Author: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fishing nets set on the seafloor accidentally catch and kill thousands of small whales and dolphins every year. This accidental capture, known as bycatch, is one of the biggest human-caused threats to these animals. In the Baltic Sea, harbour porpoises are particularly affected by bycatch in fishing nets. Although many studies have investigated how well […]

Rivers around the world are under pressure because we extract water and change river flows. To help protect wildlife, managers release “environmental flows” to support ecosystems. But decisions about how to release environmental flows are often based on long-term predictions, which can be uncertain and hard to test. In this study, we took a different […]

Last month, the British Ecological Society’s Rewilding Special Interest Group hosted Rewilding and 30 by 30 at ZSL in London, a one-day symposium on how rewilding can contribute to the global target of protecting 30% of land and sea by 2030. Guillemette Gandon is an Associate Programme Officer at the UN Environment Programme World Conservation […]

Mountain forests provide many benefits, including storing carbon, protecting water supplies, reducing soil erosion, and supporting biodiversity. In Ethiopia’s Dry Evergreen Afromontane forests, two tree species – African pencil cedar (Juniperus procera) and African wild olive (Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata) – play particularly important ecological and cultural roles. However, rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns […]

Blog post written by Alejandro Pérez Matus to discuss their latest study which aimed to help us understand kelp recovery after harvesting. This blog post is also available in Spanish here. Humans have been connected to kelp forests for more than 16,000 years. It is hypothesized that these underwater forests helped early coastal communities migrate […]

Entrada de blog escrita por Alejandro Pérez Matus para discutir su último estudio, que tenía como objetivo ayudarnos a entender la recuperación del alga después de la cosecha. Esta publicación del blog también está disponible en inglés aquí. Los humanos hemos estado conectados con los bosques de algas pardas por más de 16.000 años. Se […]

Entrada de blog escrita por Alejandro Pérez Matus para discutir su último estudio, que tenía como objetivo ayudarnos a entender la recuperación del alga después de la cosecha. Esta publicación del blog también está disponible en inglés aquí. Los humanos hemos estado conectados con los bosques de algas pardas por más de 16.000 años. Se […]

This blog post is also available in Spanish here. Invasive species are one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, food security, and ecosystem health. When non-native plants spread into new environments, they can outcompete native species, disrupt habitats, and cause long-lasting damage to the natural habitats and the services that ecosystems provide to humans. Most […]

Reintroducing a carnivore into the wild is never simple. Years of planning, significant resources, and a great deal of careful coordination go into each release. Yet despite all this effort, reintroduced animals do not always settle where we want them to, and understanding why is critical for improving future reintroductions. One of the key decisions […]

Wildfires are becoming larger, more frequent and more severe in many parts of the world. In Mediterranean-type regions, extreme wildfires that once seemed exceptional now return every year. According to Copernicus data, over 670,000 hectares burned Spain and Portugal in 2025, mostly during August. Nearly 400,000 hectares burned in Spain alone, the largest area since […]