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Slow drawdown, fast recovery: stream macroinvertebrate communities improve quickly after large dam decommissioning.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Atristain, M. & Solagaistua, L. & Larrañaga, A. & Schiller, D. von & Elosegi, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dam removal is increasingly considered as a river restoration tool for impoundments that harm the environment or have exceeded their lifespan. However...

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Effects of delayed hay removal on the nutrient balance of roadside plant communities.

Published online: 08 Oct 1998

Authors: Schaffers, A. P. & Vesseur, M. C. & Sýkora, K. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Weight and nutrient losses from fresh roadside cuttings were studied in the field in the Netherlands during a 6-week period between 24 May and 6 July ...

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Mitigation or disturbance? Effects of liming on macroinvertebrate assemblage structure and leaf-litter decomposition in the humic streams of northern Sweden.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: McKie, B. G. & Petrin, Z. & Malmqvist, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stream liming can alleviate the effects of anthropogenic acidification but itself constitutes a substantial ecosystem-level perturbation. Acidity in t...

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The effect of precipitation chemistry upon anion and cation fluxes from the surface layer of ombrotrophic mires in the UK.

Published online: 01 Mar 1997

Authors: Sanger, L. J. & Billett, M. F. & Cresser, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Replicate cores and monoliths bearing intact vegetation were sampled from the acrotelm and surface litter layer of ombrotrophic mires across a gradien...

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Interactions of Gremmeniella abietina and endophytic fungi in shoots of Scots pine trees treated with simulated acid rain.

Published online: 15 Jun 1995

Authors: Ranta, H. & Neuvonen, S. & Ylimartimo, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Detached shoots of Pinus sylvestris trees with naturally occurring endophytic fungi were inoculated with mycelium of G. abietina. The trees had been s...

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Foliar nutrient dynamics and nutrient use efficiency of four deciduous tree species in relation to site fertility.

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Boerner, R. E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seasonal foliar nutrient dynamics of four deciduous forest tree species, Quercus prinus, Q. alba, Acer rubrum and Fagus grandifolia, were examined in ...

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Larger pollinators deposit more pollen on stigmas across multiple plant species-a meta-analysis.

Published online: 30 Jul 2021

Authors: Földesi, R. & Howlett, B. G. & Grass, I. & Batáry, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many insect species provide essential pollination services. However, the amount of pollen deposited onto a stigma when visiting a flower ('single visi...

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Use of nitrogen to phosphorus ratios in plant tissue as an indicator of nutrient limitation and nitrogen saturation.

Published online: 27 Aug 2003

Authors: Tessier, J. T. & Raynal, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ratios of nitrogen to phosphorus (N:P) in plant foliage have been used to assess nutrient limitation in wetland ecosystems and to indicate nitrogen sa...

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A trait-based analysis of the role of phosphorus vs. nitrogen enrichment in plant species loss across North-west European grasslands.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Ceulemans, T. & Merckx, R. & Hens, M. & Honnay, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Both nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) enrichment have been identified to drive plant species losses from nutrient-poor semi-natural grasslands. The rel...

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Patterns of activity and habitat use by a population of bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) in relation to bud-feeding in orchards.

Published online: 02 Sep 1985

Authors: Greig-Smith, P. W. & Wilson, G. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A farmland population of bullfinches on the Weald of Kent was studied for 2 years to determine how changes in its size, composition, or activity corre...

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