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Periodically harvested closures are a widespread, centuries-old form of fisheries management that protects fish between pulse harvests and can generat...

Degradation of dryland ecosystems is a worldwide problem caused by climate change and human activities. To restore these degraded ecosystems, governme...

Demographic changes in response to surgically imposed female sterility were monitored in 12 free-ranging rabbit populations in south-western Australia...

There is a need to synthesize the vast amount of empirical case study research on social-ecological systems (SES) to advance theory. Innovative method...

Spain holds >95% of the European breeding population of the Eurasian griffon vulture Gyps fulvus. Vultures provide important ecosystem services in ...

Preventing the arrival of invasive species is the most effective way of controlling their impact. Preventative strategies may be 'offensive' aimed at ...

Large carnivores often exhibit high survival rates in protected areas, whereas intentional and unintentional human-caused mortality may be greater in ...

In many ombrotrophic bog areas the invasion of grass (e.g. Molinia caerulea) and tree (e.g. Betula pubescens) species has become a major problem. We i...

Aquatic ecosystems near urban areas are often ecologically impaired, but causative factors are rarely identified. Effects may be revealed by consideri...

The following is based largely on the author's summary of this account of a study of the fauna of stones in the Vaal River in the north-east of Cape P...