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More practical critical height sampling.

Published online: 15 Apr 2015

Authors: Lynch, T. B. & Gove, J. H.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

This paper discusses the use of critical height sampling (CHS) in forest inventory. Simulation results indicated that importance critical height sampl...

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Drone-based structure-from-motion photogrammetry captures grassland sward height variability.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Forsmoo, J. & Anderson, K. & Macleod, C. J. A. & Wilkinson, M. E. & Brazier, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grasslands deliver a range of ecosystem services, including the provision of food and biodiversity, and regulation of soil carbon storage and hydrolog...

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Ecological engineering through fire-herbivory feedbacks drives the formation of savanna grazing lawns.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Donaldson, J. E. & Archibald, S. & Navashni Govender & Pollard, D. & Luhdo, Z. & Parr, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variation in grass height is beneficial to biodiversity conservation in savanna landscapes. Theory predicts that small fires can promote short-grass a...

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Frost avoidance and frost resistance in Centrosema virginianum.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Clements, R. J. & Ludlow, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Accessions of C. virginianum were tested for response to frosting in the field and in controlled environments. Accessions differed in their ability to...

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Look to seedling heights, rather than functional traits, to explain survival during extreme heat stress in the early stages of subtropical rainforest restoration.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Gardiner, R. & Shoo, L. P. & Dwyer, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration is urgently needed to arrest and reverse land degradation, reinstate ecosystem services and recover threatened species. Tree pl...

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Individual study: effect of varying coppice height on tree survival and ground flora in Brasenose Wood, Oxfordshire, UK.

Published online: 12 Sep 2018

Authors: Wright, I. R. & Bartel, T. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Coppicing is a commonly used management intervention to increase structural diversity in woodlands, but coppiced trees are vulnerable to browsing by d...

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The effect of temperature and day length on the height growth of Birch (Betula pubescens) at 1900 feet in the northern Pennines.

Published online: 14 Dec 1965

Authors: Millar, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There are clear indications that Birch grows in height only when the mean air and soil temperatures exceed 42-44°F. There is a rather loose correlatio...

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High-intensity fires may have limited medium-term effectiveness for reversing woody plant encroachment in an African savanna.

Published online: 23 Aug 2023

Authors: Strydom, T. & Smit, I. P. J. & Govender, N. & Coetsee, C. & Jenia Singh & Davies, A. B. & Wilgen, B. W. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woody thickening or 'bush encroachment' is a growing concern in savannas worldwide, and can reportedly be reversed by applying high-intensity fires. P...

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Effect of the fungal pathogen, Colletotrichum coccodes, on Abutilon theophrasti height hierarchy development.

Published online: 20 Aug 1997

Authors: Ditommaso, A. & Watson, A. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The impact of a selective fungal pathogen, Colletotrichum coccodes, on above-ground biomass and development of height hierarchies in monoculture popul...

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Applying remote sensing for large-landscape problems: inventorying and tracking habitat recovery for a broadly distributed species at risk.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: Dickie, M. & Hricko, B. & Hopkinson, C. & Tran, V. & Kohler, M. & Toni, S. & Serrouya, R. & Kariyeva, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Anthropogenic habitat alteration is leading to the reduction of global biodiversity. Consequently, there is an imminent need to understand the state a...

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