Journal of Applied Ecology

Developing evidence briefs for landscape fire management 🔥

Researchers and practitioners need clear guidance on how briefs must be developed to address a broad spectrum of issues 📖 🌲

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New perspective🔎

Preventing the next invasion: Lessons from aquaculture for the safe expansion of insect farming 🐜

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🚨Our cross-journal special feature is open to proposals!🚨

🐛Focus: how climate change affects plant–antagonist interactions, including those involving phytophagous insects, plant pathogens and more

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We’re on the hunt for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board 🔎

We’re looking for a range of expertise across the whole field of applied ecology. For some particular examples take a look below! 🌎🧪

Find out more information here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...

Yesterday's keynote at the #R2RConf from Leslie McIntosh at Digital Science raised a thought-provoking question: Is science resilient?
It prompts a necessary call to action to all in research and scholarly communications: that depends on us.

What are your thoughts?

 #ResearchIntegrity

Published! 📖

Restoring Mediterranean heathlands for declining birds: Initial responses to mosaic cutting and prescribed burning in the Natura 2000 LIFE program 🐦‍⬛🌏🧪

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An interesting panel discussion this morning considering some of the different and experimental ways of approaching peer review 💭 🌍 #R2RConf

We’re at the Researcher to Reader conference with @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social! #R2RConf

Looking forward to the next two days discussing all things scholarly publishing 📚

Dual-scale drivers of soil biodiversity in agroecosystems: Field management outweighs landscape effects, but both matter 🌱

These findings highlight the need for conservation strategies that integrate both field-scale and landscape-scale planning🧪 🌍

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New paper out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! We investigated how forest structural heterogeneity and climate influence temperate dung beetles in production forests. 🪲

Check out the new paper of our PhD student @johannaasch.bsky.social in @jappliedecology.bsky.social!

Showing that dung beetles do not profit from conservation targeted management aiming at increasing structural heterogeneity in production forests 🪲🌳 @betafor.bsky.social

Published!📖

Forest harvest and natural stressors compound to reduce juvenile ungulate survival 🦌

Managing landscapes with a species-centric approach that is essential to mitigate adverse impacts from resource extraction and support wildlife populations🌏 🧪 🌳

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📖 New paper!

Sediment addition at the saltmarsh–mangrove ecotone shifts species dominance with implications for restoration 🌊 🌴

Emerging ecological communities may tolerate and benefit from restoration similar to better studied temperate systems 🌏 🧪 👇️

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Published!📖

The role of fisheries management in enhancing the resistance of marine ecosystems to biological invasion 🐟️

This study validated the predation-based hypothesis of biotic resistance in marine ecosystems 🧪 🌍

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We’re on the hunt for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board 🔎

We’re looking for a range of expertise across the whole field of applied ecology. For some particular examples take a look below! 🌎🧪

Find out more information here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...

British Ecological Society recruitment ad on teal background, reading 'Join us as an Associate Editor, Apply by 8 March.' Below, two people work with equipment by water under a night sky, illuminated by bright lights.

📣Deadline extended 

Our applications for Associate Editor are now open until 8 March 2026. 

We are now looking for both practitioners and academics to join our board of the  Journal of Applied Ecology, and Ecological Solutions and Evidence.

📖Published!

Food webs on green roofs are unique but less robust than their ground-level counterparts

Green roofs offering novel environmental conditions, increasing urban habitat diversity and supporting denser but less robust food webs compared with ground-level habitats🌳🏙️

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Ooh, this sounds good...

Interested in learning about the latest research in...
👉Insect farming? 🐜
👉Restoration of saltmarshes? 🌊
👉Plant mixture effects on soil nitrogen cycling? 🌱

Check out our Plain Language Summaries for bite-sized synopses of a range of topics! 🌎🧪👇

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Research Highlight 💡

The downsides of single-species invasive non-native mammal control: Competitive release and the need for ecosystem-wide thinking in invasive species management 🌱 🦌

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Beyond urban introduction hubs: Accounting for rural legacies in plant invasions 🌱🌏

Addressing both urban and rural planting legacies in invasion models advances understanding of spread dynamics across landscapes 📊🧪

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Happy international day of #womeninscience!
#Istudy biodiversity change @syke.fi @helsinki.fi @nathist.bsky.social @hkilabornithology.bsky.social @ipbes.net @jappliedecology.bsky.social
Currently, I am working on how #climatechange affects #birds #butterflies #moths
#minätutkin

Are you a researcher or practitioner working in applied ecology? 🌏

We're looking for new Associate Editors to join us with a range of expertise including...
🤝transdisciplinary approaches
🌊marine ecology
🧪new methods including AI

Find out more 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...

Tiny forests, huge claims: The evidence gap behind the Miyawaki method for forest restoration 🌲

Findings highlight the urgent need for rigorous experimental designs and transparent reporting to guide evidence-based restoration strategies 📑

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British Ecological Society event: "Nature-based Solutions: Who benefits, who decides, who pays?" on 29-30 June 2026, York.

We’re inviting researchers, practitioners and policymakers from diverse disciplines and backgrounds to submit a presentation aligned to one of three themes: who benefits, who decides, and who pays – a symposium exploring the evidence, equity and real-world impact of NbS.

Event poster for EGG2026: 70th Anniversary of Ecological Genetics. Abstract submission deadline: 15 Feb. Features a gecko's colorful skin.

The Ecological Genetics Group (@bes-egg.bsky.social) celebrates 70 years of ecological genetics with a three-day conference, 15-17 April 2026. This conference will highlight new research and developments shaping the future of the field.

📝Abstract submissions are now open.
Deadline: 15 February 2026

🤔Looking to make your #code more #reproducible? Check out our new and improved guide to Reproducible Code! 🧪🌍️

Find it here👇️
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🤝Co-designed research is increasingly necessary to ensure effective conservation and management is carried out.

💡How do you integrate co-design in your work?

Check out our guide for tips!
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Forage over fear: Assessing drivers of site use in response to shooting disturbance in a managed goose species 🪿

Results demonstrate that to be effective in stimulating redistribution, an understanding of the drivers of site use is crucial for shooting-based disturbance regimes

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Proposals for our Special Feature with @journalofecology.bsky.social & @funecology.bsky.social are open!🦗

If you're looking to further understanding of how climate change affects plant–antagonist interactions, particularly through links to management strategies, then click the link👇

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