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Mitigation or disturbance? Effects of liming on macroinvertebrate assemblage structure and leaf-litter decomposition in the humic streams of northern Sweden.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: McKie, B. G. & Petrin, Z. & Malmqvist, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stream liming can alleviate the effects of anthropogenic acidification but itself constitutes a substantial ecosystem-level perturbation. Acidity in t...

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Effects of human shoreline development on littoral macroinvertebrates in lowland lakes.

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Brauns, M. & Garcia, X. F. & Walz, N. & Pusch, M. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The shores of many lakes have been substantially altered by human developments such as erosion control structures or recreational beaches. Such altera...

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Is Great Britain heading for a Ponto-Caspian invasional meltdown?

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Gallardo, B. & Aldridge, D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The outcome of multiple invasions from a common origin may lead to facilitative interactions because the invaders have co-evolved under similar enviro...

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UK Barcode of Life: 2023 project - DEFRA Centre of Excellence for DNA Methods.

Published online: 05 Sep 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Price, B. & Cristovao, J. & Sivell, O. & Hall, A. & Hall, D. W. & White, O. & Wilbraham, J. & Brodie, J. & Blagoderov, V. & Whiffin, A. & Cuber, P. & Davis, R. & Misra, R. & Leatherland, D. & Clark, K.

Content type: Reports

DNA-based methods offer a significant opportunity to monitor individual species and species assemblages where appropriate, for example those that may ...

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Rapid response of macroinvertebrates to drainage management of shallow connected lakes.

Published online: 03 May 2006

Authors: Meutter, F. van de & Stoks, R. & Meester, L. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shallow lakes throughout the world are subject to drainage, either for fish harvesting or lake restoration. Lake drainage of fish lakes is known to im...

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Using Markov chain successional models backwards.

Published online: 03 May 2006

Authors: Solow, A. R. & Smith, W. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Markov chains are commonly used to model succession in plant and animal communities. Once fitted to data, these models are typically used to address e...

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Genetic differentiation between populations of Orchesella cincta (Collembola) from heavy metal contaminated sites.

Published online: 21 Sep 1990

Authors: Posthuma, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Genetic differentiation in Orchesella cincta populations from various sites contaminated by heavy metals in the Netherlands, Belgium and German Federa...

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Isles of Scilly Eelgrass Bed Voluntary Monitoring Programme - 2021 Annual Survey.

Published online: 27 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Bull, J. & Kenyon, E.

Content type: Reports

This report present novel data from an ongoing, spatially replicated, annual study of a comparatively un-impacted, temperate eelgrass habitat, based a...

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Community reorganization stabilizes freshwater ecosystems in intensively managed agricultural fields.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Schiesari, L. & Saito, V. & Ferreira, J. & Freitas, L. S. & Goebbels, A. J. & Leite, J. P. C. B. & Oliveira, J. C. & Pelinson, R. M. & Querido, B. B. & Carmo, J. & Espíndola, E. L. G. & Guedes-Munin, N. C. & Montagner, C. & Rossetto, R. & Taniwaki, R. & Martinelli, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sustainable intensification may depend on associating precision farming with the harnessing of ecological principles in crop fields, and integrating f...

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Conservation of passively dispersed organisms in the context of habitat degradation and destruction.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Teller, B. J. & Miller, A. D. & Shea, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Passively dispersed species, such as many plant species, rely on abiotic forces to achieve movement. Despite the fact that such species form the base ...

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