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A plant trait analysis of responses to grazing in a long-term experiment.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Bullock, J. M. & Franklin, J. & Stevenson, M. J. & Silvertown, J. & Coulson, S. J. & Gregory, S. J. & Tofts, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There are few long-term experimental studies of plant community responses to changes in grazing intensity. Here we report species' changes in a mesotr...

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The comparative demography of the pasture weed Echium plantagineum between its native and invaded ranges.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Grigulis, K. & Sheppard, A. W. & Ash, J. E. & Groves, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Echium plantagineum is native to the western Mediterranean Basin, where it is a common, but not dominant, component of species-rich annual grasslands....

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Using species distribution models with climate change scenarios to aid ecological restoration decisionmaking for southern California shrublands.

Published online: 26 Jun 2019

Authors: Riordan, E. C. & Montalvo, A. M. & Beyers, J. L.

Content type: Bulletin

Sourcing appropriate plant material for restoration within the heterogeneous landscape of southern California is a nuanced task further complicated by...

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Complex landscapes stabilize farm bird communities and their expected ecosystem services.

Published online: 13 Jun 2022

Authors: Smith, O. M. & Kennedy, C. M. & Echeverri, A. & Karp, D. S. & Latimer, C. E. & Taylor, J. M. & Wilson-Rankin, E. E. & Owen, J. P. & Snyder, W. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Birds play many roles within agroecosystems including as consumers of crops and pests, carriers of pathogens and beloved icons. Birds are also rapidly...

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Individual study: testing tools for eradicating the invasive toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus in Madagascar.

Published online: 12 Mar 2020

Authors: Reardon, J. T. & Kraus, F. & Moore, M. & Rabenantenaina, L. & Rabinivo, A. & Rakotoarisoa, N. H. & Randrianasolo, H. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

In 2014, the Asian toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus was first recorded as an invasive species in Madagascar. A feasibility study identified an urgent n...

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Twenty years of rest returns grazing potential, but not palatable plant diversity, to Karoo rangeland, South Africa.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Seymour, C. L. & Milton, S. J. & Joseph, G. S. & Dean, W. R. J. & Ditlhobolo, T. & Cumming, G. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Up to 73% of the world's rangelands are degraded, and increasing demand for meat in developing countries and a growing human population are likely to ...

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Do changes in the frequency, magnitude and timing of extreme climatic events threaten the population viability of coastal birds?

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Pol, M. van de & Ens, B. J. & Heg, D. & Brouwer, L. & Krol, J. & Maier, M. & Exo, K. M. & Oosterbeek, K. & Lok, T. & Eising, C. M. & Koffijberg, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change encompasses changes in both the means and the extremes of climatic variables, but the population consequences of the latter are intrins...

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Improving the design and management of forest strips in human-dominated tropical landscapes: a field test on Amazonian dung beetles.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Barlow, J. & Louzada, J. & Parry, L. & Hernández, M. I. M. & Hawes, J. & Peres, C. A. & Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. & Gardner, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The future of tropical forest species depends in part on their ability to survive in human-modified landscapes. Forest strips present a priority area ...

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Changes in the biomass and productivity of woodlands in the Sengwa wildlife research area, Zimbabwe.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Guy, P. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in biomass and annual production measured from 1972 to 1976 in four woodlands, the miombo, the Sengwa/Lutope riverine, the Manyoni riverine an...

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Effects of experimental soil disturbance on revegetation by natives and exotics in coastal Californian meadows.

Published online: 23 Jul 1997

Authors: Kotanen, P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Disturbance is widely believed to facilitate invasions by exotic plants, but is also important for the persistence of many native species. The results...

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