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Warming decreases desert ecosystem functioning by altering biocrusts in drylands.

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Li XinRong & Sun JingYao & Zhang HongXia & Tan HuiJuan & Hui Rong & Qi JingHua & Zhang Peng & Ward, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Warming and precipitation fluctuations are changing desert ecosystems in global drylands. However, the effects of climate change on keystone species s...

Utilization of waste products and inorganic fertilizer in the restoration of iron-mine tailings.

Published online: 01 Sep 1990

Authors: Borgegård, S. O. & Rydin, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of sewage sludge, horse dung, NPK-fertilizer, and NPK-fertilizer plus bark to improve yields of grasses and clover sown on iron-mine tailings ...

Shifting thresholds and changing degradation patterns: climate change effects on the simulated long-term response of a semi-arid savanna to grazing.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Lohmann, D. & Tietjen, B. & Blaum, N. & Joubert, D. F. & Jeltsch, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The complex, nonlinear response of dryland systems to grazing and climatic variations is a challenge to management of these lands. Predicted climatic ...

National climate-smart agriculture and food security action plan of Ghana (2016-2020).

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Essegbey, G. O. & Nutsukpo, D. & Karbo, N. & Zougmoré, R.

Content type: Bulletin

The policy document - National Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Security Action Plan of Ghana (2016-2020) - provides the implementation framework fo...

Floral resources in Swedish grasslands remain relatively stable under an experimental drought and are enhanced by soil amendments if regularly mown.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: Roth, N. & Kimberley, A. & Guasconi, D. & Hugelius, G. & Cousins, S. A. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

One of the main reasons why insect pollinators are declining is a lack of floral resources. In agricultural landscapes, remaining seminatural grasslan...

Connecting variation in vegetation and stream flow: the role of geomorphic context in vegetation response to large floods along boreal rivers.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Renöfält, B. M. & Merritt, D. M. & Nilsson, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Flooding governs riparian plant diversity along boreal rivers but the ecological role of extreme floods is only partly understood. We studied the dyna...

The mechanisms affecting seedling establishment in restored savanna understories are seasonally dependent.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Sorenson, Q. M. & Damschen, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural land is being increasingly abandoned on a global scale, with over 200 million hectares recovering from agricultural use. Plant community ...