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Food production vs. biodiversity: comparing organic and conventional agriculture.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Gabriel, D. & Sait, S. M. & Kunin, W. E. & Benton, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A substantial proportion of the global land surface is used for agricultural production. Agricultural land serves multiple societal purposes; it provi...

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Ecosystem function enhanced by combining four functional types of plant species in intensively managed grassland mixtures: a 3-year continental-scale field experiment.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Finn, J. A. & Kirwan, L. & Connolly, J. & Sebastià, M. T. & Helgadottir, A. & Baadshaug, O. H. & Bélanger, G. & Black, A. & Brophy, C. & Collins, R. P. & Čop, J. & Dalmannsdóttir, S. & Delgado, I. & Elgersma, A. & Fothergill, M. & Frankow-Lindberg, B. E. & Ghesquiere, A. & Golinska, B. & Golinski, P. & Grieu, P. & Gustavsson, A. M. & Höglind, M. & Huguenin-Elie, O. & Jørgensen, M. & Kadziuliene, Z. & Kurki, P. (et al)

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A coordinated continental-scale field experiment across 31 sites was used to compare the biomass yield of monocultures and four species mixtures assoc...

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Grazing management can counteract the impacts of climate change-induced sea level rise on salt marsh-dependent waterbirds.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Clausen, K. K. & Stjernholm, M. & Clausen, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change-induced rises in sea level threaten to drastically reduce the areal extent of important salt marsh habitats for large numbers of waterf...

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Using ants as bioindicators in land management: simplifying assessment of ant community responses.

Published online: 17 Jul 2002

Authors: Andersen, A. N. & Hoffmann, B. D. & Müller, W. J. & Griffiths, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The indicator qualities of terrestrial invertebrates are widely recognized in the context of detecting ecological change associated with human land us...

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Coarse woody habitat use by local fish species and structural integrity of enhancements over time in a shallow northern boreal lake assessed in a Bayesian modelling approach.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: Theis, S. & Ruppert, J. L. W. & Poesch, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The introduction of coarse woody habitat has been a widely adopted management practice for restoring and enhancing freshwater aquatic ecosystems. Alth...

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Identifying temporal dynamics in post-release survival of a restored large ungulate.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Pero, E. M. & Chitwood, M. C. & Hildreth, A. M. & Keller, B. J. & Sumners, J. A. & Hansen, L. P. & Isabelle, J. L. & Millspaugh, J. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Wildlife translocation is an important conservation tool for restoring species and reducing global biodiversity decline; however, this practice is cha...

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Habitat preferences of great bustard Otis tarda flocks in the arable steppes of central Spain: are potentially suitable areas unoccupied?

Published online: 04 Jul 2001

Authors: Lane, S. J. & Alonso, J. C. & Martín, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Great bustards (Otis tarda) are globally endangered and 50% of the world population now occurs in agro-steppe habitats in Spain. An understanding of t...

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The relative effectiveness of different grassland restoration methods: a systematic literature search and meta-analysis.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: Slodowicz, D. & Durbecq, A. & Ladouceur, E. & Eschen, R. & Humbert, J. Y. & Arlettaz, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Active grassland restoration has gained importance in mitigating the dramatic decline of farmnland biodiversity. While there is evidence that such ope...

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Retention forestry enhances the resilience of the moss Hylocomium splendens to extreme drought in boreal forests.

Published online: 13 Apr 2025

Authors: Zhang ShengMin & Sjögren, J. & Hylander, K. & Koelemeijer, I. A. & Jönsson, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understorey biodiversity is increasingly impacted by extreme climate events. Retention forestry, which involves preserving small patches of live and d...

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Effects of habitat type and management on the abundance of skylarks in the breeding season.

Published online: 26 Jan 2000

Authors: Chamberlain, D. E. & Wilson, A. M. & Browne, S. J. & Vickery, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance of breeding skylarks (Alauda arvensis) was determined by surveying singing males in over 600 randomly selected 1-km squares throughout B...

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