Search

All content is free for everyone to browse, read and share. You’ll find journal articles and non-peer reviewed grey literature. Type keywords into the search box or Use the filtering options below to browse the content.

Filter by...

Showing 751 results

Woody semi-natural habitats modulate the effects of field size and functional crop diversity on farmland birds.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Frank, C. & Hertzog, L. & Klimek, S. & Schwieder, M. & Tetteh, G. O. & Böhner, H. G. S. & Röder, N. & Levers, C. & Katzenberger, J. & Kreft, H. & Kamp, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification has simplified landscape composition and configuration, which has led to biodiversity declines. Increasing landscape-wide...

Read more

Determining non-invasiveness in ornamental plants to build green lists.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Dehnen-Schmutz, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ornamental horticulture is the most important pathway for plant invasions world-wide. Large numbers of non-native plants are used as ornamentals, and ...

Read more

Research and information needs assessment to support sustainable watershed management in the Thompson-Okanagan Natural Resource Region, British Columbia.

Published online: 15 Jun 2016

Authors: Scherer, R. & Redding, T. & Ronneseth, K. & Wilford, D.

Content type: Bulletin

Watershed management issues are among the many challenges facing natural resource managers in British Columbia, Canada. The B.C. Ministry of Forests, ...

Read more

Multiscale assessment of oviposition habitat associations and implications for management in the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula), an emerging invasive pest.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Ramirez, V. A. & Bona, S. de & Helmus, M. R. & Behm, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Control of incipient invaders-established invasive species in the early stages of spreading-can be inhibited by incomplete knowledge of the species' h...

Read more

Use of evidence for decision-making by conservation practitioners in the illegal wildlife trade.

Published online: 13 Oct 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Arias, M. & Hinsley, A. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Blog

There are calls to ground policies aimed at addressing the illegal wildlife trade (IWT), and biodiversity conservation more generally, on the best ava...

Read more

Influence of vegetation clutter on the capacity of ground foraging bats to capture prey.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Rainho, A. & Augusto, A. M. & Palmeirim, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The management of the habitat of insectivorous species often targets increasing the availability of arthropod prey. However, this may be hindered by l...

Read more

Multiple stressors and stream ecosystem functioning: climate warming and agricultural stressors interact to affect processing of organic matter.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Piggott, J. J. & Niyogi, D. K. & Townsend, C. R. & Matthaei, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Measures of organic matter processing have been proposed as indices of stream ecosystem function to complement structural measures (water quality, tax...

Read more

Experimental evidence that the effectiveness of conservation biological control depends on landscape complexity.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Jonsson, M. & Straub, C. S. & Didham, R. K. & Buckley, H. L. & Case, B. S. & Hale, R. J. & Gratton, C. & Wratten, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expansion of intensive agricultural practices is a major threat to biodiversity and to the delivery of ecosystem services on which humans depend. ...

Read more

National-scale predictions of plant assemblages via community distribution models: leveraging published data to guide future surveys.

Published online: 04 Aug 2022

Authors: Butler, L. & Sanderson, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species distribution models (SDMs) have been widely used to create maps of expected species incidence, often using citizen science (CS) occurrence dat...

Read more

Quantifying the risk of non-native conifer establishment across heterogeneous landscapes.

Published online: 03 Aug 2022

Authors: Wyse, S. V. & Etherington, T. R. & Hulme, P. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pines (genus Pinus) are cultivated extensively for forestry purposes, particularly in regions that are outside the genus' native range. The most commo...

Read more