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Spider responses to alien plant invasion: the effect of short- and long-term Chromolaena odorata invasion and management.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Mgobozi, M. P. & Somers, M. J. & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasions by alien plants into unspoiled ecosystems are a cause for concern because the pristine systems are important stores of biodiversity. Indeed,...

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Archetypes of nature-based solutions for farming in the North York Moors National Park.

Published online: 22 Apr 2025

Authors: Barrios, L. & Arnott, D. & Thompson, R. & Marchant, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Nature-based solutions (NbS) have emerged as crucial strategies to address climate change challenges, offering manifold benefits to biodiversity and c...

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A study of the restoration of heathland on successional sites: changes in vegetation and soil chemical properties.

Published online: 19 Nov 1999

Authors: Mitchell, R. J. & Marrs, R. H. & Duc, M. G. le & Auld, M. H. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lowland heaths are high-profile ecosystems for conservation action in the UK, but many areas have been invaded by Betula spp., Pinus sylvestris, Pteri...

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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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Modelling wildlife-human relationships for social species with mixed-effects resource selection models.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Hebblewhite, M. & Merrill, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resource selection functions (RSF) have contributed to the conservation of species negatively affected by human activities. Despite these applications...

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Transformative mediation, a tool for maximising the positives out of forest conflict: a case study from Kanchanaburi, Thailand.

Published online: 18 Mar 2015

Authors: Bruyn, T. de & Wiset, K. & Thaworn, R. & Gritten, D. & Yasmi, Y.

Content type: Bulletin article

Transforming conflict is a key component of sustainable forest management. Transformative conflict mediation is an approach to transforming conflict t...

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Comparative foraging and nutrition of horses and cattle in European wetlands.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Menard, C. & Duncan, P. & Fleurance, G. & Georges, J. Y. & Lila, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Equids are generalist herbivores that co-exist with bovids of similar body size in many ecosystems. There are two major hypotheses to explain their co...

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Herbicide usage for invasive non-native plant management in wildland areas of North America.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Wagner, V. & Antunes, P. M. & Irvine, M. & Nelson, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In North America, herbicides are commonly used to control non-native invasive plants on public wildlands. Little is known about the magnitude, efficac...

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Resolving patterns of population genetic and phylogeographic structure to inform control and eradication initiatives for brown rats Rattus norvegicus on South Georgia.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Piertney, S. B. & Black, A. & Watt, L. & Christie, D. & Poncet, S. & Collins, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The control and eradication of invasive species is a common management strategy to protect or restore native biodiversity. On South Georgia in the Sou...

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Ecology of butterflies in natural and selectively logged forests of northern Borneo: the importance of habitat heterogeneity.

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Hamer, K. C. & Hill, J. K. & Benedick, S. & Mustaffa, N. & Sherratt, T. N. & Maryati, M. & Chey, V. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The impacts of habitat disturbance on biodiversity within tropical forests are an area of current concern but are poorly understood and difficult to p...

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