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Increased connections among soil microbes and microfauna enhances soil multifunctionality along a long-term restoration chronosequence.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Chen WenQing & Wang JianYu & Zhang JunHong & He Jia & Dong ZhengHong & Li YuYu & Meng ZeXin & Xu Ran & Chen Jun & Luo Sheng & Wang ZhengAng & Liu Kaixi

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The functional role of soil microbes in the restoration of degraded lands is greatly influenced by interactions within and between microbial communiti...

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Mixed afforestation of young subtropical trees promotes nitrogen acquisition and retention.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Lang, A. C. & Oheimb, G. von & Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Yang Bo & Trogisch, S. & Bruelheide, H. & Ma KePing & Härdtle, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Afforestation is globally increasing to produce timber and pulp wood, but also to enhance ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, nutrient re...

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How do soil properties influence carbon storage and sequestration in newly established woodland across the UK?

Published online: 13 Oct 2021

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Bavin, S.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this review is to synthesize the current evidence on how pre-afforestation soil properties can impact the carbon balance of an area of wood...

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Challenges and future directions in urban afforestation.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Oldfield, E. E. & Warren, R. J. & Felson, A. J. & Bradford, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mature urban trees improve air quality, reduce storm water run-off and sequester carbon. Municipal agencies establish forests of native juvenile trees...

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Afforestation and abandonment of semi-natural grasslands lead to biodiversity loss and a decline in ecosystem services and functions.

Published online: 12 Nov 2023

Authors: Prangel, E. & Kasari-Toussaint, L. & Neuenkamp, L. & Noreika, N. & Karise, R. & Marja, R. & Ingerpuu, N. & Kupper, T. & Keerberg, L. & Oja, E. & Meriste, M. & Tiitsaar, A. & Ivask, M. & Helm, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

During the past century, semi-natural grasslands, once widespread throughout Europe, have largely been converted into intensively managed agricultural...

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Impact of China's Grain for Green Project on the landscape of vulnerable arid and semi-arid agricultural regions: a case study in northern Shaanxi Province.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Cao ShiXiong & Chen Li & Yu XinXiao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

China's Grain for Green Project is a rapid landscape-scale shift in ground cover and land use with significant implications for biodiversity. From 199...

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Subarctic afforestation: effects of forest plantations on ground-nesting birds in lowland Iceland.

Published online: 13 Nov 2022

Authors: Pálsdóttir, A. E. & Gill, J. A. & Alves, J. A. & Pálsson, S. & Méndez, V. & Ewing, H. & Gunnarsson, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Planting forests is a commonly suggested measure to mitigate climate change. The resulting changes in habitat structure can greatly influence the dive...

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The decline of the raven, Corvus corax, in relation to afforestation in southern Scotland and northern England.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Marquiss, M. & Newton, I. & Ratcliffe, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The known population of ravens in 1946-1960 has greatly declined. The decline is related to the increase in afforestation, which has reduced the area ...

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Distribution and breeding of red kites Milvus milvus in relation to afforestation and other land-use in Wales.

Published online: 28 Aug 1996

Authors: Newton, I. & Davis, P. E. & Moss, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Between 1946 and 1993, the numbers of territorial red kites, which form an isolated relict population in central Wales, increased from seven pairs to ...

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Breeding bird communities in pine plantations of the Spanish plateaux: biogeography, landscape and vegetation effects.

Published online: 19 Mar 1999

Authors: Díaz, M. & Carbonell, R. & Santos, T. & Tellería, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study was conducted during 1994 at 2 locations (near Carpio del Campo in the northern Spanish plateau and San Clemente in the southern plateau), to ...

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