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Woody shrubs and herbivory influence tree encroachment in the sandplain heathlands of southwestern Australia.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Maher, K. A. & Hobbs, R. J. & Yates, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tree encroachment into herbaceous and shrub communities is a common phenomenon world-wide. Encroachment of the tree Allocasuarina huegeliana in sandpl...

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Control of Molinia caerulea on upland moors.

Published online: 16 Jun 2004

Authors: Marrs, R. H. & Phillips, J. D. P. & Todd, P. A. & Ghorbani, J. & Duc, M. G. le

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Molinia encroachment has been viewed as a major threat to moorland conservation in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. In England and Wales agri-environme...

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The influence of management regime and altitude on the population structure of Succisa pratensis: implications for vegetation monitoring.

Published online: 17 Oct 2001

Authors: Bühler, C. & Schmid, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental change and land use may alter the vegetation typical of wetland habitats. However, commonly used techniques for vegetation monitoring th...

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The influence of evergreen coniferous nurse-crops on the field layer in two woodland communities.

Published online: 20 Apr 1991

Authors: Pigott, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field observations and laboratory tests were made in 1984-87 on the effects on the field layer in oak/bracken/bramble woodland and ash/maple/mercury w...

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Low-intensity land-use enhances soil microbial activity, biomass and fungal-to-bacterial ratio in current and future climates.

Published online: 27 Dec 2021

Authors: Sünnemann, M. & Alt, C. & Kostin, J. E. & Lochner, A. & Reitz, T. & Siebert, J. & Schädler, M. & Eisenhauer, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Progressing climate change and intensified land-use exert unprecedented pressures on soil microbial communities, thus endangering the essential ecosys...

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Seed mix design and floral resources drive multitrophic interactions in prairie restoration.

Published online: 13 Jul 2024

Authors: Hulting, K. A. & Kemmerling, L. R. & Griffin, S. R. & Webb, J. & Brown, A. K. & Haddad, N. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration often targets plant community recovery, but restoration success may depend on the recovery of a complex web of biotic interacti...

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Disentangling the interrelated abiotic and biotic pathways linking landscape composition and crop production.

Published online: 19 Feb 2023

Authors: Gerits, F. & Reubens, B. & Messely, L. & Smedt, P. de & Landuyt, D. & Loos, A. & Verheyen, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landscape composition and its related functional agrobiodiversity (FAB) was severely simplified during the last decades. As landscape composition is e...

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The effects of cheatgrass invasion on US Great Basin carbon storage depend on interactions between plant community composition, precipitation seasonality, and soil climate regime.

Published online: 10 Mar 2023

Authors: Maxwell, T. M. & Germino, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Annual-grass invasions are transforming desert ecosystems in ways that affect ecosystem carbon (C) balance, but previous studies do not agree on the p...

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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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Plant functional traits, herbivore selectivity and response to sheep grazing in Patagonian steppe grasslands.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Cingolani, A. M. & Posse, G. & Collantes, M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In some ecosystems there is a positive feedback between forage quality and grazing intensity. This involves three components of plant tolerance to gra...

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