous testing.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Holl, K. D. & Joyce, F. H. & Reid, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a recently published paper, Silva et al. conclude that placing fruit feeders (induced seed dispersal) in restored tropical forests serves to enrich...

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Informed multi-objective decision-making in environmental management using Pareto optimality.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Kennedy, M. C. & Ford, E. D. & Singleton, P. & Finney, M. & Agee, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effective decision-making in environmental management requires the consideration of multiple objectives that may conflict. Common optimization methods...

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Synchrony - an emergent property of recreational fisheries.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Kaemingk, M. A. & Chizinski, C. J. & Hurley, K. L. & Pope, K. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recreational fisheries are traditionally managed at local scales, but more effective management could be achieved using a cross-scale approach. To do ...

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Modelling the effects of management on population dynamics: some lessons from annual weeds.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Freckleton, R. P. & Sutherland, W. J. & Watkinson, A. R. & Stephens, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural and invasive weeds are major threats to managed and natural ecosystems, costing billions of dollars annually. Models for arable and invas...

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Do restored calcareous grasslands on former arable fields resemble ancient targets? The effect of time, methods and environment on outcomes.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Fagan, K. C. & Pywell, R. F. & Bullock, J. M. & Marrs, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A great deal of money is being invested in calcareous grassland restoration on arable land within agri-environment schemes in the European Union. Ther...

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Exploratory and confirmatory research in the open science era.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Nilsen, E. B. & Bowler, D. E. & Linnell, J. D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Applied ecological research is increasingly inspired by the open science movement. However, new challenges about how we define our science when biodiv...

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