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Survival and regeneration of four legumes oversown into native grasslands in northeast Thailand.

Published online: 23 Apr 1986

Authors: Gutteridge, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The survival and regeneration of Stylosanthes humilis cv. Lawson, S. hamata cv. Verano, S. guianensis cv. Endeavour and Macroptilium atropurpureum cv....

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Setting sustainable grazing levels for heather moorland: a multi-site analysis.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Pakeman, R. J. & Nolan, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many habitats of high conservation value are managed by grazing but could be damaged by poor grazing management. Approaches and methods to set appropr...

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Small scale heterogeneity in a semi-arid North American grassland. II. Cattle grazing of simulated urine patches.

Published online: 06 Jun 1992

Authors: Jaramillo, V. J. & Detling, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of simulated urine deposition on the selectivity and intensity of cattle grazing on Agropyron smithii [Elymus smithii] tillers were studie...

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Impact of moorland grazing and stocking rates.

Published online: 18 May 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Martin, D. & Fraser, M. D. & Pakeman, R. J. & Moffat, A. M.

Content type: Reports

Management of the English uplands is complex and achieving good environmental outcomes, while taking into account the needs of owners, stakeholders an...

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Effect of stocking rate and rainfall on rangeland dynamics and cattle performance in a semi-arid savanna, South Africa.

Published online: 28 Jul 2000

Authors: Fynn, R. W. S. & O'Connor, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In order to examine the emerging paradigm of non-equilibrium behaviour of plant-livestock relations in semi-arid rangeland, the effect of stocking rat...

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Analysing shrub encroachment in the southern Kalahari: a grid-based modelling approach.

Published online: 22 Apr 1998

Authors: Jeltsch, F. & Milton, S. J. & Dean, W. R. J. & Rooyen, N. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shrub encroachment is reducing the carrying capacity of arid grasslands in southern Africa for cattle. Although shrub-encroachment is known to occur a...

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The effects of sheep numbers on associations of Collembola in sown pastures.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: King, K. L. & Hutchinson, K. J. & Greenslade, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species diversity, richness and evenness of Collembola populations were estimated for spring, summer, autumn and winter samplings of pastures at Armid...

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The effects of sheep stocking intensity on the abundance and distribution of mesofauna in pastures.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: King, K. L. & Hutchinson, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Collembola and Acarina populations in grass/legume pastures that were grazed continuously with sheep at three stocking intensities were sampled at six...

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The fate of legume seeds eaten by sheep from a Mediterranean grassland.

Published online: 16 Jan 1993

Authors: Russi, L. & Cocks, P. S. & Roberts, E. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The consumption of legume seed by grazing sheep was assessed in a Mediterranean grassland in NW Syria, during the summers of 1986 and 1987. Large padd...

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Vernal pool wetlands respond to livestock grazing, exclusion and reintroduction.

Published online: 17 Feb 2022

Authors: Michaels, J. S. & Tate, K. W. & Eviner, V. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In disturbance-adapted ecosystems, the removal of disturbance can lead to losses of diversity and sometimes irreversible changes in community composit...

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