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Can management compensate for atmospheric nutrient deposition in heathland ecosystems?

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Härdtle, W. & Niemeyer, M. & Niemeyer, T. & Assmann, T. & Fottner, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Atmospheric nutrient deposition has contributed to widespread changes in heathlands throughout Europe. As a consequence, management is now being consi...

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Modelling the impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on Calluna-dominated ecosystems in the UK.

Published online: 17 Nov 2004

Authors: Terry, A. C. & Ashmore, M. R. & Power, S. A. & Allchin, E. A. & Heil, G. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The increased deposition of nitrogen (N) from the atmosphere over the last century has been associated in Europe with changes in species composition, ...

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Barriers to forest regeneration of deforested and abandoned land in Panama.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Hooper, E. & Legendre, P. & Condit, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Panama, abandoned agricultural lands that supported tropical rain forest are invaded by the exotic invasive grass Saccharum spontaneum, which precl...

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Waterfowl populations are resilient to immediate and lagged impacts of wildfires in the boreal forest.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Lewis, T. L. & Schmutz, J. A. & Amundson, C. L. & Lindberg, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildfires are the principal disturbance in the boreal forest, and their size and frequency are increasing as the climate warms. Impacts of fires on bo...

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Social networks and transformative behaviours in a grassland social-ecological system.

Published online: 16 Nov 2024

Authors: Nesbitt, H. K. & Metcalf, A. L. & Floyd, T. M. & Uden, D. R. & Chaffin, B. C. & Gulab, S. & Banerjee, S. & Vallury, S. & Hamlin, S. L. & Metcalf, E. C. & Fogarty, D. T. & Twidwell, D. & Allen, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Social connections among individuals are essential components of social-ecological systems (SESs), enabling people to take actions to more effectively...

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Mapping fire history and quantifying burned area through 35 years of prescribed fire history at an Illinois tallgrass prairie restoration site using GIS.

Published online: 02 Jul 2022

Authors: Rowland-Schaefer, E. G. & Bach, E. M. & Kleiman, B. P. & Jones, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Fire was important to pre-colonization prairies. In today's remnant and reconstructed prairies, managers frequently employ prescribed fire, a historic...

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Early impacts of forest restoration treatments on the ectomycorrhizal fungal community and fine root biomass in a mixed conifer forest.

Published online: 23 Nov 2005

Authors: Smith, J. E. & McKay, D. & Brenner, G. & McIver, J. & Spatafora, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The obligate symbiosis formed between ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) and roots of tree species in the Pinaceae influences nutrient uptake and surrounding...

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Factors affecting moorland plant communities and component species in relation to prescribed burning.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Harris, M. P. K. & Allen, K. A. & McAllister, H. A. & Eyre, G. & Duc, M. G. le & Marrs, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The role of prescribed burning of vegetation to manage fire risk is controversial in a variety of situations worldwide. It is becoming more topical (i...

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Karuk ecological fire management practices promote elk habitat in Northern California.

Published online: 20 Sep 2022

Authors: Connor, T. & Tripp, E. & Tripp, B. & Saxon, B. J. & Camarena, J. & Donahue, A. & Sarna-Wojcicki, D. & Macaulay, L. & Bean, T. & Hanbury-Brown, A. & Brashares, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

After a century of fire suppression and accumulating fuel loads in North American forests, prescribed burns are increasingly used to prevent condition...

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Resolving a heated debate: the utility of prescribed burning as a management tool for biodiversity on lowland heath.

Published online: 15 Jan 2024

Authors: Smith, B. M. & Carpenter, D. & Holland, J. & Andruszko, F. & Gathorne-Hardy, A. & Eggleton, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lowland heath is a priority habitat for conservation, nowadays largely managed for biodiversity. Historically, prescribed burning has been the princip...

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