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Resilience and regime shifts: do novel communities impede ecological recovery in a historically metal-contaminated stream?

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Wolff, B. A. & Duggan, S. B. & Clements, W. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Novel communities that result from exposure to contaminants and other anthropogenic stressors often persist in ecosystems that have experienced regime...

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Relational values help explain green infrastructure preferences: the case of managing crane habitat in Hokkaido, Japan.

Published online: 26 Oct 2021

Authors: Kim, H. & Shoji, Y. & Tsuge, T. & Kubo, T. & Nakamura, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The initial purpose of our study was to understand preferences of stakeholders on green infrastructure for flood control using a discrete choice exper...

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Development and evaluation of simplified models for simulating canopy photosynthesis and transpiration.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Sinclair, T. R. & Murphy, C. E., Jr. & Knoerr, K. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Comparisons were made of three micrometeorological models which simulated daily rates of photosynthesis and transpiration in a maize crop. A complete ...

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Body condition and ranging behaviour of blackface hill sheep in relation to lamb survival.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Hewson, R. & Verkaik, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Factors affecting the production and survival of lambs, including vulnerability to predation, were studied in a flock of about 850 Blackface hill shee...

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Isles of Scilly Seagrass - State of the Meadows 2023.

Published online: 09 Oct 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Bull, J. & Kenyon, E.

Content type: Reports

This report presents condition data on seagrass beds in the Isles of Scilly as part of the LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES project (2019-2024). The project a...

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Some characteristics of heath fires in north-east Scotland.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Kayll, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

2 heath fires in 15-yr-pld Calluna vulgaris in autumn under dry windy conditions consumed 93% of the available fuel. In one fire, crown temperature re...

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Comparing the accuracy and precision of smartphone and specialist handheld GNSS receivers for use in ecological fieldwork.

Published online: 20 Apr 2025

Authors: Osborne, A. & Mossman, H. & Caporn, S. & Coulthard, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Smartphones are handheld computers and multichannel communication devices that carry an array of sensors and can link with specialist external devices...

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NatureScot Research Report 1301 - Monitoring the success of Peatland Action: Repeat vegetation surveys to assess change in habitat condition at peatlands restored in 2014 and 2015.

Published online: 28 Nov 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Haycock, G. & Cashon, C.

Content type: Reports

This study assesses the success of peatland restoration activities at 13 sites across Scotland by repeating baseline surveys of vegetation and other e...

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Know what drives the adoption of climate-smart agriculture across different scales.

Published online: 10 Jan 2019

Authors: Läderach, P. & Mwongera, C. & Lamanna, C. & Acosta, M. & Ampaire, E. & Eitzinger, A. & Mwungu, C. & Shikuku, K. & Twyman, J. & Winowiecki, L.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Recognizing successful climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices is not enough for them to be adopted at scale. Data shows that CSA adoption depends ...

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Effects of physical disturbance on arctic vegetation in the Queen Elizabeth Islands.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Babb, T. A. & Bliss, L. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil disturbance (vehicle tracks, carcass sites, etc.) did not generally cause serious erosion and thermokarst arising from increased soil heat flux. ...

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