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Testing the validity of using eDNA for carbon origin analysis from sediment cores.

Published online: 28 Nov 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Pagaling, E. & Buswell, V. G. & Cooper, A. & Hedley, P. & Cock, P. J. A. & Robinson, L. & Morris, J.

Content type: Reports

The present pilot study tested the validity of metabarcoding to characterise blue carbon stocks in the UK using sediments from the Solway Firth. This ...

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Genetic differentiation and regional adaptation among seed origins used for grassland restoration: lessons from a multispecies transplant experiment.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Bucharova, A. & Michalski, S. & Hermann, J. M. & Heveling, K. & Durka, W. & Hölzel, N. & Kollmann, J. & Bossdorf, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One of the key questions in ecosystem restoration is the choice of seed material for restoring plant communities. More and more scientists and practit...

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The relative roles of domestication, rearing environment, prior residence and body size in deciding territorial contests between hatchery and wild juvenile salmon.

Published online: 27 Aug 2003

Authors: Metcalfe, N. B. & Valdimarsson, S. K. & Morgan, I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Interactions between captive-reared and wild salmonids are frequent because hatcheries annually rear millions of fish for release in conservation prog...

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Words are monuments: patterns in US national park place names perpetuate settler colonial mythologies including white supremacy.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: McGill, B. M. & Borrelle, S. B. & Wu, G. C. & Ingeman, K. E. & Koch, J. B. U. & Barnd, N. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Ecologists, outdoor professionals and the public work and play in lands with complex histories. Part of decolonizing our professional and recreational...

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A comparison of relative growth rates of different individual plants and different cultivars of onion of diverse geographic origin at two temperatures and two light intensities.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Brewster, J. L. & Barnes, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In two series of experiments, the relative leaf growth rates (RA) and relative growth rates (RW) of seedlings of 8 onion cvs of diverse geographic ori...

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Natural tags identify nursery origin of a coastal elasmobranch Carcharhinus leucas.

Published online: 23 Nov 2020

Authors: Tinhan, T. C. & O'Leary, S. J. & Portnoy, D. S. & Rooker, J. R. & Gelpi, C. G. & Wells, R. J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Traditional methods for evaluating the importance of elasmobranch nursery habitats have focused on estimating densities or abundances of juveniles wit...

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Biomass partitioning in a future dry and CO2 enriched climate: shading aggravates drought effects in Scots pine but not European black pine seedlings.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Bachofen, C. & Wohlgemuth, T. & Moser, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change alters both water and CO2 availability for plants, but it is largely unknown how they interact with light to affect tree seedling estab...

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Seed dormancy and factors controlling dormancy breakdown in buffel grass accessions from contrasting provenances.

Published online: 31 Mar 1990

Authors: Hacker, J. B. & Ratcliff, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed dormancy and factors affecting dormancy breakdown were studied in 15 accessions of Cenchrus ciliaris of near-equatorial origin and 6 of near-trop...

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What is better for animal conservation translocation programmes: soft- or hard-release? A phylogenetic meta-analytical approach.

Published online: 17 Jun 2021

Authors: Resende, P. S. & Viana Junior, A. B. & Young, R. J. & Azevedo, C. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Animal conservation translocation is an important tool available to conservation biologists to address problems of isolated, declining or endangered p...

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Biogeochemical properties of fine particulate organic matter as an indicator of local and catchment impacts on forested streams.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Sakamaki, T. & Richardson, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The magnitude and spatial scales of human effects on stream habitats need to be correctly measured to achieve sound ecosystem management. We investiga...

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