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Influence of patch characteristics on browsing of tree seedlings by mammalian herbivores.

Published online: 27 Aug 2003

Authors: Pietrzykowski, E. & McArthur, C. & Fitzgerald, H. & Goodwin, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In south-eastern Australia, browsing of commercial tree seedlings by mammalian herbivores in plantation forestry incurs a large economic cost to the i...

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Weed management and woodland creation - an evidence review of herbicide alternatives and impacts on biodiversity.

Published online: 22 Jan 2022

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Bavin, S.

Content type: Reports

1. Weed control is important for ensuring the rapid and successful establishment of trees in woodland creation projects. Over recent decades, herbicid...

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Radiation interception and growth of planted and coppice stands of four fast-growing tropical trees.

Published online: 01 Apr 1995

Authors: Harrington, R. A. & Fownes, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To test whether coppice regrowth of short-rotation tropical trees had a higher growth per unit of intercepted radiation than the original planted stan...

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Associations between natural blue and green space and preschool children's movement behaviours.

Published online: 07 Nov 2024

Authors: George, P. & Murray, K. & Trost, S. G. & Boruff, B. & Christian, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Natural outdoor environments provide important settings for children to engage in physical activity. It is unclear if these relationships also exist i...

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The effect of resource depletion on the feeding behaviour of a browser: winter foraging by moose on Scots pine.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Edenius, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The foraging dynamics of the moose (Alces alces) were studied in trials near Umeå, Sweden in winter 1988-89 in the following artificial stands set up ...

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Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats.

Published online: 18 Apr 2024

Authors: Razgour, O. & Montauban, C. & Festa, F. & Whitby, D. & Juste, J. & Ibáñez, C. & Rebelo, H. & Afonso, S. & Bekaert, M. & Jones, G. & Williams, C. & Boughey, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthropogenically driven environmental changes over recent centuries have led to severe declines of wildlife populations. Better tools are needed to a...

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A tale of two studies: detection and attribution of the impacts of invasive plants in observational surveys.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Mueller, K. E. & Lodge, A. G. & Roth, A. M. & Whitfeld, T. J. S. & Hobbie, S. E. & Reich, P. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Short-term experiments cannot characterize how long-lived, invasive shrubs influence ecological properties that can be slow to change, including nativ...

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National Vegetation Classification (NVC) survey 2014: Pixton Park, near Dulverton, Somerset.

Published online: 20 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Hewins, E.

Content type: Reports

A habitat survey was undertaken at Pixton Park in September 2014. This involved mapping ofNational Vegetation Classification (NVC) plant communities (...

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Chinese Loess Plateau vegetation since the Last Glacial Maximum and its implications for vegetation restoration.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Jiang WenYing & Cheng YuFen & Yang XiaoXiao & Yang ShiLing

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

China has been investing heavily in afforestation programmes to control soil erosion on the vast Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP). This massive afforestati...

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Responses of the willow beetle Phratora vulgatissima to genetically and spatially diverse Salix spp. plantations.

Published online: 22 Jan 2001

Authors: Peacock, L. & Herrick, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Phratora vulgatissima is the most serious pest of willow grown as short-rotation coppice in Britain. The effects of genetically diverse plantations of...

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