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Salmon louse infestation levels on sea trout can be predicted from a hydrodynamic lice dispersal model.

Published online: 29 Apr 2022

Authors: Bøhn, T. & Nilsen, R. & Gjelland, K. Ø. & Biuw, M. & Sandvik, A. D. & Primicerio, R. & Karlsen, Ø. & Serra-Llinares, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance of the parasitic salmon louse has increased with the growth in aquaculture of salmonids in open net pens. This represents a threat to wi...

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Optimizing invasive species control across space: willow invasion management in the Australian Alps.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Giljohann, K. M. & Hauser, C. E. & Williams, N. S. G. & Moore, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A key problem facing invasive species management is how best to allocate surveillance and control effort. Models of the establishment and spread of in...

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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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Geostatistical models using remotely-sensed data predict savanna tsetse decline across the interface between protected and unprotected areas in Serengeti, Tanzania.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Lord, J. S. & Torr, S. J. & Auty, H. K. & Brock, P. M. & Byamungu, M. & Hargrove, J. W. & Morrison, L. J. & Mramba, F. & Vale, G. A. & Stanton, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Monitoring abundance is essential for vector management, but it is often only possible in a fraction of managed areas. For vector control programmes, ...

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Detection of crayfish plague spores in large freshwater systems.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Strand, D. A. & Jussila, J. & Johnsen, S. I. & Viljamaa-Dirks, S. & Edsman, L. & Wiik-Nielsen, J. & Viljugrein, H. & Engdahl, F. & Vrålstad, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Indigenous European freshwater crayfish (ICS) are threatened due to invasive North American freshwater crayfish that are natural carriers of Aphanomyc...

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The efficacy of wildlife fences for keeping reindeer outside a chronic wasting disease risk area.

Published online: 25 Oct 2022

Authors: Mysterud, A. & Rød-Eriksen, L. & Hildebrand, A. & Meås, R. & Gudmundsson, A. F. & Rolandsen, C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Emerging wildlife diseases often comeswith negative cultural and economic impact. Limiting disease spread is a recurrent goal and challenge, but th...

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Rapid assessment of rat eradication after aerial baiting.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Samaniego-Herrera, A. & Anderson, D. P. & Parkes, J. P. & Aguirre-Muñoz, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Eradication of introduced rodents on islands is increasingly implemented as a conservation tool. Aerial baiting, currently the main eradication techni...

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Environmental DNA (eDNA) detects the invasive rusty crayfish Orconectes rusticus at low abundances.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Dougherty, M. M. & Larson, E. R. & Renshaw, M. A. & Gantz, C. A. & Egan, S. P. & Erickson, D. M. & Lodge, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Early detection is invaluable for the cost-effective control and eradication of invasive species, yet many traditional sampling techniques are ineffec...

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Effectiveness of clear-cuttings in non-fragmented pine forests in relation to EU regulations for the eradication of the pine wood nematode.

Published online: 30 Jul 2020

Authors: Robinet, C. & Castagnone-Sereno, P. & Mota, M. & Roux, G. & Sarniguet, C. & Tassus, X. & Jactel, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The invasive pine wood nematode (PWN) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus is one of the most serious threats to pine forests across the world. Detected in Euro...

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Emerging RHDV2 suppresses the impact of endemic and novel strains of RHDV on wild rabbit populations.

Published online: 27 Jul 2020

Authors: Ramsey, D. S. L. & Cox, T. & Strive, T. & Forsyth, D. M. & Stuart, I. & Hall, R. & Elsworth, P. & Campbell, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Multi-strain, host-disease dynamics describe a system where multiple strains of a pathogen compete for susceptible individuals of a single host. Th...

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