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Alternative states models provide an effective framework for invasive species control and restoration of native communities.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Firn, J. & House, A. P. N. & Buckley, Y. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Identifying the mechanisms that facilitate invasion is crucial for the design of preventative measures and understanding the invasion process, but not...

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Modelling detection probabilities to evaluate management and control tools for an invasive species.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Christy, M. T. & Adams, A. A. Y. & Rodda, G. H. & Savidge, J. A. & Tyrrell, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

For most ecologists, detection probability (p) is a nuisance variable that must be modelled to estimate the state variable of interest (i.e. survival,...

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Simple rules to contain an invasive species with a complex life cycle and high dispersal capacity.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Pichancourt, J. B. & Chadès, I. & Firn, J. & Klinken, R. D. van & Martin, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Designing practical rules for controlling invasive species is a challenging task for managers, particularly when species are long-lived, have complex ...

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Diversity and invasion within a predator community: impacts on herbivore suppression.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Hogg, B. N. & Daane, K. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management strategies to enhance ecosystem services in agroecosystems often seek to increase predator biodiversity. Invaders commonly dominate predato...

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Prioritising the eradication of invasive species from island archipelagos with high reinvasion risk.

Published online: 08 May 2023

Authors: Kumar, V. & Nunez, A. & Brown, K. & Agarwal, K. & Hall, S. & Bode, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Eradicating invasive species from islands is a proven method for safeguarding threatened and endangered species from extinction. Island eradications c...

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Climate and exotic pasture area in landscape determines invasion of forest fragments by two invasive grasses.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Butler, S. & McAlpine, C. & Fensham, R. & House, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To date, there has been a focus on biological aspects of invasion rather than landscape-scale processes within human-modified landscapes. Applying a m...

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Below-ground causes and consequences of woodland shrub invasions: a novel paired-point framework reveals new insights.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Iannone, B. V., III & Heneghan, L. & Rijal, D. & Wise, D. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Confirming the impacts of invasive plants is essential for prioritizing management efforts, but is challenging, especially if impacts occur below-grou...

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Trade-offs in parasitism efficiency and brood size mediate parasitoid coexistence, with implications for biological control of the invasive emerald ash borer.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Wang XiaoYi & Jennings, D. E. & Duan, J. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Parasitoids often are selected for use as biological control agents because of their high host specificity, yet such host specificity can result in st...

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Monte Carlo analysis of parameter uncertainty in matrix models for the weed Cirsium vulgare.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Tenhumberg, B. & Louda, S. M. & Eckberg, J. O. & Takahashi, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Parameter uncertainty challenges the use of matrix models because it violates key assumptions underlying elasticity analyses. We have developed a matr...

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Rates of change in the numbers of dunlin, Calidris alpina, wintering in British estuaries in relation to the spread of Spartina anglica.

Published online: 17 Sep 2008

Authors: Goss-Custard, J. D. & Moser, M. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

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