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Disturbances as opportunities: learning from disturbance-response parallels in social and ecological systems to better adapt to climate change.

Published online: 30 Dec 2020

Authors: Buma, B. & Schultz, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Disturbances (e.g. fires, floods, windstorms, landslides and tsunamis) are ubiquitous throughout the world. Many social and ecological systems have...

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Ecosystem management based on natural disturbances: hierarchical context and non-equilibrium paradigm.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Mori, A. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Maintenance of ecological integrity and biodiversity must be based on well-grounded principles of disturbance ecology. However, non-equilibrium aspect...

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Disturbance ecology in human societies.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Pausas, J. G. & Leverkus, A. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

We define societal disturbances as discrete events that abruptly disrupt the functioning of human societies. There is a variety of such events, includ...

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Managing interacting disturbances: lessons from a case study in Australian forests.

Published online: 27 Nov 2020

Authors: Lindenmayer, D. B. & Foster, C. N. & Westgate, M. J. & Scheele, B. C. & Blanchard, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystems are shaped by a range of drivers including human and natural disturbances. They also may be subject to interactions between disturbances wh...

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Management legacies shape decadal-scale responses of plant diversity to experimental disturbance regimes in fragmented grassy woodlands.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Prober, S. M. & Thiele, K. R. & Speijers, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding multiple ecological determinants of plant diversity and composition underpins good vegetation management. In mesic ecosystems, ecologica...

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Chronic anthropogenic disturbance mediates the biodiversity-productivity relationship across stand ages in a large temperate forest region.

Published online: 18 Jun 2024

Authors: Lin SenXuan & Fan ChunYu & Wang Juan & Zhang ChunYu & Zhao XiuHai & Von Gadow Klaus

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Temperate forests, especially those in the densely populated regions of the world, are experiencing increasing levels of habitat degradation and biolo...

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Balancing ecological costs and benefits of fire for population viability of disturbance-dependent butterflies.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Warchola, N. & Crone, E. E. & Schultz, C. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Disturbance is a fundamental ecological process and driver of population dynamics. Ecologists seek to understand the effects of disturbance on ecologi...

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Nonlinear response of the soil seed bank and its role in plant community regeneration with increased grazing disturbance.

Published online: 11 Nov 2022

Authors: An, H. & Baskin, C. C. & Ma MiaoJun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The soil seed bank represents valuable rebuilding capital that may rescue an ecosystem from state transition once vegetation has crossed an apparent t...

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Response of habitat quality to mixed severity disturbance regime in Norway spruce forests.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Bace, R. & Hofmeister, J. & Vitkova, L. & Brabec, M. & Begovic, K. & Cada, V. & Janda, P. & Kozak, D. & Mikolas, M. & Nagel, T. A. & Pavlin, J. & Rodrigo, R. & Vostarek, O. & Svoboda, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Natural disturbances change forest habitat quality for many species. As the extent and intensity of natural disturbances may increase under climate ch...

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Large-scale forest disturbance and associated management shape bird communities in Central European spruce forests.

Published online: 21 Feb 2025

Authors: Graser, A. & Georg, M. & Kallmayer, J. & Marten, A. & Pertl, C. & Rumpf, H. & Senf, C. & Kamp, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Central Europe, natural forest disturbance is increasing due to climate change and the legacies of past forest management. The resulting early succ...

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