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The response of sub-adult savanna trees to six successive annual fires: an experimental field study on the role of fire season.

Published online: 03 Aug 2022

Authors: N'Dri, A. B. & Kpangba, K. P. & Werner, P. A. & Koffi, K. F. & Bakayoko, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In mesic savannas worldwide, trees experience frequent fires, almost all set by humans. Management fires are set to reduce or enhance tree cover. Succ...

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Restoration temporarily supports the resilience of sagebrush-steppe ecosystems subjected to repeated fires.

Published online: 08 Jan 2024

Authors: Power, S. C. & Davies, G. M. & Wainwright, C. E. & Marsh, M. & Bakker, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many ecosystems are experiencing increased fire frequencies and species invasions that can erode their resilience and cause a shift to alternative sta...

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Charcoal function and management in boreal ecosystems.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Hart, S. & Luckai, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Charcoal plays an important role in soil function and carbon storage in fire-prone ecosystems. Charcoal is present in most boreal forest soils as a re...

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Tree species richness suppresses red imported fire ant invasion in a subtropical plantation forest.

Published online: 21 Dec 2024

Authors: Wang PengYang & Wu DongHao & Wang YongJia & Shen ZhiQiang & Li BuHang & Shu ZuFei & Chu ChengJin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ecological resistance to the invasion of alien species has been extensively researched at the within-trophic level; however, the effect of cross-t...

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The pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis: a test with savanna termite assemblages.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Davies, A. B. & Eggleton, P. & Rensburg, B. J. van & Parr, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire is an important disturbance in African savannas where it is generally assumed that high levels of pyrodiversity (variation in aspects of the fire...

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Climate adaption and post-fire restoration of a foundational perennial in cold desert: insights from intraspecific variation in response to weather.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Brabec, M. M. & Germino, M. J. & Richardson, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The loss of foundational but fire-intolerant perennials such as sagebrush due to increases in fire size and frequency in semi-arid regions has motivat...

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A framework for evaluating forest restoration alternatives and their outcomes, over time, to inform monitoring: bioregional inventory originated simulation under management.

Published online: 08 Aug 2018

Authors: Fried, J. S. & Jain, T. B. & Loreno, S. & Keefe, R. F. & Bell, C. K.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

The BioSum modeling framework summarizes current and prospective future forest conditions under alternative management regimes along with their costs,...

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Growth of Xanthorrhoea australis R.Br. in relation to fire.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Gill, A. M. & Ingwersen, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reports studies of the growth and reproduction of X. australis at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Canberra, and field observations at two sites (on cleare...

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Role of multiple invasion mechanisms and their interaction in regulating the population dynamics of an exotic tree.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Crandall, R. M. & Knight, T. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the mechanisms that allow exotic species to have rapid population growth is an important step in the process of controlling existing inv...

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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...

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