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Relating national levels of crop damage to the abundance of large grazing birds: implications for management.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Montràs-Janer, T. & Knape, J. & Nilsson, L. & Tombre, I. & Pärt, T. & Månsson, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Populations of large grazing birds have increased in Europe during the past five decades, raising conflicts between conservation and farming interests...

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Pest control at a regional scale: identifying key criteria using a spatially explicit, agent-based model.

Published online: 24 Jul 2020

Authors: Lustig, A. & James, A. & Anderson, D. & Plank, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive mammals are a major threat to biodiversity. Understanding how their distributions and abundance could be affected by different temporal and s...

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Ecological requirements drive the variable responses of wheat pests and natural enemies to the landscape context.

Published online: 16 Feb 2022

Authors: González, E. & Bianchi, F. J. J. A. & Eckerter, P. W. & Pfaff, V. & Weiler, S. & Entling, M. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Semi-natural habitats (SNH) are considered essential for pest-suppressive landscapes, but their influence on crop pests and natural enemies can be hig...

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Factors influencing the rate of formation of tree-related microhabitats and implications for biodiversity conservation and forest management.

Published online: 15 Feb 2022

Authors: Courbaud, B. & Larrieu, L. & Kozak, D. & Kraus, D. & Lachat, T. & Ladet, S. & Müller, J. & Paillet, Y. & Sagheb-Talebi, K. & Schuck, A. & Stillhard, J. & Svoboda, M. & Zudin, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The retention of trees bearing tree-related microhabitats (TreMs) has become an important means of conserving biodiversity in production forests. Howe...

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Optimizing flower fields as an effective farmland eco-scheme also during non-breeding.

Published online: 17 Feb 2022

Authors: Rieger, M. R. & Mailänder, S. & Stier, L. & Santon, M. & Staggenborg, J. & Anthes, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union implements several farmland eco-schemes, but most are considered ineffective in halting the...

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Woody riparian buffers have indirect effects on macroinvertebrate assemblages of French rivers, but land use effects are much stronger.

Published online: 19 Feb 2022

Authors: Gall, M. le & Palt, M. & Kail, J. & Hering, D. & Piffady, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woody riparian buffers (hereafter, 'woody buffers') are frequently considered as important to mitigate the effects of stressors on streams and rivers....

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Small-scale restoration in intensive agricultural landscapes supports more specialized and less mobile pollinator species.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Kremen, C. & M'Gonigle, L. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agriculture now constitutes 40-50% of terrestrial land use globally. By enhancing habitat suitability and connectivity, restoration within agricultura...

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Distinguishing between the nests of sympatric chimpanzees and gorillas.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Sanz, C. & Morgan, D. & Strindberg, S. & Onononga, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Our current inability to estimate precisely the population sizes of chimpanzees and gorillas across much of the Congo Basin has been detrimental to th...

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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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Using a stochastic model to examine the ecological, economic and ethical consequences of population control in a charismatic invasive species: mute swans in North America.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Ellis, M. M. & Elphick, C. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although invasive species are widely recognized as a threat to native ecosystems, control or eradication plans can create controversy, particularly wh...

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