Journal of Applied Ecology
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Driving forward the field of applied ecology through a high-quality evidence base for scientists, managers and policymakers. A @britishecologicalsociety.org journal.
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🌳Shrubs promote the early-stage development of moss crusts by regulating the soil surface microenvironment in dryland ecosystems
Utilizing the microenvironment provided by shrubs and combining it with artificial cultivation measures increases artificial moss development🟢
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Utilizing the microenvironment provided by shrubs and combining it with artificial cultivation measures increases artificial moss development🟢
Read more: buff.ly/NUHSahc
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌳Shrubs promote the early-stage development of moss crusts by regulating the soil surface microenvironment in dryland ecosystems
Utilizing the microenvironment provided by shrubs and combining it with artificial cultivation measures increases artificial moss development🟢
Read more: buff.ly/NUHSahc
Utilizing the microenvironment provided by shrubs and combining it with artificial cultivation measures increases artificial moss development🟢
Read more: buff.ly/NUHSahc
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AER Live – DIY sensors for high-resolution microclimate monitoring
Small-scale environmental conditions have great influence on species responses to global change. Therefore, measuring microclimate is an important challenge, not only in ecology. Most sensors are…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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I am absolutely thrilled to share my first chapter, published today in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! Results are summarised in the thread below, or you can read it OA here doi.org/10.1111/1365... @ellileadbeater.bsky.social @rhulbiology.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social @ucl-pnl.bsky.social 1/7 🧪
Resource supplementation later in the colony cycle improves real‐world bumblebee colony survival
Our findings suggest that B. terrestris colonies became food-limited towards the end of their colony cycle in early summer. We suggest ecological intensification through planting native wildflower sp....
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November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I am absolutely thrilled to share my first chapter, published today in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! Results are summarised in the thread below, or you can read it OA here doi.org/10.1111/1365... @ellileadbeater.bsky.social @rhulbiology.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social @ucl-pnl.bsky.social 1/7 🧪
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I'm preparing for my talk at #BES2025 and want to know what people think the main goal of applied ecological and conservation research is. If everything goes to plan, I’ll be using the poll results in the talk itself, so the more responses the better! @britishecologicalsociety.org
What do you think the primary goal of applied ecological/conservation research is?
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/PuXpIV/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Diagnose threats and impacts
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/PuXpIV/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Understand ecological processes
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/PuXpIV/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Inform management or policy
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/PuXpIV/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Something else (comment below)
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1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/PuXpIV/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Diagnose threats and impacts
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/PuXpIV/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Understand ecological processes
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/PuXpIV/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Inform management or policy
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/PuXpIV/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Something else (comment below)
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November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I'm preparing for my talk at #BES2025 and want to know what people think the main goal of applied ecological and conservation research is. If everything goes to plan, I’ll be using the poll results in the talk itself, so the more responses the better! @britishecologicalsociety.org
🌍Grazing-N addition interactions drive soil carbon priming and balance via bacterial assimilation in a meadow steppe
These results show that grazing-induced bacterial dominance in C assimilation alters priming effects and net soil carbon balance under N addition🌱
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These results show that grazing-induced bacterial dominance in C assimilation alters priming effects and net soil carbon balance under N addition🌱
Read here:
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🌍Grazing-N addition interactions drive soil carbon priming and balance via bacterial assimilation in a meadow steppe
These results show that grazing-induced bacterial dominance in C assimilation alters priming effects and net soil carbon balance under N addition🌱
Read here:
These results show that grazing-induced bacterial dominance in C assimilation alters priming effects and net soil carbon balance under N addition🌱
Read here:
💭Did you know that you may be able to publish your paper in one of the BES' open access journals at no cost to you? 🔖
🌏At the link below we've outlined how you can use a range of resources, including our own BES waivers, to cover this charge 👇
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🌏At the link below we've outlined how you can use a range of resources, including our own BES waivers, to cover this charge 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/publ...
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
💭Did you know that you may be able to publish your paper in one of the BES' open access journals at no cost to you? 🔖
🌏At the link below we've outlined how you can use a range of resources, including our own BES waivers, to cover this charge 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/publ...
🌏At the link below we've outlined how you can use a range of resources, including our own BES waivers, to cover this charge 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/publ...
🌃 Night lights don’t just brighten the sky—they reshape earthworm communities and soil structure. Evidence shows that tailored management of artificial light at night, tuned to illuminance and spectrum can safeguard earthworm diversity and soil function 🪱
🌍 Read more: buff.ly/nu5sf87
🌍 Read more: buff.ly/nu5sf87
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌃 Night lights don’t just brighten the sky—they reshape earthworm communities and soil structure. Evidence shows that tailored management of artificial light at night, tuned to illuminance and spectrum can safeguard earthworm diversity and soil function 🪱
🌍 Read more: buff.ly/nu5sf87
🌍 Read more: buff.ly/nu5sf87
🌀 Chasing windows of opportunity for habitat formation: Spatial and temporal determinants of oyster settlement rates 🌊
🦪 Oysters can settle and survive at upstream locations, however oyster habitat cover decreased long the estuarine salinity gradient🦪
🌍 Find out more: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
🦪 Oysters can settle and survive at upstream locations, however oyster habitat cover decreased long the estuarine salinity gradient🦪
🌍 Find out more: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌀 Chasing windows of opportunity for habitat formation: Spatial and temporal determinants of oyster settlement rates 🌊
🦪 Oysters can settle and survive at upstream locations, however oyster habitat cover decreased long the estuarine salinity gradient🦪
🌍 Find out more: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
🦪 Oysters can settle and survive at upstream locations, however oyster habitat cover decreased long the estuarine salinity gradient🦪
🌍 Find out more: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
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November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board! 🌎🧪
If you're interested in contributing to the publishing landscape, check out the link below 👇
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🌳 The effects of grazing on shrub expansion depend on species' palatability and long-term alterations in propagule banks in an alpine meadow 🧪
📖 Read more here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌳 The effects of grazing on shrub expansion depend on species' palatability and long-term alterations in propagule banks in an alpine meadow 🧪
📖 Read more here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📖 Read more here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Relationship between hydrological restoration & the recovery of vegetation communities in boreal forestry-drained peatlands 📊🧪
Uses data on
👉species communities
👉water-table level
👉porewater quality
...before restoration & 2, 5 & 10 years after it! 🌎
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Uses data on
👉species communities
👉water-table level
👉porewater quality
...before restoration & 2, 5 & 10 years after it! 🌎
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Relationship between hydrological restoration & the recovery of vegetation communities in boreal forestry-drained peatlands 📊🧪
Uses data on
👉species communities
👉water-table level
👉porewater quality
...before restoration & 2, 5 & 10 years after it! 🌎
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Uses data on
👉species communities
👉water-table level
👉porewater quality
...before restoration & 2, 5 & 10 years after it! 🌎
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Check out the summary of our new research in @jappliedecology.bsky.social led by Patrick Cook with @nigelwillby.bsky.social @dralanlaw.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk
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Beavers provide a boost for declining pollinators, study reveals
Beaver-created wetlands increase pollinator numbers, boosting biodiversity, according to new research by the University of Stirling.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Check out the summary of our new research in @jappliedecology.bsky.social led by Patrick Cook with @nigelwillby.bsky.social @dralanlaw.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk
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We're looking for a 6th Senior Editor!
If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience
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If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience
…we’d love to hear from you!
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Senior Editor for Journal of Applied Ecology - British Ecological Society
Join the editorial board on Journal of Applied Ecology! Apply by 21 Dec 2025.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We're looking for a 6th Senior Editor!
If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience
…we’d love to hear from you!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...
If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience
…we’d love to hear from you!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...
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The Senior Editor team at @jappliedecology.bsky.social is growing. Come join us! Applications close 21st December.
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Senior Editor for Journal of Applied Ecology - British Ecological Society
Join the editorial board on Journal of Applied Ecology! Apply by 21 Dec 2025.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The Senior Editor team at @jappliedecology.bsky.social is growing. Come join us! Applications close 21st December.
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My first PhD paper is now out! We calculate overlap intensity between African penguins and the local purse seine fishery 🐧🐟
Check it out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Check it out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Spatial overlap alone downplays the level of interaction between a central place forager and the local fishery
While spatial overlap is commonly used to quantify interactions, it may underestimate the true degree of competition between foraging predators and fishing vessels. Our alternative population-level m...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
My first PhD paper is now out! We calculate overlap intensity between African penguins and the local purse seine fishery 🐧🐟
Check it out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Check it out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The legacy of pine plantations on fire severity 🔥🧪
Provides quantitative evidence that pine plantations can exacerbate fire severity under contemporary climate conditions and that, once burned, these areas seldom recover 🌲🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Provides quantitative evidence that pine plantations can exacerbate fire severity under contemporary climate conditions and that, once burned, these areas seldom recover 🌲🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The legacy of pine plantations on fire severity 🔥🧪
Provides quantitative evidence that pine plantations can exacerbate fire severity under contemporary climate conditions and that, once burned, these areas seldom recover 🌲🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Provides quantitative evidence that pine plantations can exacerbate fire severity under contemporary climate conditions and that, once burned, these areas seldom recover 🌲🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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🌿 A great review is more than just a summary or description of past research! They integrate existing studies in new ways to promote discussion & offer new ideas & directions in plant ecology 🌷
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📰 Read more about our reviews in our latest blog post 👇
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November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🌿 A great review is more than just a summary or description of past research! They integrate existing studies in new ways to promote discussion & offer new ideas & directions in plant ecology 🌷
📰 Read more about our reviews in our latest blog post 👇
buff.ly/cgUBfSp
📰 Read more about our reviews in our latest blog post 👇
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Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! ⭐ 🌍 🧪
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Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! ⭐ 🌍 🧪
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November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Don't forget to register for our next MEE live!
Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! ⭐ 🌍 🧪
Find out more and register 👇
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Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! ⭐ 🌍 🧪
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A fine-scale fish population model reveals how integration of spatial and temporal management can maximise conservation and fisheries benefits 📊🧪
Applied the model to spangled emperor in the Ningaloo World Heritage Area 🐟🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Applied the model to spangled emperor in the Ningaloo World Heritage Area 🐟🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A fine-scale fish population model reveals how integration of spatial and temporal management can maximise conservation and fisheries benefits 📊🧪
Applied the model to spangled emperor in the Ningaloo World Heritage Area 🐟🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Applied the model to spangled emperor in the Ningaloo World Heritage Area 🐟🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
An assessment of Alberta's strategy for controlling mountain pine beetle outbreaks 🪲🧪
Findings tentatively support a ‘wait it out’ management strategy for forest pests with strong Allee effects, where small populations face experience negative growth 💭🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Findings tentatively support a ‘wait it out’ management strategy for forest pests with strong Allee effects, where small populations face experience negative growth 💭🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
An assessment of Alberta's strategy for controlling mountain pine beetle outbreaks 🪲🧪
Findings tentatively support a ‘wait it out’ management strategy for forest pests with strong Allee effects, where small populations face experience negative growth 💭🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Findings tentatively support a ‘wait it out’ management strategy for forest pests with strong Allee effects, where small populations face experience negative growth 💭🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Soil community structure across native & exotic forests is shaped by edaphoclimatic conditions & eukaryotic biomarkers 🌲
Indicates to the importance of taking management decisions for these forests considering regional conditions as well as forest type 🌏 🧪
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Indicates to the importance of taking management decisions for these forests considering regional conditions as well as forest type 🌏 🧪
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Soil community structure across native & exotic forests is shaped by edaphoclimatic conditions & eukaryotic biomarkers 🌲
Indicates to the importance of taking management decisions for these forests considering regional conditions as well as forest type 🌏 🧪
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Indicates to the importance of taking management decisions for these forests considering regional conditions as well as forest type 🌏 🧪
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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We are looking for contributors to our series on the Methods Blog, exploring the experiences of ecologists conducting research in remote field stations during the holiday season 🎄
See previous blogs here 👉 buff.ly/MnMcRqG (1/2)
See previous blogs here 👉 buff.ly/MnMcRqG (1/2)
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We are looking for contributors to our series on the Methods Blog, exploring the experiences of ecologists conducting research in remote field stations during the holiday season 🎄
See previous blogs here 👉 buff.ly/MnMcRqG (1/2)
See previous blogs here 👉 buff.ly/MnMcRqG (1/2)
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AER Live – Restoring Resilience: Lessons from the Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project in Durban
The Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project, led by eThekwini Municipality, is one of South Africa’s flagship urban ecosystem restoration initiatives. Begun in 2009 as a carbon-offset initiative, for the…
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November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Beaver wetlands create a buzz & a flutter for pollinators! 🦫🌎
Results show that beaver wetlands...
👉boost hoverfly richness/abundance 🐝
👉boost butterfly abundance 🦋
👉diversify foraging resources for pollinators 📈
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Results show that beaver wetlands...
👉boost hoverfly richness/abundance 🐝
👉boost butterfly abundance 🦋
👉diversify foraging resources for pollinators 📈
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Beaver wetlands create a buzz & a flutter for pollinators! 🦫🌎
Results show that beaver wetlands...
👉boost hoverfly richness/abundance 🐝
👉boost butterfly abundance 🦋
👉diversify foraging resources for pollinators 📈
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Results show that beaver wetlands...
👉boost hoverfly richness/abundance 🐝
👉boost butterfly abundance 🦋
👉diversify foraging resources for pollinators 📈
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...