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Assessing the production impacts of a large-scale conversion to organic farming in England and Wales.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Smith, L. & Jones, P. & Williams, A. & Kirk, G.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

This paper explores the implications for food production and land use of a 100% conversion to organic farming in England and Wales. The analysis uses ...

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The ecology of wildlife disease surveillance: demographic and prevalence fluctuations undermine surveillance.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Walton, L. & Marion, G. & Davidson, R. S. & White, P. C. L. & Smith, L. A. & Gavier-Widen, D. & Yon, L. & Hannant, D. & Hutchings, M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildlife disease surveillance is the first line of defence against infectious disease. Fluctuations in host populations and disease prevalence are a k...

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Ecological and evolutionary effects of selective harvest of non-lactating female ungulates.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Rughetti, M. & Festa-Bianchet, M. & Ccircumflex˜té, S. D. & Hamel, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Female ungulates are often selectively harvested according to their reproductive status. Because ungulate population growth depends heavily on adult f...

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The nexus of irrigation-water salinity, agricultural policy and long-run water management: lessons from the case of Israel.

Published online: 03 Oct 2019

Authors: Kan, I. & Slater, Y. & Reznik, A. & Finkelshtain, I.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper incorporates the detrimental agronomic effects of irrigation-water salinity into an empirical economy-wide dynamic hydro-economic model to ...

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Editors' introduction: birds and agriculture.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Ormerod, S. J. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper introduces a special section of this journal issue on birtds and agriculture, which comprises 7 further papers. Around 10% of recent papers...

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Salvage logging changes the taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional successional trajectories of forest bird communities.

Published online: 29 Dec 2020

Authors: Georgiev, K. B. & Chao, A. & Castro, J. & Chen YanHan & Choi ChangYong & Fontaine, J. B. & Hutto, R. L. & Lee, E. J. & Müller, J. & Rost, J. & Żmihorski, M. & Thorn, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Salvage logging following natural disturbances may alter the natural successional trajectories of biological communities by affecting the occurrences ...

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Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management. Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, North Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 2-5 March 2015.

Published online: 10 Feb 2016

Authors: Stringer, C. E. & Krauss, K. W. & Latimer, J. S.

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

This proceedings contains 22 papers on coastal watersheds. In particular, the papers cover the following topics: managing forested wetlands and agricu...

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Chief Scientist Report 2022: Nature recovery, led by evidence.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Clements, A.

Content type: Reports

This 5th report in the series describes the nature conservation activities and recommendations in the UK in 2022, including developing recommendations...

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Biocultural approaches: opportunities for building more inclusive environmental governance.

Published online: 14 Feb 2018

Authors: Apgar, J. M.

Content type: Bulletin

A significant portion of the world's remaining biodiversity and agrobiodiversity is in the hands of local and indigenous communities who tend to be po...

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Ecohydrological Investigation and Characterisation of three proposed SSSI Units: Boswens North, Bussow Moor & Boswarva North West Penwith, Cornwall (2019).

Published online: 21 Jul 2022

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This report discusses the ecohydrological survey and suitably tailored hydrological and hydrogeological surveys of the surface water and groundwater c...

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