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A landscape-scale test of the predictive ability of a spatially explicit model for population viability analysis.

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Lindenmayer, D. B. & Ball, I. & Possingham, H. P. & McCarthy, M. A. & Pope, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although population viability analysis (PVA) is widely employed, forecasts from PVA models are rarely tested. This study in a fragmented forest in sou...

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Factors influencing molehill distribution in grassland: implications for controlling the damage caused by molehills.

Published online: 05 Aug 1999

Authors: Edwards, G. R. & Crawley, M. J. & Heard, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The possibility of controlling molehill distribution by using management procedures that alter the availability of earthworms, the principal food of m...

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Breeding bird species diversity in the Negev: effects of scrub fragmentation by planted forests.

Published online: 03 Jan 2002

Authors: Shochat, E. & Zvika Abramsky & Pinshow, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Afforestation of the Northern Negev, Israel, from 1956 resulted in patches of primarily coniferous trees that fragmented large scrubland areas. This a...

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Light quality and spatial variability influences on seedling regeneration in Hawaiian lowland wet forests.

Published online: 21 Dec 2024

Authors: Rosam, J. R. & Warman, L. & Ostertag, R. & Perroy, R. & Cordell, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical forest understories tend to be light-limited. The red-to-far-red ratio (R:FR) is a useful and reliable index of light quality and its spatial...

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Within-corridor heterogeneity is more important than corridor design for maintaining butterfly functional and taxonomic diversity.

Published online: 23 Dec 2021

Authors: Schalkwyk, J. van & Gaigher, R. & Pryke, J. S. & Samways, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Local and landscape features influence the spatial distribution of biodiversity. At the landscape scale, heterogeneity has compositional and configura...

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Inference of local invasion pathways in two invasive crayfish species displaying contrasting genetic patterns.

Published online: 27 Dec 2021

Authors: Paz-Vinas, I. & Lang, I. & Millet, P. & Veyssière, C. & Loot, G. & Cucherousset, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The efficient management of invasive alien species (IAS) requires the identification of their introduction pathways. Genetic assessments have proven u...

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Effects of culling on spatial associations of Mycobacterium bovis infections in badgers and cattle.

Published online: 21 Nov 2007

Authors: Jenkins, H. E. & Woodroffe, R. & Donnelly, C. A. & Cox, D. R. & Johnston, W. T. & Bourne, F. J. & Cheeseman, C. L. & Clifton-Hadley, R. S. & Gettinby, G. & Gilks, P. & Hewinson, R. G. & McInerney, J. P. & Morrison, W. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bovine tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, has serious consequences for Britain's cattle industry. European badgers (Meles meles) can tr...

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Fire management in Mediterranean-climate shrublands: a case study from the Cape fynbos, South Africa.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Wilgen, B. W. van & Forsyth, G. G. & Klerk, H. de & Sonali Das & Khuluse, S. & Schmitz, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire is an important process in Mediterranean-ecosystem shrublands, and prescribed burning is often used to manage these ecosystems. Analyses of past ...

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Conservation value of linear woody remnants for two forest carnivores in a Mediterranean agricultural landscape.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Pereira, M. & Rodríguez, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The loss of biodiversity caused by agricultural expansion can be countered by adopting wildlife-friendly farming strategies and by expanding the netwo...

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Assessing the potential impact of invasive ring-necked parakeets Psittacula krameri on native nuthatches Sitta europeae in Belgium.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Strubbe, D. & Matthysen, E. & Graham, C. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological invasions are a major threat to biodiversity. Given the large number of invasive species, we need to be able to identify invaders with larg...

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