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When are extinctions simply bad luck? Rarefaction as a framework for disentangling selective and stochastic extinctions.

Published online: 25 Jul 2020

Authors: Smith, K. G. & Almeida, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A key challenge in conservation biology is that not all species are equally likely to go extinct when faced with a disturbance, but there are multiple...

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The sensitivity of seabird populations to density-dependence, environmental stochasticity and anthropogenic mortality.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Miller, J. A. O. & Furness, R. W. & Trinder, M. & Matthiopoulos, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. The balance between economic growth and wildlife conservation is a priority for many governments. Enhancing realism in assessment of population-lev...

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Habitat enhancements rescue bee body size from the negative effects of landscape simplification.

Published online: 25 Aug 2020

Authors: Grab, H. & Brokaw, J. & Anderson, E. & Gedlinske, L. & Gibbs, J. & Wilson, J. & Loeb, G. & Isaacs, R. & Poveda, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The negative effects of landscape simplification on bee communities are well documented. To reverse these effects, flowering habitat enhancements are ...

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Modelling the effects of fertility control on koala-forest dynamics.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Todd, C. R. & Forsyth, D. M. & Choquenot, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Koala Phascolarctos cinereus populations sometimes exhibit eruptive dynamics, increasing to peak abundance and then crashing to low abundance. This dy...

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Changes in prey abundance unlikely to explain the demography of a critically endangered Central European bat.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Bontadina, F. & Schmied, S. F. & Beck, A. & Arlettaz, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recognizing the factor(s) that caused a demographic crash is a prerequisite to the development of a tailored population restoration plan. While habita...

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Limitations to sustainable frankincense production: blocked regeneration, high adult mortality and declining populations.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Groenendijk, P. & Eshete, A. & Sterck, F. J. & Zuidema, P. A. & Bongers, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resins are highly valued non-timber forest products (NTFP). One of the most widely traded resins is frankincense, tapped from several Boswellia tree s...

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Assessing the state of New Zealand's garden birds from national to local scales.

Published online: 24 Jan 2022

Authors: MacLeod, C. J. & Green, P. & Howard, S. & Gormley, A. M. & Brandt, A. J. & Spurr, E. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Better biodiversity indicators are needed to address information gaps, describe trends accurately and robustly and be useful for decisionmakers. Citiz...

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Weaving indigenous and western knowledge systems to discern drivers of mooz (moose) population decline.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Priadka, P. & Moses, B. & Kozmik, C. & Kell, S. & Popp, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Understanding and addressing biodiversity declines across the globe will require interdisciplinary practices that embrace multiple worldviews and weav...

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Impacts of invasive parasitoids on declining endemic Hawaiian leafroller moths (Omiodes: Crambidae) vary among sites and species.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: King, C. B. A. & Haines, W. P. & Rubinoff, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive parasitoids and predators, both accidentally and purposefully introduced, have variously altered native insect communities worldwide, sometim...

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Evaluating staging habitat quality to advance the conservation of a declining migratory shorebird, red knot Calidris canutus.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Mu Tong & Cai ShangXiao & Peng HeBo & Hassell, C. J. & Boyle, A. & Zhang ZhengWang & Piersma, T. & Wilcove, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Identifying where and when population 'bottlenecks' occur is critical to the conservation of migratory species, many of which are declining precipitou...

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