Journal of Applied Ecology

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Soil fertility as a mediator of interactions between an introduced specialist beetle and a native generalist nematode on an exotic invasive plant and its native congener	98
Microclimatic niche shifts predict long‐term survival and body mass declines in a warmer and more degraded world	60
Landscape conservation as a strategy for recovering biodiversity: Lessons from a long‐term program of pasture restoration in the southern Atlantic Forest	53
Temporal mismatches in flight activity patterns between Pipistrellus kuhlii and Prays oleae in olive farms: Implications for biocontrol services potential	52
Assessing the exposure of UK habitats to 20th‐ and 21st‐century climate change, and its representation in ecological monitoring schemes	52
Dual‐scale drivers of soil biodiversity in agroecosystems: Field management outweighs landscape effects, but both matter	50
How to eradicate an invasive forest pest without clear‐cutting	49
Linking landscape structure, floral resource distribution, pollen use and movement distances of a generalist predator	48
Making plant–pollinator data collection cheaper for restoration and monitoring	48
Wildflower plantings and honeybee competition impact nutritional quality of wild bee diets	48
Hunting of sika deer over six decades does not restore forest regeneration	48
Managed honeybee hives negatively affect the reproduction of native plants in a dryland nature reserve	47
Accounting for bias in prevalence estimation: The case of a globally emerging pathogen	46
Restoration temporarily supports the resilience of sagebrush‐steppe ecosystems subjected to repeated fires	46
Shade tree trait diversity and functions in agroforestry systems: A review of which traits matter	45
Soil inoculation improves tree seedling growth in substrates containing bitumen, but the effect varies by species and inoculum source	44
Demographic performance review of a reintroduction project: Iberian lynx in Extremadura	44
Seabird‐vessel interactions in industrial fisheries of Northwest Africa: Implications for international bycatch management	43
Differences between terrestrial and offshore bird migration: Implications for offshore wind energy	42
Prioritizing areas for ecological restoration: A participatory approach based on cost‐effectiveness	40
Antarctica may be vulnerable to invasion by Poa annua from a range of populations around the globe	38
Habitat preferences of European bison in contemporary European landscapes	36
Body size determines soil multitrophic diversity along a litter stoichiometry gradient in agroecosystems	35
Intelligent tinkering: Do active restoration treatments promote initial ecosystem recovery after narrow linear disturbances in forested boreal fens?	34

Limited evidence of biodiversity spillover from forest fragments into oil palm plantations in the Amazon	33
Warming decreases desert ecosystem functioning by altering biocrusts in drylands	33
The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure	33
Higher avian biodiversity, increased shrub cover and proximity to continuous forest may reduce pest insect crop loss in small‐scale oil palm farming	33
Different types of semi‐natural habitat are required to sustain diverse wild bee communities across agricultural landscapes	32
Increased connections among soil microbes and microfauna enhances soil multifunctionality along a long‐term restoration chronosequence	32
Individual variation in home‐range across an ocean basin and links to habitat quality and management	32
Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines	32
Landscape and local factors influence solitary bee nesting, but reported effects show little consistency across studies	31
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Insecticide‐level pest control provided by in‐field flower strips	31
Response of parasitoid communities to insecticide application during a Lymantria dispar outbreak in mixed oak forests	30
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Revisiting the case for assisted colonisation under rapid climate change	29
Fire size and vegetation productivity shape bird diversity across burned landscapes in the Atlantic Forest	29
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Recreational vessel networks reveal potential hot spots for marine pest introduction and spread	29
Transition to organic farming negatively affects bat activity	28
Identifying predictors of tropical cyclone impacts on coastal agriculture to assess coastal wetland buffering signals	28
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Spatial overlap alone downplays the level of interaction between a central place forager and the local fishery	27
The legacy of pine plantations on fire severity	27
Negative association of sea lice from fish farms on recreational fishing catches of Atlantic salmon	27
Tree functional strategies and soil microbial communities regulate forest ecosystem services	26
Nutrient enrichment undermines invasion resistance to Spartina alterniflora in a saltmarsh: Insights from modern coexistence theory	26
Achieving international biodiversity targets: Learning from local norms, values and actions regarding migratory waterfowl management in Kazakhstan	26
Repeated clearing as a mechanism for savanna recovery following bush encroachment	26
Unusual success, future uncertainty, and science needs for adaptive management of invasive plants in a US national park	26
Predicting the time of arrival of the Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) to new countries based on trade patterns of tyres and plants	25
After the ‘Black Summer’ fires: Faunal responses to megafire depend on fire severity, proportional area burnt and vegetation type	25
Cacao grafting increases crop yield without compromising biodiversity	25
Landscape and crop diversity contributes to greater yield stability	25
Correspondence among multiple methods provides confidence when measuring marine protected area effects for species and assemblages	25
An assessment of Alberta's strategy for controlling mountain pine beetle outbreaks	25
Microplastics promote the invasiveness of invasive alien species under fluctuating water regime	25
The use, misuse and opportunities for structural equation modelling ( SEM ) in wildlife ecology	25
Improving model transferability for accurate distribution predictions of global freshwater invaders with non‐conservative niches	24
Microbial necromass dominates particulate and mineral‐associated organic carbon accumulation in calcareous soil following afforestation	24
Dung beetles maintain phylogenetic divergence but functional convergence across a highly fragmented tropical landscape	24
Successes, challenges and insights from integration of testing of management interventions in conservation practice	24
A call for refining the peatland restoration strategy in Europe	24
Natural tree colonisation of organo‐mineral soils does not provide a net carbon capture benefit at decadal timescales	24
Light quality and spatial variability influences on seedling regeneration in Hawaiian lowland wet forests	23
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Lurking in the leaves: How large native trees and leaf litter promote amphibian diversity in Malagasy agroforests	23
Below‐ground ecosystem engineers enhance biodiversity and function in a polluted ecosystem	23
Perspectives in modelling ecological interaction networks for sustainable ecosystem management	23
Linking agricultural diversification practices, soil arthropod communities and soil health	22
Comparing acoustic and visual monitoring methods for assessing biodiversity and distributions of Arctic‐breeding shorebirds	22

Towards effectively restoring agricultural landscapes in East African drylands: Linking plant functional traits with soil hydrology	22
Multifunctional benefits of organic farming and hedgerow density	22
Field‐realistic exposure to the novel insecticide flupyradifurone reduces reproductive output in a bumblebee (Bombus impatiens)	22
Invasive rodent dynamics in a highly connected African harbour	22
Effects of grazing on soil nematodes in grasslands: A global meta‐analysis	21
Herbaceous production lost to tree encroachment in United States rangelands	21
Interactions between land use, taxonomic group and aspects and levels of diversity in a Brazilian savanna: Implications for the use of bioindicators	21
Restoring Mediterranean heathlands for declining birds: Initial responses to mosaic cutting and prescribed burning in the Natura 2000 LIFE program	21
Experimental enhancement of structural heterogeneity in forest landscapes promotes multidimensional hoverfly diversity	21
Smart orchard design improves crop pollination	21
Effects of Spartina invasion on the soil organic carbon content in salt marsh and mangrove ecosystems in China	21
Forest disturbances increase the body mass of two contrasting ungulates	21
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An epidemiological framework for chronic wasting disease in multihost communities	20
Correction to “Soil biota modulate the effects of microplastics on biomass and diversity of plant communities”	20
Environmental variation across multiple spatial scales and temporal lags influences Hendra virus spillover	20
Using net anthropogenic nutrient inputs at fine spatial scales benefits decision‐making in watersheds to protect water quality	20
Artificial light at night affects plant–herbivore interactions	20
Collaboration is essential for reliable conservation modelling: Lessons from the Mexican wolf recovery program and a response to Louchouarn et al. (2025)	19
Effects of salmon lice on numbers and size distributions of Atlantic salmon returning to spawn in Norwegian rivers	19
Barriers to seedling establishment in grasslands: Implications forNothofagusforest restoration and migration	19
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities shaped by host‐plant affect the outcome of plant–soil feedback in dryland restoration	19
Successional and native forests predict the occurrence and infection status of Chagas disease vectors in Panama	19
Habitat availability alters the relative risk of a bovine tuberculosis breakdown in the aftermath of a commercial forest clearfell disturbance	18
Effects of multiple targeted repelling measures on the behaviour of individually tracked birds in an area of increasing human–wildlife conflict	18
Native trees are responsible for the high carbon density in urban natural area forests across eight United States cities	18
Forage over fear: Assessing drivers of site use in response to shooting disturbance in a managed goose species	18
Plant trait trade‐offs regulate tidal marsh resistance to combined hydrodynamic and erosion stress	18
Salvage logging and subsequent post‐windthrow management diminish forest bird communities for two decades	18
Effects of long‐term fixed fire regimes on African savanna vegetation biomass, vertical structure and tree stem density	18
Mixed plant and arthropod biodiversity responses to solar park establishment on former agricultural lands	18
Controlling a tree invader for coastal plant communities' restoration affected below‐ground dynamics	18
The value of conditional prediction: Can retained species help predict unknown discards in commercial fisheries?	17
Relationship between hydrological restoration and the recovery of vegetation communities in boreal forestry‐drained peatlands	17
Tree species richness suppresses red imported fire ant invasion in a subtropical plantation forest	17
The effects of grazing on shrub expansion depend on species' palatability and long‐term alterations in propagule banks in an alpine meadow	17
Using salt marshes for coastal protection: Effective but hard to get where needed most	17
Implementing Bayesian network models using expert elicitation for instream barrier assessment	17
Heavy migration traffic and bad weather are a dangerous combination: Bird collisions in New York City	17
Preventing the next invasion: Lessons from aquaculture for the safe expansion of insect farming	17
Long‐term monitoring reveals how pondscape connectivity shapes the early spread of a biological invasion	17
Large‐scale restoration of species‐rich dry grasslands on arable land: Environmental filtering drives successful species establishment over a period of 10 years	17
Human impacts mediate freshwater invertebrate community responses to and recovery from drought	17
The effects of crop type, landscape composition and agroecological practices on biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical smallholder farms	17
Fisheries bycatch mitigation measures as an efficient tool for the conservation of seabird populations	17
Heathland management affects soil response to drought	17
Mechanical management decreases arthropod biomass by changing vegetation structure in fallow fields of high conservation value	17
Water‐saving strategies in rice farming entail cascading effects in prey–predator interactions across ecosystem boundaries	17
Retention forestry can maintain epiphytic lichens on living pine trees, but provides impoverished habitat for deadwood‐associated lichens	17
Modelling amphibian road crossing points in a dynamic environment	16
Bridging the gap: Optimising connectivity solutions for an arboreal gliding mammal	16
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Above‐ground competition by Nephrolepis brownii inhibits tree seedling recruitment in a tropical restoration experiment	16
Optimizing ecological surveys for conservation	16
Identity and density of parasite exposures alter the outcome of coinfections: Implications for management	16
Slow drawdown, fast recovery: Stream macroinvertebrate communities improve quickly after large dam decommissioning	16
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Accounting for non‐random samples with distance sampling to estimate population density	16
Contrasting impacts of nitrogen enrichment on soil nematode diversity in natural and managed ecosystems	16
Influence of agricultural intensification on pollinator pesticide exposure, food acquisition and diversity	16
More grazing, more damage? Assessed yield loss on agricultural grassland relates nonlinearly to goose grazing pressure	16
Linking root traits to phytoremediation in trees and shrubs: Implications of root economics spectrum	16
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Disease management during bloom affects the floral microbiome but not pollination in a mass‐flowering crop	16
Combining local ecological knowledge with camera traps to assess the link between African mammal life‐history traits and their occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes	16
Preventing a series of unfortunate events: Using qualitative models to improve conservation	16
Restoration of native saltmarshes enhances carbon sequestration and mitigates warming effects following Spartina alterniflora removal	15
Modelling spatial variation in an exploited species across marine reserve boundaries	15
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Integrating ecological niche and hydrological connectivity models to assess the impacts of hydropower plants on an endemic and imperilled freshwater turtle	15
The natural ‘exclosure effect’ and tree regeneration following post‐windstorm salvage logging	15
Differential effects of roots and symbiotic fungal hyphae on soil organic carbon under straw incorporation	15
Plant–soil feedback drives the ‘nursing effect’ on Sitka spruce	15
The effects of habitat management on populations of a sensitive bird species vary with local climate and habitat	15
Coupling state‐of‐the‐art modelling tools for better informed Red List assessments of marine fishes	15
Spatiotemporal isolation of oilseed rape fields reduces insect pest pressure and crop damage	15
Aphid biological control in arable crops via flower strips: The predominant role of food resources over diversity effects	15

Efficacy of labile carbon addition to reduce fast‐growing, invasive non‐native plants: A review and meta‐analysis	15
Chasing windows of opportunity for habitat formation: Spatial and temporal determinants of oyster settlement rates	14
A range‐wide full‐annual‐cycle model informs conservation of a declining migratory shorebird	14
Plant species composition and key‐species abundance drive ecosystem multifunctionality	14
Predicting the spatio‐temporal dynamics of biological invasions: Have rapid responses in Europe limited the spread of the yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)?	14
The role of fisheries management in enhancing the resistance of marine ecosystems to biological invasion	14
Different ways to success: Plant community trajectories over time and a soil moisture gradient in restored wetlands	14
Integrating forest inventory and LiDAR observations to uncover the role of plant traits on cooling and humidifying effects in urban area	14
The impact of species phylogenetic relatedness on invasion varies distinctly along resource versus non‐resource environmental gradients	14
Crop‐raiding by a forest ungulate in Earth's largest tropical agricultural frontier potentially costs local farmers ~ US $700 m and disproportionatel	14
Landscape diversity, habitat connectivity, age and size determine the conservation value of limestone quarries for diverse wild bee communities	14
Doubled density and increased resilience: Consequences of seven consecutive annual dry‐season fires to the unburned Cerrado grass layer	14
The relative influences of long‐term fire management and woody cover on termite abundance and activity in an Australian tropical savanna	14
Density dependence only affects increase rates in baleen whale populations at high abundance levels	14
The effects of gas extraction under intertidal mudflats on sediment and macrozoobenthic communities	14
Large marine protected areas can encompass movements of diverse megafauna	14
Correction to ‘Mapping priority areas to mitigate the risk of electrocution of range‐restricted bird species’	14
Enhanced competitive advantage of invasive plants by growth‐defence trade‐off: Evidence from phytohormone metabolism and transcriptomic analysis	14
Increasing crop richness and reducing field sizes provide higher yields to pollinator‐dependent crops	14
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Intercropping generates trait plasticity, which corresponds with year‐to‐year stability in productivity	14
Effectiveness of spatially patterned methods to restore semideciduous tropical forest	14
Fertilizer‐induced soil carbon rapidly disappears after clearcutting in boreal production forests	14
Can faster growth compensate for increased mortality in subtropical dry forest fragments?	13
Wolves recolonize novel ecosystems leading to novel interactions	13
An ensemble approach to species distribution modelling reconciles systematic differences in estimates of habitat utilization and range area	13
Grazing‐N addition interactions drive soil carbon priming and balance via bacterial assimilation in a meadow steppe	13
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Woody habitats and dry conditions limit pest occurrence in vineyards	13
Ecological performance underlying ecosystem multifunctionality is promoted by organic farming and hedgerows at the local scale but not at the landscape scale	13
Impacts of umbrella species management on non‐target species	13
Fish responses to manipulated microhabitat complexity in urbanised shorelines	13
Small giants: Tributaries rescue spatially structured populations from extirpation in a highly fragmented stream	13
Large‐scale changes in macrobenthic biodiversity driven by mangrove afforestation	13
Mammals with large home ranges, low reproductive rates and small body sizes are most vulnerable to roads: A meta‐analysis	13
Act for the best, prepare for the worst—Defining strategic mesopredator triggers that safeguard apex predator eradication benefits	13
Random forest modelling of multi‐scale, multi‐species habitat associations within KAZA transfrontier conservation area using spoor data	13
Climate change threatens amphibians and species representation within protected areas in tropical wetlands	13
Flowers for habitat enhancement primarily benefit common insect pollinators across temperate grasslands	13
Pioneer habitats drive high plant beta diversity and conservation value of mineral extraction sites	13
A re‐evaluation of the effects of mechanical cockle dredging in the Dutch Wadden Sea	13
Land‐use intensity and relatedness to native plants promote exotic plant invasion in a tropical biodiversity hotspot	13
Phenological overlap between crop and pollinators: Contrasting influence of native and non‐native bees on raspberry fruits over the flowering season	13
A Before‐After Control‐Impact experiment reveals that culling reduces the impacts of invasive deer on endangered peatlands	13
Animal‐pollinated crops and cultivars—A quantitative assessment of pollinator dependence values and evaluation of methodological approaches	13
Dancing with the devil: Could native predators inside ‘predator‐free’ havens be good for the conservation of threatened native prey species?	13
Using animal tracking for early detection of mass poisoning events	13
Impacts of ecological restoration on the genetic diversity of plant species: A global meta‐analysis	12
Early detection strategies for invading tree pests: Targeted surveillance and stakeholder perspectives	12
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Simulating the spread and establishment of alien species along aquatic and terrestrial transport networks: A multi‐pathway and high‐resolution approach	12
Machine learning for biosecurity: A probabilistic framework for invasive species management	12
Silvicultural regime shapes understory functional structure in European forests	12
Implementing ecosystem service assessments within agribusiness: Challenges and proposed solutions	12
Assessing the mechanisms and impacts of shrub invasion in forests: A meta‐analysis	12
Variations in root functional traits facilitate the adaptation of pioneer plants to rare earth element mine tailings	12
Evaluating the ability of wetland mitigation banks to replace plant species lost from destroyed wetlands	12
Viability selection on coat spot patterns correlates with temperature anomalies in Masai giraffes	12
Selecting among land sparing, sharing and Triad in a temperate rainforest depends on biodiversity and timber production targets	12
Evidence for seasonal compensation of hunting mortalities in a long‐lived migratory bird	12
Unravelling the spatial and temporal variability of natural disturbances in European forests	12
Plant water‐use strategies predict restoration success across degraded drylands	12
Coexistence between Przewalski's horse and Asiatic wild ass in the desert: The importance of people	12
Impacts of diffuse pressure complexes complicate conservation and management of benthic marine habitats	12
The crucial role of ecohydraulic factors in triggering sturgeon reproduction: Implications for active habitat restoration strategies in the Yangtze River	12
Climate, habitat and demography predict dispersal by an endangered bird in a fragmented landscape	12
Geese migrating over the Pacific Ocean select altitudes coinciding with offshore wind turbine blades	12
Nesting of ground‐nesting bees in arable fields is not associated with tillage system per se, but with distance to field edge, crop cover, soil and landscape context	12
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Disentangling the interrelated abiotic and biotic pathways linking landscape composition and crop production	12
A conceptual framework for measuring and improving the resilience of biosecurity systems	11
Setting aside areas for conservation does not increase disturbances in temperate forests	11
A Bayesian analysis of adaptation of mountain grassland production to global change	11
Putting seed traits into pellets: Using seed mass data to improve seed encapsulation technology for native plant revegetation	11
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Wildfire disturbance and ecological cascades: Teasing apart the direct and indirect effects of fire on tick populations	11
Tree mixtures mediate negative effects of introduced tree species on bird taxonomic and functional diversity	11
Spring precipitation amount and timing predict restoration success in a semi‐arid ecosystem	11
The effects of a decade of agri‐environment intervention in a lowland farm landscape on population trends of birds and butterflies	11
Integrating human trail use in montane landscapes reveals larger zones of human influence for wary carnivores	11
Effects of large mammal exclusion on seedling communities depend on plant species traits and landscape protection in human‐modified Costa Rican forests	11
Evaluating diversionary feeding as a method to resolve conservation conflicts in a recovering ecosystem	11
Management strategies can buffer the effect of mass mortality in early life stages of fish	11
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Synthesis of highbush blueberry pollination research reveals region‐specific differences in the contributions of honeybees and wild bees	11
Remote sensing and GPS tracking reveal temporal shifts in habitat use in nonbreeding Black‐tailed Godwits	11
Grassland extensification enhances nest densities of ground‐nesting wild bees	11
Biodiversity and soil type modulate the effect of plastic contamination on soil functioning	11
Matrix quality determines the strength of habitat loss filtering on bird communities at the landscape scale	11
Beyond habitat loss: How landscape configuration drives mammal distributions across petroleum extraction landscapes	11
Increased proportion of exclusion netting in the landscape affects pest damage in unnetted apple orchards	11
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Fallow deer foraging alone does not preserve the vegetation of traditionally sheep‐grazed calcareous grasslands	11
An introduction to bee and pesticide research	11
Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops	11