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Individual study: the use of bud caps (leading shoot tree guards) to relieve browsing pressure in remote areas of Caledonian pinewood at Mar Lodge Estate National Nature Reserve, UK.

Published online: 12 Mar 2020

Authors: Painting, A. I. & Agnew, J. & Shaila Rao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Bud caps can be used to reduce browsing pressure on isolated Scots pine Pinus sylvestris seedlings in outlying areas of Caledonian pinewood....

Species diversity enhances perceptions of urban coastlines at multiple scales.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Fairchild, T. P. & Weedon, J. & Griffin, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Biodiversity is increasingly understood as an important mediator of human aesthetic appreciation of scenes and landscapes, with implications for cultu...

Shifts in community-level traits and functional diversity in a mixed conifer forest: a legacy of land-use change.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Strahan, R. T. & Meador, A. J. S. & Huffman, D. W. & Laughlin, D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Historical reference conditions have long been used to guide the restoration of degraded ecosystems. However, a rapidly changing climate and altered d...

Synthesis of highbush blueberry pollination research reveals region-specific differences in the contributions of honeybees and wild bees.

Published online: 25 Jun 2024

Authors: Eeraerts, M. & Devetter, L. W. & Batáry, P. & Ternest, J. J. & Mallinger, R. & Arrington, M. & Benjamin, F. E. & Blaauw, B. R. & Campbell, J. W. & Cavigliasso, P. & Daniels, J. C. & Groot, G. A. de & Ellis, J. D. & Gibbs, J. & Goldstein, L. & Hoffman, G. D. & Kleijn, D. & Melathopoulos, A. & Miller, S. Z. & Montero-Castaño, A. & Naranjo, S. M. & Nicholson, C. C. & Perkins, J. A. & Rao, S. & Raine, N. E. & Reilly, J. R. & Ricketts, T. H. & Rogers, E. & Isaacs, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Highbush blueberry production has expanded worldwide in recent decades. To safeguard future yields, it is essential to understand if insect pollinatio...

Silvicultural regime shapes understory functional structure in European forests.

Published online: 08 Dec 2024

Authors: Chianucci, F. & Napoleone, F. & Ricotta, C. & Ferrara, C. & Fusaro, L. & Balducci, L. & Trentanovi, G. & Bradley, O. & Kovacs, B. & Mina, M. & Cerabolini, B. E. L. & Vandekerkhove, K. & Smedt, P. de & Lens, L. & Hertzog, L. & Verheyen, K. & Hofmeister, J. & Hošek, J. & Matula, R. & Doerfler, I. & Müller, J. & Weisser, W. W. & Helback, J. & Schall, P. & Fischer, M. & Heilmann-Clausen, J. & Riis-Hansen, R. & Goldberg, I. & Aude, E. & Kepfer-Rojas, S. & Schmidt, I. K. & Nielsen, T. R. & Mårell, A. & Dumas, Y. & Janssen, P. & Paillet, Y. & Archaux, F. & Xystrakis, F. & Tinya, F. & Ódor, P. & Aszalós, R. & Bölöni, J. & Cutini, A. & Bagella, S. & Sitzia, T. & Brazaitis, G. & Marozas, V. & Ujházyová, M. & Ujházy, K. & Máliš, F. & Nordén, B. & Burrascano, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managing forests to sustain their diversity and functioning is a major challenge in a changing world. Despite the key role of understory vegetation in...

Within-corridor heterogeneity is more important than corridor design for maintaining butterfly functional and taxonomic diversity.

Published online: 23 Dec 2021

Authors: Schalkwyk, J. van & Gaigher, R. & Pryke, J. S. & Samways, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Local and landscape features influence the spatial distribution of biodiversity. At the landscape scale, heterogeneity has compositional and configura...

The effect of sapling density, heather height and season on browsing by mountain hares on birch.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Rao, S. J. & Iason, G. R. & Hulbert, I. A. R. & Elston, D. A. & Racey, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When mammalian herbivores are present at high densities their browsing activity can have a negative effect on establishment or regeneration of native ...

Effect of reducing red deer Cervus elaphus density on browsing impact and growth of Scots pine Pinus sylvestris seedlings in semi-natural woodland in the Cairngorms, UK.

Published online: 12 Sep 2018

Authors: Rao, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Fencing is the most commonly used management intervention to prevent damage to young woodland regeneration from deer. However, damage can also be prev...