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Contents Volume Contents Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2003 Editorial 1 Editors’ note; 40 years of applied ecology Methodological Insights 2 L. G. FIRBANK. M. S. HEARD, I. P. WOIWOD, C. HAWES, A. J. HAUGHTON, G. T. CHAMPION, R. J. SCOTT, M. O. HILL, A. M. DEWAR, G. R. SQUIRE, M. J. MAY, D. R. BROOKS, D. A. BOHAN, R. E. DANIELS, J. L. OSBORNE, D. B. ROY, H. L J. BLACK, p. ROTHERY & J. N. PERRY An introduction to the Farm-Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops 17 J. N. PERRY, p. ROTHERY, s. J. CLARK, M. s. HEARD & c. HAWES Design, analysis and statistical power of the Farm-Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops 32 s. RUETTE, p. STAHL & M. ALBARET Applying distance-sampling methods to spotlight counts of red foxes Special Profile: Restoration in applied ecology 44 s. J. ORMEROD Restoration in applied ecology: editor’s introduction 51 R. S. SMITH, R. S. SHIEL, R. D. BARDGETT, D. MILLWARD, P. CORKHILL, G. ROLPH, P. J. HOBBS & S. PEACOCK Soil microbial community, fertility, vegetation and diversity as targets in the restoration management of a meadow grassland 65 R. F. PYWELL, J. M. BULLOCK, D. B. ROY, L. WARMAN, K. J. WALKER & p. ROTHERY Plant traits as predictors of performance in ecological restoration 78 D. R. CAMPBELL, L. ROCHEEORT & c. LAVOIE Determining the immigration potential of plants colonizing disturbed environments: the case of milled peatlands in Quebec 92 E. w. SEABLOOM & A. G. VAN DER VALK The development of vegetative zonation patterns in restored prairie pothole wetlands 101 J. E. KORB, N. c. JOHNSON & w. w. COVINGTON Arbuscular mycorrhizal propagule densities respond rapidly to ponderosa pine restoration treatments Standard Papers 111 D. J. KRiTicos, R. w. SUTHERST, J. R. BROWN, s. w. ADKINS & G. F. MAYWALD Climate change and the potential distribution of an invasive alien plant; Acacia nilotica ssp. indica in Australia 125 N. GEORGiADis, M. HACK & K. TURPIN The influence of rainfall on zebra population dynamics: implications for management 137 D. J. AUGUSTINE Long-term, livestock-mediated redistribution of nitrogen and phosphorus in an East African savanna 150 K. C. HAMER, J. K. HILL, S. BENEDICK, N. MUSTAFFA, T. N. SHERRATT, M. MARYATI & V. K. CHEY Ecology of butterflies in natural and selectively logged forests of northern Borneo; the importance of habitat heterogeneity 163 N. VAUGHAN, E.-A. LUCAS, s. HARRIS & p. c. L. WHITE Habitat associations of European hares Lepus europaeus in England and Wales: implications for farmland management 176 J. D. GOSS-CUSTARD, R. A. STILLMAN, R. w. G. CALDOW, A. D. WEST & M. GUILLEMAIN Carrying capacity in overwintering birds: when are spatial models needed? 188 Instructions for Authors 192 Editors’ Note and Erratum Volume 40, issue 2, April 2003 Tenth BES Lecture 193 A. K. CAMPBELL Savc those molecules! Molecular biodiversity and life Special Profile: Current issues with fish and fisheries 204 s. J. ORMEROD Current issues with fish and fisheries: editor’s overview and introduction 214 T. J. WILLIS, R. B. MILLAR & R. c. BABCOCK Protection of exploited fish in temperate regions: high density and biomass of snapper Pagrus auratiis (Sparidae) in northern New Zealand marine reserves 228 M. SUNDBOM, M. MEiLi, E. ANDERSSON, M. OSTLUND & A. BROBERG Long-term dynamics of Chernobyl ’ ’^Cs in freshwater fish; quantifying the effect of body size and trophic level 241 J. DANNEWiTZ, E. PETERSSON, T. PRESTEGAARD & T. JARVi Effects of sca-ranching and family background on fitness traits in brown trout Salmo tnitta reared under near-natural conditions 251 J. L. PRETTY, s. s. c. HARRISON, D. J. SHEPHERD, c. SMITH, A. G. HILDREW & R. D. HEY River rehabilitation and fish populations: assessing the benefit of instream structures 266 D. GREMILLET, G. WRIGHT, A. LAUDER, D. N. CARSS & s. WANLESS Modelling the daily food requirements of wintering great cormorants: a bioenergetics tool for wildlife management vi Standard Papers Volume 278 E. D. CLARK.E, L. B. SPEAR, M. L. MCCRACKEN, F. F. C. MARQUES, D. L. BORCHERS, S. T. BUCKLAND & Contents D. G. AiNLEY Validating the use of generalized additive models and at-sea surveys to estimate size and temporal trends of seabird populations 293 N. DEXTER Stochastic models of foot and mouth disease in feral pigs in the Australian semi-arid rangelands 307 N. HOLST & w. G. MEIKLE Terethus nigrescens against larger grain borer Prostephanus truncatiis in African maize stores; biological control at work? 320 A. J. WILLIS, p. R. BERENTSON & J. E. ASH Impacts of a weed biocontrol agent on recovery from water stress in a target and a non-target Hypericum species 334 s. KLUTH, A. KRUESS & T. TSCHARNTKE Influence of mechanical cutting and pathogen application on the performance and nutrient storage of Cirsium ar\ense 344 M. L. BROOKS Effects of increased soil nitrogen on the dominance of alien annual plants in the Mojave Desert 354 p. MCNEIL & J. M. WADDINGTON Moisture controls on Sphagnum growth and CO, exchange on a cutover bog 368 R. A. HIRST, R. E. PYWELL, R. H. MARRS & p. D. PUTWAIN The resistance of a chalk grassland to disturbance 380 D. T. JONES, F. X. susiLO, D. E. BIGNELL, s. HARDiwiNOTO, A. N. GILLISON & p. EGGLETON Termite assemblage collapse along a land-use intensification gradient in lowland central Sumatra, Indonesia 392 c. FABRicius, M. BURGER & p. A. R. HOCKEY Comparing biodiversity between protected areas and adjacent rangeland in xeric succulent thicket. South Africa: arthropods and reptiles 404 M. BAGUETTE & N. SCHTICKZELLE Local population dynamics are important to the conservation of metapopulations in highly fragmented landscapes Methodological Insights 413 G. J. HOLLOWAY, G. H. GRIFFITHS & p. RICHARDSON Conservation strategy maps: a tool to facilitate biodiversity action planning illustrated using the heath fritillary butterfly Volume 40, Issue 3, June 2003 Forum Paper 423 c. MARTiNEZ-GARZA & H. F. HOWE Restoring tropical diversity: beating the time tax on species loss Standard Papers 430 M. w. TOBLER, R. COCHARD & p. J. i-DWARDS The impact of cattle ranching on large-scale vegetation patterns in a coastal savanna in Tanzania 445 s. MCINTYRE, K. M. HEARD & T. G. MARTIN The relative importance of cattle grazing in subtropical grasslands: does it reduce or enhance plant biodiversity? 458 E. PiETRZYKOWSKi, c. MCARTHUR, H. FITZGERALD & A. N. GOODWIN Influence of patch characteristics on browsing of tree seedlings by mammalian herbivores 470 0- PAYNTER, p. o. DOWNEY & A. w. SHEPPARD Age Structure and growth of the woody legume weed Cytisus scoparius in native and exotic habitats: implications for control 481 Y. M. BUCKLEY, D. T. BRIESE & M. REES Demography and management of the invasive plant species Hypericum perforatum. I. Using multi-level mixed-effects models for characterizing growth, survival and fecundity in a long¬ term data set 494 Y. M. BUCKLEY, D. T. BRIESE & M. REES Demography and management of the invasive plant species Hypericum perforatum. II. Construction and use of an individual-based model to predict population dynamics and the effects of management strategies 508 M. G. LE DUC, R. J. PAKEMAN & R. H. MARRS Changes in the rhizome system of bracken subjected to long-term experimental treatment 523 J. T. TESSIER & D. J. RAYNAL Use of nitrogen to phosphorus ratios in plant tissue as an indicator of nutrient limitation and nitrogen saturation 535 N. B. metcalft;, s. k. valdimarsson & i. j. Morgan The relative roles of domestication, rearing environment, prior residence and body size in deciding territorial contests between hatchery and wild Juvenile salmon 545 s. K. FINNEY, M. p. HARRIS, L. F. KELLi R, D. A. ELSTON, p. MONAGHAN & s. WANLESS Reducing the density of breeding gulls influences the pattern of recruitment of immature Atlantic puffins Fratercula arctica to a breeding colony 553 A. BECHET, j.-F. GIROUX, G. GAUTHIER, J. D. NICHOLS & J. E. HINES Spring hunting changes the regional movements of migrating greater snow geese 565 G. v. WATOLA, D. A. STONE, G. C. SMITH, G. J. FORRESTER, A. E. COLEMAN, J. T. COLEMAN, M. J. GOULDING, K. A. ROBINSON & T. p. MILSOM Analyses of two mute swan populations and the effects of clutch reduction: implications for population management 580 E. MARBOUTIN, Y. BRAY, R. PEROUX, B. MAUVY & A. LARTIGES Population dynamics in European hare: breeding parameters and sustainable harvest rates Methodological Insights 592 J. M. READ, D. B. civ^RK, E. M. VENTiciNQUE & M. p. MOREiRA Application of merged 1-m and 4-m resolution satellite data to research and management in tropical forests VII Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2003 Volume Essay Review Contents 601 D. D. BRiSKE. s. D. FUHLENDORF & E. E. SMEiNS Vegetation dynamics on rangelands: a critique of the current paradigms Standard Papers 615 c. RIGINOS & M. ^ HOEFMAN Changes in population biology of two succulent shrubs along a grazing gradient 626 s. J. RAO, G. R. lASON. 1. A. R. HULBERT, D. A. ELSTON & p. A. RACEY The effect of Sapling density, heather height and season on browsing by mountain hares on birch 639 c. Fi. LUSK & A. ORTEGA Vertical structure and basal area development in second-growth Nothofagus stands in Chile 646 K. j. PATRIQUIN & R. M. R. BARCLAY Foraging by bats in cleared, thinned and unharvested boreal forest 658 G. J. WILSON, A. C. FRANTZ, L. C. POPE, T. J. ROPER, T. A. BURKE, C. L. CHEESEMAN & R. J. DELAHAY Estimation of badger abundance using faecal DNA typing 667 N. w. siTATi, M. J. WALPOLE, R. J. SMITH & N. LEADER-WILLIAMS Predicting spatial aspects of human-elephant conflict 678 N. BROEKHUiZEN, J. c. STAHL & p. M. SAGAR Simulating the distribution of southern Buller’s albatross using an individual-based population model 692 s. H. ALONZO, p. v. SWITZER & M. MANGEL An ecosystem-based approach to management: using individual behaviour to predict the indirect effects of Antarctic krill fisheries on penguin foraging 703 M. A. HINDELL, c. J. A. BRADSHAW, M. D. SUMNER, K. J. MICHAEL & H. R. BURTON Dispersal of female southern elephant seals and their prey consumption during the austral summer: relevance to management and oceanographic zones 716 B. V. PURSE, G. w. HOPKINS, K. J. DAY & D. J. THOMPSON Dispersal characteristics and management of a rare damsclfly 729 R. PEVELING, A. N. MCWILLIAM, P. NAGEL, H. RASOLOMANANA, RAHOLIJAONA, L. RAKOTOMIANINA, A. RAVONTNJATOVO, C. F. DEWHURST, G. GIBSON, S. RAFANOMEZANA & C. C. D. TINGLE Impact of loCUSt Control On harvester termites and endemic vertebrate predators in Madagascar 742 M. c. CECERE, D. M. CANALE & R. E. GURTLER Effects of refuge availability on the population dynamics of Triatonui infestans in central Argentina 757 A. c. GRUNDY, A. MEAD & s. BURSTON Modelling the emergence response of weed seeds to burial depth: interactions with seed density, weight and shape Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2003 Eleventh BES Lecture 771 H. DALTON & R. BRAND-HARDY Nitrogen: the essential public enemy Standard Papers 782 B. MOSS, D. MCKEE, D. ATKINSON, S. E. COLLINGS, J. W. EATON, A. B. GILL, 1. HARVEY, K. HATTON, T. HEYES & D. WILSON How important is climate? Effects of w arming, nutrient addition and fish on phytoplankton in shallow lake microcosms 793 s. E. HARTLEY, s. M. GARDNER & R. J. MITCHELL Indirect effects of grazing and nutrient addition on the hemipteran community of heather moorlands 804 E. DORLAND, R. BOBBiNK, J. H. MESSELINK & J. T. A. VERHOEVEN Soil ammonium accumulation after sod cutting hampers the restoration of degraded wet heathlands 815 A. ELMARSDOTTIR, A. L. ARADOTTiR & M. J. TRLiCA Micrositc availability and establishment of native species on degraded and reclaimed sites 824 p. R. WESTERMAN, i. s. WES, M. J. KROPFF & w. VAN DER WERE Annual losscs of weed seeds due to predation in organic cereal fields 837 A.-M. KLEIN, I. STEFFAN-DEWENTER & T. TSCHARNTKE Pollination of Cqffea canephora in relation to local and regional agroforestry management 846 R. p. FRECKLETON, D. M. s. MATOS, M. L. A. BOVT & A. R. WATKINSON Predicting the impacts of harvesting using structured population models: the importance of density-dependence and timing of harvest for a tropical palm tree 859 c. WILCOX & B. ELDERD The effect of density-dependent catastrophes on population persistence time 872 J. M. ROWCLIFFE, G. COWLISHAW & J. LONG A model of human hunting impacts in multi-prey communities 890 K. NORRIS & N. MCCULLOCH Demographic models and the management of endangered species: a case study of the critically endangered Seychelles magpie robin 900 N. JONSSON, B. JONSSON & L. p. HANSEN The marine survival and grow th of wild and hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon 912 c. F. G. THOMAS, p. BRAIN & p. c. JEPSON Aerial activity of linyphiid spiders: modelling dispersal distances from meteorology and behaviour Methodological Insights 928 c. SINCLAIR & A. A. HOFFMANN Monitoring salt stress in grapevines: are measures of plant trait variability useful? viii Volume 40, Issue 6, December 2003 Volume Special Profile: Meeting the ecological challenges of agricultural change Contents 939 s. j. ormerod. e. j. p. marshall, g. kerby & s. p. rushton Meeting the ecological challenges of agricultural change: editors’ introduction Special Profile: Reviews 947 D. KLEiJN & w. J. SUTHERIAND How effective are European agri-environment schemes in conserving and promoting biodiversity? 970 p. A. STEPHENS, R. P. FRECKLETON, A. R.WATKINSON & w. J. SUTHERLAND Predicting the response of farmland bird populations to changing food supplies Special Profile: Standard Papers 984 L. p. WICKRAMASINGHE, s. HARRIS, G. JONES & N. VAUGHAN Bat activity and species richness on organic and conventional farms: impact of agricultural intensification 994 s. A. HUTTON & p. s. GiLLER The effects of the intensification of agriculture on northern temperate dung beetle communities 1008 J. LANDSBERG, c. D. JAMES, s. R. MORTON, w. J. MULLER & J. STOL Abundance and composition of plant species along grazing gradients in Australian rangelands 1025 B. A. MIDDLETON Soil Seed banks and the potential restoration of forested wetlands after farming 1035 J.-c. CLEMENT, R. M. HOLMES, B. J. PETERSON & G. PINAY Isotopic investigation of denitrification in a riparian ecosystem in western France Standard Papers 1049 H. L. HOOPER, R. M. siBLY, s. J. MAUND & T. H. HUTCHINSON The joint effects of larval density and '^C- cypermethrin on the life history and population growth rate of the midge Chironomus riparius 1060 p. M. KIFFNEY, J. s. RICHARDSON & J. p. BULL Responses of periphyton and insects to experimental manipulation of riparian buffer width along forest streams 1077 G. J. iNGLis & N. GUST Potential indirect effects of shellfish culture on the reproductive success of benthic predators 1090 R. A. STILLMAN, A. D. WEST, J. D. GOSS-CUSTARD, R. W. G. CALDOW, S. MCGRORTY, S. E. A. LE V. DIT DURELL, M. G. YATES, p. w. ATKINSON, N. A. CLARK, M. c. BELL, p. J. DARE & M. MANDER An individual behaviour-based model can predict shorebird mortality using routinely collected shellfishery data Methodological Insights 1102 s. E. LAiNG, s. T. BUCKLAND, R. w. BURN, D. LAMBiE & A. AMPHLETT Dung and nest surveys: estimating decay rates 1112 Index