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A marine natural capital asset and risk register - towards securing the benefits from marine systems and linked ecosystem services.

Published online: 30 Jun 2022

Authors: Rees, S. E. & Ashley, M. & Cameron, A. & Mullier, T. & Ingle, C. & Oates, J. & Lannin, A. & Hooper, T. & Attrill, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Documented biodiversity loss has galvanised a global process to develop conceptual frameworks that link the social and ecological systems. This paper ...

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Role of domestic shipping in the introduction or secondary spread of nonindigenous species: biological invasions within the Laurentian Great Lakes.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Briski, E. & Wiley, C. J. & Bailey, S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The most effective way to manage invasive species is to prevent their introduction via vector regulation. While progress has been made in the manageme...

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Finding clarity in ecological outcomes using empirical integrated social-ecological systems: a case study of agriculture-dependent grassland birds.

Published online: 13 Mar 2021

Authors: Allen, M. C. & Lockwood, J. L. & Burger, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Efforts to monitor and conserve populations and ecosystems in human-dominated landscapes can benefit from an empirical social-ecological systems appro...

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The Baltic Health Index (BHI): assessing the social-ecological status of the Baltic Sea.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Blenckner, T. & Möllmann, C. & Lowndes, J. S. & Griffiths, J. R. & Campbell, E. & Cervo, A. de & Belgrano, A. & Boström, C. & Fleming, V. & Frazier, M. & Neuenfeldt, S. & Niiranen, S. & Nilsson, A. & Ojaveer, H. & Olsson, J. & Palmlöv, C. S. & Quaas, M. & Rickels, W. & Sobek, A. & Viitasalo, M. & Wikström, S. A. & Halpern, B. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

1. Improving the health of coastal and open sea marine ecosystems represents a substantial challenge for sustainable marine resource management, since...

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Defining ecologically relevant water quality targets for lakes in Europe.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Poikane, S. & Portielje, R. & Berg, M. van den & Phillips, G. & Brucet, S. & Carvalho, L. & Mischke, U. & Ott, I. & Soszka, H. & Wichelen, J. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The implementation of the Water Framework Directive requires EU member states to establish and harmonize ecological status class boundaries for biolog...

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Estimation of badger abundance using faecal DNA typing.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Wilson, G. J. & Frantz, A. C. & Pope, L. C. & Roper, T. J. & Burke, T. A. & Cheeseman, C. L. & Delahay, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildlife management and conservation programmes often require accurate information on population density, but this can be difficult to obtain, particu...

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Mechanisms of Phragmites australis invasion: feedbacks among genetic diversity, nutrients, and sexual reproduction.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Kettenring, K. M. & McCormick, M. K. & Baron, H. M. & Whigham, D. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A fundamental challenge to invasion ecology is to determine what factors cause an exotic species to spread rapidly long after the initial introduction...

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Water risk hotspots for agriculture: the case of the southwest United States.

Published online: 05 Oct 2016

Authors: Cooley, H. & Cohen, M. & Phurisamban, R. & Gruère, G.

Content type: Bulletin

This report analyses trends in agriculture for the US Southwest region, one of the most water stressed and productive agricultural regions in the worl...

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Can arable field margins be managed to enhance their biodiversity, conservation and functional value for soil macrofauna?

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Smith, J. & Potts, S. G. & Woodcock, B. A. & Eggleton, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The establishment of grassy strips at the margins of arable fields is an agri-environment scheme that aims to provide resources for native flora and f...

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Can managers inform models? Integrating local knowledge into models of red deer habitat use.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Irvine, R. J. & Fiorini, S. & Yearley, S. & McLeod, J. E. & Turner, A. & Armstrong, H. & White, P. C. L. & Wal, R. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many ecologically based wildlife-habitat models provide only limited explanations of the observed data because they do not take account of the way in ...

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