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Evaluating CAP wildflower strips: high-quality seed mixtures significantly improve plant diversity and related pollen and nectar resources.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Schmidt, A. & Kirmer, A. & Hellwig, N. & Kiehl, K. & Tischew, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Flower strips are a fundamental part of agri-environment schemes (AESs) introduced by the European Union to counteract the loss of biodiversity and re...

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Simple measures of climate, soil properties and plant traits predict national-scale grassland soil carbon stocks.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Manning, P. & Vries, F. T. de & Tallowin, J. R. B. & Smith, R. & Mortimer, S. R. & Pilgrim, E. S. & Harrison, K. A. & Wright, D. G. & Quirk, H. & Benson, J. & Shipley, B. & Cornelissen, J. H. C. & Kattge, J. & Bönisch, G. & Wirth, C. & Bardgett, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil carbon (C) storage is a key ecosystem service. Soil C stocks play a vital role in soil fertility and climate regulation, but the factors that con...

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On rate of increase (r): patterns of variation in Australian mammals and the implications for wildlife management.

Published online: 24 Feb 2000

Authors: Hone, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The annual rate of increase of a wildlife population is the change in abundance or density from one year to the next. This paper compares the expected...

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DNA-based assessment of environmental degradation in an unknown fauna: the freshwater macroinvertebrates of the Indo-Burmese hotspot.

Published online: 03 Aug 2022

Authors: Rahman, M. M. & Burian, A. & Creedy, T. J. & Vogler, A. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

New methods are required for biomonitoring of poorly known tropical ecosystems, but biological assessments of environmental status are limited by insu...

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Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management.

Published online: 15 May 2021

Authors: Downey, H. & Amano, T. & Cadotte, M. & Cook, C. N. & Cooke, S. J. & Haddaway, N. R. & Jones, J. P. G. & Littlewood, N. & Walsh, J. C. & Abrahams, M. I. & Adum, G. & Akasaka, M. & Alves, J. A. & Antwis, R. E. & Arellano, E. C. & Axmacher, J. & Barclay, H. & Batty, L. & Benítez-López, A. & Bennett, J. R. & Berg, M. J. & Bertolino, S. & Biggs, D. & Bolam, F. C. & Bray, T. & Brook, B. & Bull, J. & Burivalova, Z. & Cabeza, M. & Chauvenet, A. L. M. & Christie, A. P. & Cole, L. & Cotton, A. J. & Cotton, S. & Cousins, S. A. O. & Craven, D. & Cresswell, W. & Cusack, J. J. & Dalrymple, S. E. & Davies, Z. G. & Diaz, A. & Dodd, J. A. & Felton, A. & Fleishman, E. & Gardner, C. J. & Garside, R. & Ghoddousi, A. & Gilroy, J. J. & Gill, D. A. & Gill, J. A. & Glew, L. & Grainger, M. J. & Grass, A. A. & Greshon, S. & Gundry, J. & Hart, T. & Hopkins, C. R. & Howe, C. & Johnson, A. & Jones, K. & Jordan, N. R. & Kadoya, T. & Kerhoas, D. & Koricheva, J. & Lee TienMing & Lengyel, S. & Livingstone, S. & Lyons, A. & McCabe, G. & Millett, J. & Strevens, C. M. & Moolna, A. & Mossman, H. L. & Nibedita Mukherjee & Muñoz-Sáez, A. & Negrões, N. & Norfolk, O. & Osawa, T. & Papworth, S. & Park, K. J. & Pellet, J. & Phillott, A. D. & Plotnik, J. M. & Priatna, D. & Ramos, A. G. & Randall, N. & Richards, R. M. & Ritchie, E. G. & Roberts, D. L. & Rocha, R. & Rodríguez, J. P. & Sanderson, R. & Sasaki, T. & Savilaakso, S. & Sayer, C. & Sekercioglu, C. & Senzaki, M. & Smith, G. & Smith, R. J. & Soga, M. & Soulsbury, C. D. & Steer, M. D. & Stewart, G. & Strange, E. F. & Suggitt, A. J. & Thompson, S. & Trevelyan, R. J. & Venter, O. & White, R. L. & Whittingham, M. J. & Wilby, A. & Yarnell, R. & Zamora, V. & Sutherland, W. J. & Thompson, R. R. J. & Thornhill, I. & Usieta, H. & Webber, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

To be effective, the next generation of conservation practitioners and managers need to be critical thinkers with a deep understanding of how to make ...

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Immigration, frequency distributions and dispersion patterns of the psyllid Trioza erytreae (Del Guercio) in a citrus orchard.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Samways, M. J. & Manicom, B. Q.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A citrus orchard at Nelspruit, South Africa, was pruned back to the main branches to stimulate the growth of new shoots, which are highly attractive t...

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Stakeholder consensus suggests strategies to promote sustainability in an artisanal fishery with high rates of poaching and marine mammal bycatch.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Svolkinas, L. & Holmes, G. & Dmitrieva, L. & Ermolin, I. & Suvorkov, P. & Goodman, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Illegal fishing for high value species in artisanal fisheries drives incidental catch and declines of marine mammals and other large vertebrates of co...

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Comparative studies of the ingestive behaviour and herbage intake of sheep and cattle grazing indigenous hill plant communities.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Hodgson, J. & Forbes, T. D. A. & Armstrong, R. H. & Beattie, M. M. & Hunter, E. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field studies in Scotland, groups of non-lactating ewes and cows grazed together on 3 native grassland communities (Agrostis-Festuca, Nardus-Festuc...

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An improved quantitative method for estimating invertebrate predation in the field using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Published online: 03 Apr 1993

Authors: Sopp, P. I. & Sunderland, K. D. & Fenlon, J. S. & Wratten, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An equation for estimating invertebrate predation was tested in laboratory experiments with Sitobion avenae and polyphagous predators (Agonum dorsale,...

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Chinese Loess Plateau vegetation since the Last Glacial Maximum and its implications for vegetation restoration.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Jiang WenYing & Cheng YuFen & Yang XiaoXiao & Yang ShiLing

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

China has been investing heavily in afforestation programmes to control soil erosion on the vast Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP). This massive afforestati...

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