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	113
Microclimatic niche shifts predict long‐term survival and body mass declines in a warmer and more degraded world	65
Assessing the exposure of UK habitats to 20th‐ and 21st‐century climate change, and its representation in ecological monitoring schemes	61
Dual‐scale drivers of soil biodiversity in agroecosystems: Field management outweighs landscape effects, but both matter	56
Hunting of sika deer over six decades does not restore forest regeneration	53
Linking landscape structure, floral resource distribution, pollen use and movement distances of a generalist predator	53
Making plant–pollinator data collection cheaper for restoration and monitoring	53
Managed honeybee hives negatively affect the reproduction of native plants in a dryland nature reserve	52
Accounting for bias in prevalence estimation: The case of a globally emerging pathogen	52
Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines	50
Demographic performance review of a reintroduction project: Iberian lynx in Extremadura	50
Intelligent tinkering: Do active restoration treatments promote initial ecosystem recovery after narrow linear disturbances in forested boreal fens?	47
The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure	47
Soil inoculation improves tree seedling growth in substrates containing bitumen, but the effect varies by species and inoculum source	45
Differences between terrestrial and offshore bird migration: Implications for offshore wind energy	44
Insecticide‐level pest control provided by in‐field flower strips	44
Landscape and local factors influence solitary bee nesting, but reported effects show little consistency across studies	43
Seabird‐vessel interactions in industrial fisheries of Northwest Africa: Implications for international bycatch management	42
How to eradicate an invasive forest pest without clear‐cutting	42
Individual variation in home‐range across an ocean basin and links to habitat quality and management	41
Restoration temporarily supports the resilience of sagebrush‐steppe ecosystems subjected to repeated fires	41
Warming decreases desert ecosystem functioning by altering biocrusts in drylands	40
Higher avian biodiversity, increased shrub cover and proximity to continuous forest may reduce pest insect crop loss in small‐scale oil palm farming	40
Habitat preferences of European bison in contemporary European landscapes	37

Limited evidence of biodiversity spillover from forest fragments into oil palm plantations in the Amazon	37
Antarctica may be vulnerable to invasion by Poa annua from a range of populations around the globe	36
Wildflower plantings and honeybee competition impact nutritional quality of wild bee diets	36
Different types of semi‐natural habitat are required to sustain diverse wild bee communities across agricultural landscapes	35
Temporal mismatches in flight activity patterns between Pipistrellus kuhlii and Prays oleae in olive farms: Implications for biocontrol services potential	35
Shade tree trait diversity and functions in agroforestry systems: A review of which traits matter	35
Wild shade trees override distance to forests in determining predation outcome in tropical agroforests: A study in coffee‐forest matrix	34
A Bayesian approach to include Indigenous Knowledge and satellite telemetry data in habitat selection functions	34
Disease‐associated mortality drives reduction in Yukon River Chinook salmon escapement: A novel method for quantifying the negative impacts of ‘misfit’ parasites to improve fisheries management	34
Body size determines soil multitrophic diversity along a litter stoichiometry gradient in agroecosystems	33
Variable effects of blade black‐and‐white designs on detection of turbine rotation by birds	33
Prioritizing areas for ecological restoration: A participatory approach based on cost‐effectiveness	33
Increased connections among soil microbes and microfauna enhances soil multifunctionality along a long‐term restoration chronosequence	33
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Spatial overlap alone downplays the level of interaction between a central place forager and the local fishery	31
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Nutrient enrichment undermines invasion resistance to Spartina alterniflora in a saltmarsh: Insights from modern coexistence theory	30
Repeated clearing as a mechanism for savanna recovery following bush encroachment	29
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Improving model transferability for accurate distribution predictions of global freshwater invaders with non‐conservative niches	28
The use, misuse and opportunities for structural equation modelling ( SEM ) in wildlife ecology	28
Successes, challenges and insights from integration of testing of management interventions in conservation practice	28
Response of parasitoid communities to insecticide application during a Lymantria dispar outbreak in mixed oak forests	28
Landscape and crop diversity contributes to greater yield stability	28
Recreational vessel networks reveal potential hot spots for marine pest introduction and spread	28
Correspondence among multiple methods provides confidence when measuring marine protected area effects for species and assemblages	27
Fire size and vegetation productivity shape bird diversity across burned landscapes in the Atlantic Forest	27
Negative association of sea lice from fish farms on recreational fishing catches of Atlantic salmon	27
After the ‘Black Summer’ fires: Faunal responses to megafire depend on fire severity, proportional area burnt and vegetation type	26
Transition to organic farming negatively affects bat activity	26
Cacao grafting increases crop yield without compromising biodiversity	25
Tree functional strategies and soil microbial communities regulate forest ecosystem services	25
An assessment of Alberta's strategy for controlling mountain pine beetle outbreaks	25
Revisiting the case for assisted colonisation under rapid climate change	25
Unusual success, future uncertainty, and science needs for adaptive management of invasive plants in a US national park	25
A call for refining the peatland restoration strategy in Europe	24
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Microplastics promote the invasiveness of invasive alien species under fluctuating water regime	24
Predicting the time of arrival of the Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) to new countries based on trade patterns of tyres and plants	24
Microbial necromass dominates particulate and mineral‐associated organic carbon accumulation in calcareous soil following afforestation	23
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The legacy of pine plantations on fire severity	23
Identifying predictors of tropical cyclone impacts on coastal agriculture to assess coastal wetland buffering signals	23
Invasive rodent dynamics in a highly connected African harbour	22
Correction to “Soil biota modulate the effects of microplastics on biomass and diversity of plant communities”	22
Light quality and spatial variability influences on seedling regeneration in Hawaiian lowland wet forests	22
Field‐realistic exposure to the novel insecticide flupyradifurone reduces reproductive output in a bumblebee (Bombus impatiens)	22
Restoring Mediterranean heathlands for declining birds: Initial responses to mosaic cutting and prescribed burning in the Natura 2000 LIFE program	22

Lurking in the leaves: How large native trees and leaf litter promote amphibian diversity in Malagasy agroforests	22
Comparing acoustic and visual monitoring methods for assessing biodiversity and distributions of Arctic‐breeding shorebirds	22
Smart orchard design improves crop pollination	21
Natural tree colonisation of organo‐mineral soils does not provide a net carbon capture benefit at decadal timescales	21
Multifunctional benefits of organic farming and hedgerow density	21
Environmental variation across multiple spatial scales and temporal lags influences Hendra virus spillover	21
Artificial light at night affects plant–herbivore interactions	20
Effects of grazing on soil nematodes in grasslands: A global meta‐analysis	20
Experimental enhancement of structural heterogeneity in forest landscapes promotes multidimensional hoverfly diversity	20
Forest cover drives bird occupancy across guilds and habitats in a Colombian coffee‐farming landscape	20
Herbaceous production lost to tree encroachment in United States rangelands	20
Perspectives in modelling ecological interaction networks for sustainable ecosystem management	20
Forest disturbances increase the body mass of two contrasting ungulates	20
Towards effectively restoring agricultural landscapes in East African drylands: Linking plant functional traits with soil hydrology	19
Do ecosystem types tell the full biodiversity story? Potentials of ecosystem types as indicators of plant species richness	19
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Interactions between land use, taxonomic group and aspects and levels of diversity in a Brazilian savanna: Implications for the use of bioindicators	19
Cross‐realm incidental and cobenefits in freshwater and terrestrial biodiversity conservation planning	19
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Linking agricultural diversification practices, soil arthropod communities and soil health	19
Using net anthropogenic nutrient inputs at fine spatial scales benefits decision‐making in watersheds to protect water quality	19
Landscape heterogeneity is an important predictor of snake–human encounters in Eswatini	19
Salvage logging and subsequent post‐windthrow management diminish forest bird communities for two decades	18
Barriers to seedling establishment in grasslands: Implications forNothofagusforest restoration and migration	18
Linking root traits to phytoremediation in trees and shrubs: Implications of root economics spectrum	18
Implementing Bayesian network models using expert elicitation for instream barrier assessment	18
Heathland management affects soil response to drought	18
The effects of grazing on shrub expansion depend on species' palatability and long‐term alterations in propagule banks in an alpine meadow	18
Effects of long‐term fixed fire regimes on African savanna vegetation biomass, vertical structure and tree stem density	18
Plant trait trade‐offs regulate tidal marsh resistance to combined hydrodynamic and erosion stress	18
Preventing the next invasion: Lessons from aquaculture for the safe expansion of insect farming	18
Controlling a tree invader for coastal plant communities' restoration affected below‐ground dynamics	18
Forage over fear: Assessing drivers of site use in response to shooting disturbance in a managed goose species	18
Long‐term monitoring reveals how pondscape connectivity shapes the early spread of a biological invasion	18
Large‐scale restoration of species‐rich dry grasslands on arable land: Environmental filtering drives successful species establishment over a period of 10 years	18
Heavy migration traffic and bad weather are a dangerous combination: Bird collisions in New York City	18
Collaboration is essential for reliable conservation modelling: Lessons from the Mexican wolf recovery program and a response to Louchouarn et al. (2025)	18
Successional and native forests predict the occurrence and infection status of Chagas disease vectors in Panama	18
The value of conditional prediction: Can retained species help predict unknown discards in commercial fisheries?	18
Retention forestry can maintain epiphytic lichens on living pine trees, but provides impoverished habitat for deadwood‐associated lichens	18
Mechanical management decreases arthropod biomass by changing vegetation structure in fallow fields of high conservation value	18
Water‐saving strategies in rice farming entail cascading effects in prey–predator interactions across ecosystem boundaries	18
Effects of multiple targeted repelling measures on the behaviour of individually tracked birds in an area of increasing human–wildlife conflict	18
Using salt marshes for coastal protection: Effective but hard to get where needed most	17
Relationship between hydrological restoration and the recovery of vegetation communities in boreal forestry‐drained peatlands	17
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities shaped by host‐plant affect the outcome of plant–soil feedback in dryland restoration	17
Effects of salmon lice on numbers and size distributions of Atlantic salmon returning to spawn in Norwegian rivers	17
The effects of crop type, landscape composition and agroecological practices on biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical smallholder farms	17
An epidemiological framework for chronic wasting disease in multihost communities	17
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Human impacts mediate freshwater invertebrate community responses to and recovery from drought	17
Tree species richness suppresses red imported fire ant invasion in a subtropical plantation forest	17
Mixed plant and arthropod biodiversity responses to solar park establishment on former agricultural lands	17
Native trees are responsible for the high carbon density in urban natural area forests across eight United States cities	17
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The natural ‘exclosure effect’ and tree regeneration following post‐windstorm salvage logging	16
Bridging the gap: Optimising connectivity solutions for an arboreal gliding mammal	16
The effects of habitat management on populations of a sensitive bird species vary with local climate and habitat	16
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
Above‐ground competition by Nephrolepis brownii inhibits tree seedling recruitment in a tropical restoration experiment	16
Applied paleoecology for macrophyte restoration: Defining Anthropocene baselines in Lake Liangzi	16
Modelling spatial variation in an exploited species across marine reserve boundaries	16
Identity and density of parasite exposures alter the outcome of coinfections: Implications for management	16
Coupling state‐of‐the‐art modelling tools for better informed Red List assessments of marine fishes	16
Plant species composition and key‐species abundance drive ecosystem multifunctionality	15
Spatiotemporal isolation of oilseed rape fields reduces insect pest pressure and crop damage	15
Modelling amphibian road crossing points in a dynamic environment	15
Slow drawdown, fast recovery: Stream macroinvertebrate communities improve quickly after large dam decommissioning	15
Effects of logging on biodiversity and productivity in a temperate natural forest	15
More grazing, more damage? Assessed yield loss on agricultural grassland relates nonlinearly to goose grazing pressure	15
A range‐wide full‐annual‐cycle model informs conservation of a declining migratory shorebird	15
A re‐evaluation of the effects of mechanical cockle dredging in the Dutch Wadden Sea	15
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Contrasting impacts of nitrogen enrichment on soil nematode diversity in natural and managed ecosystems	15
Aphid biological control in arable crops via flower strips: The predominant role of food resources over diversity effects	15
Restoration of native saltmarshes enhances carbon sequestration and mitigates warming effects following Spartina alterniflora removal	15
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Crop‐raiding by a forest ungulate in Earth's largest tropical agricultural frontier potentially costs local farmers ~ US $700 m and disproportionatel	15
Predicting the spatio‐temporal dynamics of biological invasions: Have rapid responses in Europe limited the spread of the yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)?	15
Optimizing ecological surveys for conservation	15
Differential effects of roots and symbiotic fungal hyphae on soil organic carbon under straw incorporation	15
Accounting for non‐random samples with distance sampling to estimate population density	15
Influence of agricultural intensification on pollinator pesticide exposure, food acquisition and diversity	15
Correction to ‘Mapping priority areas to mitigate the risk of electrocution of range‐restricted bird species’	15
Effectiveness of spatially patterned methods to restore semideciduous tropical forest	14
Doubled density and increased resilience: Consequences of seven consecutive annual dry‐season fires to the unburned Cerrado grass layer	14
Models reveal potential synergies in management actions for bull kelp forest resilience and restoration	14
The role of fisheries management in enhancing the resistance of marine ecosystems to biological invasion	14
Intercropping generates trait plasticity, which corresponds with year‐to‐year stability in productivity	14
The relative influences of long‐term fire management and woody cover on termite abundance and activity in an Australian tropical savanna	14
Chasing windows of opportunity for habitat formation: Spatial and temporal determinants of oyster settlement rates	14
Fertilizer‐induced soil carbon rapidly disappears after clearcutting in boreal production forests	14
Large‐scale changes in macrobenthic biodiversity driven by mangrove afforestation	14
Different ways to success: Plant community trajectories over time and a soil moisture gradient in restored wetlands	14
Wolves recolonize novel ecosystems leading to novel interactions	14
The impact of species phylogenetic relatedness on invasion varies distinctly along resource versus non‐resource environmental gradients	14
The effects of gas extraction under intertidal mudflats on sediment and macrozoobenthic communities	14
Phenological overlap between crop and pollinators: Contrasting influence of native and non‐native bees on raspberry fruits over the flowering season	14
Integrating forest inventory and LiDAR observations to uncover the role of plant traits on cooling and humidifying effects in urban area	14
Enhanced competitive advantage of invasive plants by growth‐defence trade‐off: Evidence from phytohormone metabolism and transcriptomic analysis	14
Density dependence only affects increase rates in baleen whale populations at high abundance levels	14
Integrating ecological niche and hydrological connectivity models to assess the impacts of hydropower plants on an endemic and imperilled freshwater turtle	14
Cutting the invaders and then what? Livestock exclusion after invasive shrub management promotes re‐invasion	14
Plant–soil feedback drives the ‘nursing effect’ on Sitka spruce	14
Dynamics of neutral genes and genes under selection and their implications for threatened species translocations	14
Landscape diversity, habitat connectivity, age and size determine the conservation value of limestone quarries for diverse wild bee communities	14
Large marine protected areas can encompass movements of diverse megafauna	14
Increasing crop richness and reducing field sizes provide higher yields to pollinator‐dependent crops	14
Unravelling the spatial and temporal variability of natural disturbances in European forests	13
Woody habitats and dry conditions limit pest occurrence in vineyards	13
Pioneer habitats drive high plant beta diversity and conservation value of mineral extraction sites	13
Dancing with the devil: Could native predators inside ‘predator‐free’ havens be good for the conservation of threatened native prey species?	13
Land‐use intensity and relatedness to native plants promote exotic plant invasion in a tropical biodiversity hotspot	13
Efficacy of labile carbon addition to reduce fast‐growing, invasive non‐native plants: A review and meta‐analysis	13
Evidence for seasonal compensation of hunting mortalities in a long‐lived migratory bird	13
Flowers for habitat enhancement primarily benefit common insect pollinators across temperate grasslands	13
Climate change threatens amphibians and species representation within protected areas in tropical wetlands	13
Ecological performance underlying ecosystem multifunctionality is promoted by organic farming and hedgerows at the local scale but not at the landscape scale	13
Act for the best, prepare for the worst—Defining strategic mesopredator triggers that safeguard apex predator eradication benefits	13
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An ensemble approach to species distribution modelling reconciles systematic differences in estimates of habitat utilization and range area	13
Integrated assessment of grassland restoration methods across Germany: Direct harvesting and regional seed mixtures are most successful for vegetation outcomes	13
A Before‐After Control‐Impact experiment reveals that culling reduces the impacts of invasive deer on endangered peatlands	13
Mammals with large home ranges, low reproductive rates and small body sizes are most vulnerable to roads: A meta‐analysis	13
Viability selection on coat spot patterns correlates with temperature anomalies in Masai giraffes	13
Machine learning for biosecurity: A probabilistic framework for invasive species management	13
Impacts of umbrella species management on non‐target species	13
Geese migrating over the Pacific Ocean select altitudes coinciding with offshore wind turbine blades	13
Can faster growth compensate for increased mortality in subtropical dry forest fragments?	12
Using animal tracking for early detection of mass poisoning events	12
Strategic dam management can offset climate‐driven declines in fish production	12
Fish responses to manipulated microhabitat complexity in urbanised shorelines	12
Acclimatisation duration, not just release type, drives post‐release settlement in a large‐scale carnivore reintroduction programme	12
Integrating human trail use in montane landscapes reveals larger zones of human influence for wary carnivores	12
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Climate, habitat and demography predict dispersal by an endangered bird in a fragmented landscape	12
Animal‐pollinated crops and cultivars—A quantitative assessment of pollinator dependence values and evaluation of methodological approaches	12
Strip cropping in practice: Higher slug abundance despite a higher number of slug‐predating carabid species	12
Silvicultural regime shapes understory functional structure in European forests	12
Disentangling the interrelated abiotic and biotic pathways linking landscape composition and crop production	12
Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops	12
An introduction to bee and pesticide research	12
Plant water‐use strategies predict restoration success across degraded drylands	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
Grazing‐N addition interactions drive soil carbon priming and balance via bacterial assimilation in a meadow steppe	12
Keep it together: Soil core translocation improves establishment of donor‐like microbial communities	12
Selecting among land sparing, sharing and Triad in a temperate rainforest depends on biodiversity and timber production targets	12
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Variations in root functional traits facilitate the adaptation of pioneer plants to rare earth element mine tailings	12
Validating habitat suitability models for pine marten ( Martes martes ) reintroductions to England and Wales	12
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Evaluating the ability of wetland mitigation banks to replace plant species lost from destroyed wetlands	11
Perceived and actual ecosystem services by fruit bats, birds and primates in litchi orchards agroecosystems	11
Setting aside areas for conservation does not increase disturbances in temperate forests	11
Management strategies can buffer the effect of mass mortality in early life stages of fish	11
Wetland restoration: Predicting vegetation trajectories over 25 years	11
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Spring precipitation amount and timing predict restoration success in a semi‐arid ecosystem	11
The crucial role of ecohydraulic factors in triggering sturgeon reproduction: Implications for active habitat restoration strategies in the Yangtze River	11
Matrix quality determines the strength of habitat loss filtering on bird communities at the landscape scale	11
Correction to “High and dry: Environmental conditions drive opportunities for disease transmission in desert bighorn sheep”	11
Management intensity affects insect pests and natural pest control on Arabica coffee in its native range	11
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Bridging evidence gaps for flyway‐scale waterbird conservation	11
Emerging stability of forest productivity by mixing two species buffers temperature destabilizing effect	11
Biodiversity and soil type modulate the effect of plastic contamination on soil functioning	11
Impacts of diffuse pressure complexes complicate conservation and management of benthic marine habitats	11
From species lists to interactions: Network structure, not richness, guides seed dispersal management in human‐modified islands	11
Higher cutting frequency can restore semi‐natural habitat quality on farmland	11
Natural variation in planting‐year climate explains variation in developing floristic composition of restored prairie	11
Assessing the mechanisms and impacts of shrub invasion in forests: A meta‐analysis	11
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