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Grazing can have considerable ecological impacts when managed inappropriately, however livestock production is a significant contributor to global foo...

The question of whether and to what extent sea-louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) infestations from salmon farms influence wild Atlantic salmon survival ...

Ambrosia trifida L. (giant ragweed), an aggressive weed of US grain crops and indigenous to North America, colonizes no-tillage crop fields and undist...

Upland biotopes have conservation importance for their typical plant and animal species. Recently, the condition of upland habitats has deteriorated w...

In the face of widespread human-induced habitat fragmentation, identification of those ecological characteristics that render some species more vulner...

Managing fire to achieve hazard reduction while providing for biodiversity conservation is complex in fire-prone regions. This challenge is exacerbate...

Restoration of wildland fire to forests is a challenge when historical fire regimes have been altered. We studied four fires that burned over approxim...

Coastal wetland ecosystems are expected to migrate landwards in response to rising seas. However, due to differences in topography and coastal urbaniz...

The ecology of C. scoparius (broom) was studied between 1993 and 1997 in southern France to investigate how it can become an invasive weed in its nati...

Invasions by alien plants into unspoiled ecosystems are a cause for concern because the pristine systems are important stores of biodiversity. Indeed,...