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Gear-based fisheries management as a potential adaptive response to climate change and coral mortality.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Cinner, J. E. & McClanahan, T. R. & Graham, N. A. J. & Pratchett, M. S. & Wilson, S. K. & Raina, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change is emerging as one of the greatest threats to coral reef ecosystems. Climate-induced warming events trigger coral bleaching and mortali...

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Nestboxes augment seabird breeding performance in a high-density colony: insight from 15 years of monitoring data.

Published online: 25 Oct 2022

Authors: Burke, B. & O'Connell, D. P. & Kinchin-Smith, D. & Sealy, S. & Newton, S. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. The provision of artificial nest structures is used in the conservation of a broad range of bird groups including raptors, owls, ducks, passerines ...

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Passive eDNA capture by SCUBA divers and snorkellers for monitoring inshore fish biodiversity.

Published online: 19 Jan 2024

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This article discusses the use of a novel DNA-based method to monitor inshore marine fish communities, addressing the issue of data deficiency in coas...

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The influence of grazing on seed production and seed banks of some African savanna grasslands.

Published online: 06 Jun 1992

Authors: O'Connor, T. G. & Pickett, G. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species composition, population structure and the seed banks of Aristida bipartita, Bothriochloa insculpta, Heteropogon contortus, Themeda triandra an...

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The forgotten forests: incorporating temperate peat-forming wet woodlands as nature-based solutions into policy and practice.

Published online: 04 Jul 2024

Authors: Milner, A. M. & Baird, A. J. & Davidson, S. J. & Lines, E. R. & Abrahams, D. & Ahiable, C. A. E. & Barsoum, N. & Bryant, M. & Dear, E. & Diack, I. & Duley, E. & Noach, A. & Roland, T. P. & Smedley, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Peat-forming wet woodlands (forested wetlands) are naturally occurring carbon-dense ecosystems that have considerable potential to form an important p...

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Oilseed rape crops distort plant-pollinator interactions.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Diekötter, T. & Kadoya, T. & Peter, F. & Wolters, V. & Jauker, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

New incentives at the national and international level frequently lead to substantial structural changes in agricultural landscapes. Subsidizing energ...

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Fuel, fire and cattle in African highlands: traditional management maintains a mosaic heathland landscape.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Johansson, M. U. & Granström, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shrubland ecosystems are often inherently flammable due to a canopy structure favourable for fire propagation. At the same time, the fuel bed is not s...

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Robustness of habitat-based surrogates of animal diversity: a multitaxa comparison over time.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Barton, P. S. & Westgate, M. J. & Lane, P. W. & MacGregor, C. & Lindenmayer, D. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many animal taxa respond strongly to spatial and temporal variation in vegetation structure and floristic composition, suggesting that changes in vege...

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Multiple stressors in periphyton - comparison of observed and predicted tolerance responses to high ionic loads and herbicide exposure.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Rotter, S. & Heilmeier, H. & Altenburger, R. & Schmitt-Jansen, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As a result of the increasing human impact on aquatic ecosystems, freshwater organisms are often exposed to multiple stressors simultaneously. The joi...

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Mixed impacts of protected areas and a cash crop boom on human well-being in North-Eastern Madagascar.

Published online: 16 Mar 2024

Authors: Llopis, J. C. & Diebold, C. L. & Schneider, F. & Harimalala, P. C. & Andriamihaja, O. R. & Messerli, P. & Zaehringer, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Tropical forest frontier areas support the well-being of local populations in myriad ways. Not only do they provide the material basis for people's li...

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