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Senescence and rejuvenation in ungrazed chalk grassland (grassland B) in Breckland: the significance of litter and of moles.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Watt, A. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in the floristic composition of ungrazed chalk grassland on Foxhole Heath, Breckland, between 1938 and 1971 were considered in relation to cha...

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The effect of open drainage ditches on the plant and invertebrate communities of moorland and on the decomposition of peat.

Published online: 10 Nov 1990

Authors: Coulson, J. C. & Butterfield, J. E. L. & Henderson, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model of the function of open drainage ditches (grips) on peat moorland in northern England is described. The model makes the following predictions:...

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Bromeliad translocation in Atlantic Forest fragments, Brazil.

Published online: 08 Nov 2017

Authors: Melo, T. da S. & Benati, K. R. & Peres, M. C. L. & Tinôco, M. S. & Andrade, A. R. S. de & Alves, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Habitat loss and fragmentation have negative impacts on the environment, reducing the habitat available to species. In order to minimize these effects...

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Biological survey of the intertidal sediments of the south shore of Solway Firth, 2014.

Published online: 16 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Cutts, N. D. & Hemingway, K. L. & Bailey, M. & Thomson, S.

Content type: Reports

The ecological survey work was designed to monitor and assess the mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide (intertidal mudflats and ...

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Weed communities of cereal crops grown on differently revegetated cut-over peatland sites.

Published online: 26 Oct 1991

Authors: Salonen, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spring cereals (oats and barley) were grown during 1984-86 on abandoned cut-over peatland sites with different amounts of vegetation in central Finlan...

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Does capacity building make resource-dependent communities more adaptive?

Published online: 04 Nov 2020

Authors: Thiault, L. & Gelcich, S. & Cinner, J. E. & Tapia-Lewin, S. & Chlous, F. & Claudet, J.

Content type: Blog

In Chile, artisanal fishing communities are currently undermined by two key stressors: poaching and market forces. Forty-two of them were surveyed to ...

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Plant trait-based approaches to improve nitrogen cycling in agroecosystems.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Abalos, D. & Groenigen, J. W. van & Philippot, L. & Lubbers, I. M. & Deyn, G. B. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensive agriculture is dominated by monocultures of high-yielding plants that receive large applications of nitrogen (N) fertilizers to boost plant ...

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Participatory research methods in environmental science: local and scientific knowledge of a limnological phenomenon in the Pantanal wetland of Brazil.

Published online: 18 Oct 2000

Authors: Calheiros, D. F. & Seidl, A. F. & Ferreira, C. J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Participatory research methodologies incorporating local knowledge are important to the success of ecological research and the sustainable management ...

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Isles of Scilly SAC subtidal sediment data analysis report 2017.

Published online: 21 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Johnson, G. & Burrows, F. & Crabtree, R. & Warner, I.

Content type: Reports

Natural England commissioned this project to analyse and report on subtidal sediment grab data collected by the Environment Agency (EA) as part of its...

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The influence of predation on the chronic response of Artemia sp. populations to a toxicant.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Beketov, M. A. & Liess, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental risk assessment of contaminants is conventionally based on toxic effects assessed in organism-level test systems. We suggest that, for t...

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