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A three decade assessment of climate-associated changes in forest composition across the north-eastern USA.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Bose, A. K. & Weiskittel, A. & Wagner, R. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate-associated changes in forest composition have been widely reported, particularly where changes in abiotic conditions have resulted in high mor...

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The importance of trees for woody pasture bird diversity and effects of the European Union's tree density policy.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Jakobsson, S. & Lindborg, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent reforms in the Common Agricultural Policy aim for a greening of the subsidy system with potential improvements for biodiversity conservation. A...

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Capturing threshold responses of marine benthos along gradients of natural and anthropogenic change.

Published online: 28 Dec 2020

Authors: Couce, E. & Engelhard, G. H. & Schratzberger, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecologists and managers need to understand what types of communities emerge with continued human alterations to ecosystems against a background of nat...

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Effect of stocking rate and rainfall on rangeland dynamics and cattle performance in a semi-arid savanna, South Africa.

Published online: 28 Jul 2000

Authors: Fynn, R. W. S. & O'Connor, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In order to examine the emerging paradigm of non-equilibrium behaviour of plant-livestock relations in semi-arid rangeland, the effect of stocking rat...

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Long-term dynamics of herbaceous vegetation structure and composition in two African savanna reserves.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Buitenwerf, R. & Swemmer, A. M. & Peel, M. J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Small fenced reserves are perceived to require management interventions to maintain ecosystems in a natural state. Such interventions are typically in...

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Configurational landscape heterogeneity shapes functional community composition of grassland butterflies.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Perović, D. & Gámez-Virués, S. & Börschig, C. & Klein, A. M. & Krauss, J. & Steckel, J. & Rothenwöhrer, C. & Erasmi, S. & Tscharntke, T. & Westphal, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landscape heterogeneity represents two aspects of landscape simplification: (i) compositional heterogeneity (diversity of habitat types); and (ii) con...

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Prescribed burning, atmospheric pollution and grazing effects on peatland vegetation composition.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Noble, A. & Palmer, S. M. & Glaves, D. J. & Crowle, A. & Brown, L. E. & Holden, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Peatlands are valued for ecosystem services including carbon storage, water provision and biodiversity. However, there are concerns about the impacts ...

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Reclamation strategies for mined forest soils and overstorey drive understorey vegetation.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Chen, H. Y. H. & Biswas, S. R. & Sobey, T. M. & Brassard, B. W. & Bartels, S. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understorey vegetation accounts for the majority of plant diversity in boreal forest ecosystems and contributes to ecosystem functioning. In restorati...

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Bryophyte abundance, diversity and composition after retention harvest in boreal mixedwood forest.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Bartels, S. F. & Macdonald, S. E. & Johnson, D. & Caners, R. T. & Spence, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variable-retention harvest is widely recognized as an alternative to more intensive methods such as clear-cutting. However, present information is ina...

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Planting accelerates restoration of tropical forest but assembly mechanisms appear insensitive to initial composition.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Li LanPing & Cadotte, M. W. & Martínez-Garza, C. & Peña-Domene, M. de la & Du GuoZhen

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Central to the success of restoration is how applied activities influence community assembly mechanisms. Phylogenetic and trait-based approaches to co...

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