Issue 55:2 includes a Spotlight on Decision making under uncertainty. Other topics include urban ecology, population monitoring, tropical forest restoration and more. Here we take a look at some of the articles published in this issue.

• Decision making under uncertainty
  Senior Editor, Michael Bode on this issue’s selection of Spotlight papers
• How does grazing by wild ungulates and livestock affect plant richness?
  This issue’s Editor’s Choice
• Jaguar habitat use outside protected areas in Central America: accounting for the detection process generates new insights
  With English and Spanish videos
• Tracking restoration of population diversity via the portfolio effect
  Understanding changes in diversity and resillience
• One step back, two steps forward: impacts of disturbance on the population dynamics of an endangered species
  The ‘double-edged’ sword fire brings to habitat dynamics
• When ecosystems take with one hand and give with the other
  Small rodents and the costs and benefits for farmers
• The only way is up: reptiles in trees resist the impacts of cattle grazing
  Our post from Reptile Awareness Day
• The human influences shaping peatland vegetation communities
  Peatland protection policy
• More than just a pretty cover – enhancing plant conservation on green roofs
  Conservation and green spaces in urban landscapes
• Putting ecology theory to work: trends and opportunities in ecological restoration
  Restoration ecology with a global perspective
• Diversity robustly suppresses weeds in intensive grassland systems
  Read this post in English, German, Dutch, Spanish, French, Icelandic, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Catalan or Polish!
• Seals avoid tidal turbine sounds
  Does reliable tidal energy come at an environmental cost?
• Tiny translocations study has BIG message
  Should plants or animals be moved in a bid to conserve them?
• Microclimate determines transplantation success
  An Associate Editor’s take on the above translocation study
• Bet on bats to find white-nose syndrome
  Early detection and management
• Strawberry fields forever
  With Spanish translation
• A prioritised list of invasive alien species of EU concern
  One of two Policy Directions in this issue
• Bears on the move: effects of human development and climate change on hibernation in a large carnivore
  Climate change, bears and us
• Managing non-native species and building a risk assessment checklist
  The second Policy Direction in this issue and a part of the Spotlight feature

Issue 55:2 of Journal of Applied Ecology is available here.