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Environmental water allocations are insufficient to control an invasive wetland plant: evidence from a highly regulated floodplain wetland.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Vivian, L. M. & Ward, K. A. & Zwart, A. B. & Godfree, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Regulation of the world's rivers and alteration of natural flow regimes have led to the degradation of floodplains and wetlands. Here, we investigate ...

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The ecology of the Kafue lechwe: the food supply.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Rees, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in floristic composition were studied in 9 plant stands in the area utilized by lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) in Lochinvar National Park, Zam...

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Comparisons of understorey vegetation and soil fertility in plantations and adjacent natural forests in the Ethiopian highlands.

Published online: 21 Oct 1996

Authors: Michelsen, A. & Lisanework, N. & Friis, I. & Holst, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Herbaceous plant cover and biomass, species richness, and soil physical and chemical characteristics were analysed in 83 plantations and adjacent natu...

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The Steller's Sea-Eagle in North America: an economic assessment of birdwatchers travelling to see a vagrant raptor.

Published online: 16 Mar 2024

Authors: Pease, B. S. & Gilbert, N. A. & Casola, W. R. & Akamani, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Birdwatching-a cultural ecosystem service-is among the most popular outdoor recreational activities. Existing economic valuations of birdwatching typi...

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Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) attack occurrence on humans in Nepal.

Published online: 22 Mar 2024

Authors: Poudel, S. & Twining, J. P. & Stedman, R. C. & Ghimire, S. K. & Fuller, A. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The negative impact of large carnivore presence in human-dominated landscapes manifests as livestock depredation and in extreme cases as attacks on hu...

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Seeing beyond the frames we inherit: a challenge to tenacious conservation narratives.

Published online: 22 Mar 2024

Authors: Chignell, S. M. & Satterfield, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Natural and social scientists everywhere are struggling to understand how to proceed in the face of continued biodiversity loss and the injustices bro...

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Ground-truthing of a fish-based environmental DNA metabarcoding method for assessing the quality of lakes.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Li JianLong & Hatton-Ellis, T. W. & Handley, L. J. L. & Kimbell, H. S. & Benucci, M. & Peirson, G. & Hänfling, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Accurate, cost-effective monitoring of fish is required to assess the quality of lakes under the European Water Framework Directive. Recent studies ha...

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Global change shifts trade-offs among ecosystem functions in woodlands restored for multifunctionality.

Published online: 02 Oct 2021

Authors: Fiedler, S. & Monteiro, J. A. F. & Hulvey, K. B. & Standish, R. J. & Perring, M. P. & Tietjen, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration increasingly aims at improving ecosystem multifunctionality and making landscapes resilient to future threats, especially in bi...

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The restoration of coastal shingle vegetation: effects of substrate composition on the establishment of container-grown plants.

Published online: 18 Jun 1997

Authors: Walmsley, C. A. & Davy, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of container-grown plants in restoring shingle beach vegetation was investigated at Sizewell, Suffolk, UK, where the vegetation had been destr...

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Effects of long-term fixed fire regimes on African savanna vegetation biomass, vertical structure and tree stem density.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Singh, J. & Boucher, P. B. & Hockridge, E. G. & Davies, A. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire plays an integral role in shaping the vegetation structure of savanna ecosystems. However, the effects of fire regime characteristics, such as fr...

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