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Knowledge of returning wildlife species and willingness to participate in citizen science projects among wildlife park visitors in Germany.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Ostermann-Miyashita, E. F. & König, H. J. & Pernat, N. & Bellingrath-Kimura, S. D. & Hibler, S. & Kiffner, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Successful conservation efforts have led to recent increases of large mammals such as European bison Bison bonasus, moose Alces alces and grey wolf Ca...

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Human activities and weather drive contact rates of wintering elk.

Published online: 13 Mar 2021

Authors: Janousek, W. M. & Graves, T. A. & Berman, E. E. & Chong, G. W. & Cole, E. K. & Dewey, S. R. & Johnston, A. N. & Cross, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildlife aggregation patterns can influence disease transmission. However, limited research evaluates the influence of anthropogenic and natural facto...

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Management measures to control pine wood nematode spread in Europe.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Fuente, B. de la & Beck, P. S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive pests, such as the pine wood nematode (PWN), threaten European forests. In De la Fuente, Saura, and Beck, Journal of Applied Ecology, 2018, 5...

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Understanding and predicting the combined effects of climate change and land-use change on freshwater macroinvertebrates and fish.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Mantyka-Pringle, C. S. & Martin, T. G. & Moffatt, D. B. & Linke, S. & Rhodes, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change and land-use change are having substantial impacts on biodiversity world-wide, but few studies have considered the impact of these fact...

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Gap-crossing decisions of woodland songbirds in Scotland: an experimental approach.

Published online: 21 Sep 2005

Authors: Creegan, H. P. & Osborne, P. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent declines in woodland birds in Britain have been linked to increasing habitat fragmentation. To understand the effects of fragmentation, data on...

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Plant responses to agricultural intensification.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Dorrough, J. & Scroggie, M. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A large proportion of the world's land surface is extensively managed for livestock production. In areas where livestock systems are becoming more int...

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Irreplaceability of river networks: towards catchment-based conservation planning.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Linke, S. & Norris, R. H. & Pressey, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This study has adapted a complementarity-based area-selection method to estimate conservation value/irreplaceability for river systems. Irreplaceabili...

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Projected impacts of warming seas on commercially fished species at a biogeographic boundary of the European continental shelf.

Published online: 30 Nov 2020

Authors: Maltby, K. M. & Rutterford, L. A. & Tinker, J. & Genner, M. J. & Simpson, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Projecting the future effects of climate change on marine fished populations can help prepare the fishing industry and management systems for resultin...

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Controlling a plant invader by targeted disruption of its life cycle.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Dauer, J. T. & McEvoy, P. B. & Sickle, J. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pest management strategies should be informed by research on a broad suite of biotic and abiotic interactions. We used a life table response experimen...

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Predicting the speed of tick invasion: an empirical model of range expansion for the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis in Canada.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Leighton, P. A. & Koffi, J. K. & Pelcat, Y. & Lindsay, L. R. & Ogden, N. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over the past two decades, Ixodes scapularis, the primary tick vector of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi in North America has expanded ...

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