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Deployment of organic farming at a landscape scale maintains low pest infestation and high crop productivity levels in vineyards.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Muneret, L. & Thiéry, D. & Joubard, B. & Rusch, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organic farming is a promising way to reduce pesticide use but increasing the area under organic farming at the landscape scale could increase pest in...

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Development of an aggressive bark beetle on novel hosts: implications for outbreaks in an invaded range.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Rosenberger, D. W. & Venette, R. C. & Aukema, B. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Some subcortical insects have devastating effects on native tree communities in new ranges, despite benign interactions with their historical hosts. E...

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Functional traits associated with the establishment of introduced Phytophthora spp. in Swedish forests.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Redondo, M. A. & Boberg, J. & Stenlid, J. & Oliva, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive forest pathogens of the genus Phytophthora are threatening ecosystems globally. Phytophthora species are mainly introduced by humans importin...

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Metacommunities, metaecosystems and the environmental fate of chemical contaminants.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Schiesari, L. & Leibold, M. A. & Burton, G. A., Jr.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although pollution is a major driver of ecosystem change, models predicting the environmental fate of contaminants suffer from critical uncertainties ...

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Stakeholders engagement as an important step for the long-term monitoring of wild ungulate populations.

Published online: 06 Oct 2021

Authors: Carvalho, J. & Leite, P. & Valente, A. M. & Fonseca, C. & Torres, R. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Monitoring trends in animal populations is essential for the development of appropriate wildlife management strategies. However, long-term studies are...

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Changes in breeding success and abundance of ground-nesting moorland birds in relation to the experimental deployment of legal predator control.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Fletcher, K. & Aebischer, N. J. & Baines, D. & Foster, R. & Hoodless, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An 8-year-field experiment on moorland in northern England manipulated the abundance of legally controllable predators whilst maintaining consistent h...

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Disruption of an exotic mutualism can improve management of an invasive plant: varroa mite, honeybees and biological control of Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius in New Zealand.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Paynter, Q. & Main, A. & Gourlay, A. H. & Peterson, P. G. & Fowler, S. V. & Buckley, Y. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A seed-feeding biocontrol agent Bruchidius villosus was released in New Zealand (NZ) to control the invasive European shrub, broom Cytisus scoparius, ...

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Woodland expansion in the presence of deer: 30 years of evidence from the Cairngorms Connect landscape restoration partnership.

Published online: 04 Mar 2024

Authors: Gullett, P. R. & Leslie, C. & Mason, R. & Ratcliffe, P. & Sargent, I. & Beck, A. & Cameron, T. & Cowie, N. R. & Hetherington, D. & MacDonell, T. & Moat, T. & Moore, P. & Teuten, E. & Hancock, M. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoring native woodlands to areas where they have been lost is a key element for tackling the nature and climate crises. Natural regeneration offers...

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Assessing the mechanisms and impacts of shrub invasion in forests: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 22 Feb 2024

Authors: Petri, L. & Ibañez, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The encroachment of invasive shrubs in forest understories can have detrimental effects on native plant recruitment. As a result, removal of invasive ...

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A before-after control-impact experiment reveals that culling reduces the impacts of invasive deer on endangered peatlands.

Published online: 05 Mar 2024

Authors: Comte, S. & Bengsen, A. J. & Thomas, E. & Bennett, A. & Davis, N. E. & Brown, D. & Forsyth, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive deer have undesirable impacts on native ecosystems. Culling is commonly used to reduce those impacts, but is expensive and sometimes controve...

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