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Widespread and major losses in multiple ecosystem services as a result of agricultural expansion in the Argentine chaco.

Published online: 04 Jan 2021

Authors: Barral, M. P. & Villarino, S. & Levers, C. & Baumann, M. & Kuemmerle, T. & Mastrangelo, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Where agriculture expands into tropical and subtropical forests, social-ecological impacts are typically strong. However, where and how frontier devel...

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The ecological challenge of immunocontraception: editor's introduction.

Published online: 10 Apr 2002

Authors: Barlow, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. The problems of vertebrate pests are greater now than ever before, with vertebrate control constrained by problems of humaneness, scale and environ...

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Biological control using sterilizing viruses: host suppression and competition between viruses in nonspatial models.

Published online: 10 Apr 2002

Authors: Hood, G. M. & Chesson, P. & Pech, R. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Research is currently underway to develop genetically engineered viruses that can sterilize pest animals. The technique, known as viral-vectored im...

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Propagule pressure, not fire or cattle grazing, promotes invasion of buffel grass Cenchrus ciliaris.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Fensham, R. J. & Donald, S. & Dwyer, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The invasion of exotic grasses into savannas is occurring globally. Despite threats to ecosystem processes and biodiversity, few studies have investig...

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Enhancing diversity of species-poor grasslands: an experimental assessment of multiple constraints.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Pywell, R. F. & Bullock, J. M. & Tallowin, J. B. & Walker, K. J. & Warman, E. A. & Masters, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many grasslands in north-west Europe are productive but species-poor communities resulting from intensive agriculture. Reducing the intensity of manag...

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Successional response of a tropical forest termite assemblage to experimental habitat perturbation.

Published online: 14 Mar 2000

Authors: Davies, R. G. & Eggleton, P. & Dibog, L. & Lawton, J. H. & Bignell, D. E. & Brauman, A. & Hartmann, C. & Nunes, L. & Holt, J. & Rouland, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The successional response of a termite assemblage to the experimental perturbation of forest habitat was studied in southern Cameroon, to determine th...

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Detecting the population dynamics of an autosomal sex ratio distorter transgene in malaria vector mosquitoes.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Pollegioni, P. & North, A. R. & Persampieri, T. & Bucci, A. & Minuz, R. L. & Groneberg, D. A. & Nolan, T. & Papathanos, P. A. & Crisanti, A. & Müller, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The development of genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes and their subsequent field release offers innovative and cost-effective approaches to reduce m...

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A tale of two studies: detection and attribution of the impacts of invasive plants in observational surveys.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Mueller, K. E. & Lodge, A. G. & Roth, A. M. & Whitfeld, T. J. S. & Hobbie, S. E. & Reich, P. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Short-term experiments cannot characterize how long-lived, invasive shrubs influence ecological properties that can be slow to change, including nativ...

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Artificial light puts ecosystem services of frugivorous bats at risk.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Lewanzik, D. & Voigt, C. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Currently, tropical forests are transformed into pasture and agricultural areas at an unprecedented rate, yet converted areas are often abandoned by f...

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Control of bracken and the restoration of heathland. II. Regeneration of the heathland community.

Published online: 06 Jun 1992

Authors: Marrs, R. H. & Lowday, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In trials in the Breckland region (Suffolk/Norfolk border), UK in 1978-88 on Calluna vulgaris heathland and grass (dominated by Festuca ovina) heathla...

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