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Foraging by bats in cleared, thinned and unharvested boreal forest.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Patriquin, K. J. & Barclay, R. M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern silvicultural methods employ various styles of selective harvesting in addition to traditional clear-cutting. This can create a mosaic of patch...

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Partial recovery of a tropical rain forest a half-century after clear-cut and selective logging.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Xu Han & Li YiDe & Liu ShiRong & Zang RunGuo & He FangLiang & Spence, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The extent to which tropical rain forests recover tree species richness, composition and community structure after clear-cutting or selective harvest ...

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Effects of slash harvest on bryophytes and vascular plants in southern boreal forest clear-cuts.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Åström, M. & Dynesius, M. & Hylander, K. & Nilsson, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Slash harvesting from forests to provide bioenergy reduces the amount of woody debris in the managed forest landscape and changes the physical and che...

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Influence of variable retention harvests on forest ecosystems. I. Diversity of stand structure.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Sullivan, T. P. & Sullivan, D. S. & Lindgren, P. M. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variable retention harvests or 'green-tree retention systems' are important to the management of coniferous forests in the temperate zone. Green-tree ...

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Studies of the feasibility of re-creating chalk grassland vegetation on ex-arable land. II. Germination and early survivorship of seedlings under different management regimes.

Published online: 25 Jan 1997

Authors: Hutchings, M. J. & Booth, K. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Germination and establishment of the chalk grassland perennials Pimpinella saxifraga, Scabiosa columbaria, Plantago media and Achillea millefolium wer...

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Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Losier, C. L. & Couturier, S. & St-Laurent, M. H. & Drapeau, P. & Dussault, C. & Rudolph, T. & Brodeur, V. & Merkle, J. A. & Fortin, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Functional responses in habitat selection occur when individuals adjust their selection of habitat features as a function of the availability of those...

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Nursery-propagated plants from seed: a novel tool to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of seagrass restoration.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Balestri, E. & Lardicci, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seagrasses and the valuable ecosystem services they provide are threatened world-wide by impacts of human activity. Numerous revegetation efforts have...

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Can retention forestry help conserve biodiversity? A meta-analysis.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Fedrowitz, K. & Koricheva, J. & Baker, S. C. & Lindenmayer, D. B. & Palik, B. & Rosenvald, R. & Beese, W. & Franklin, J. F. & Kouki, J. & Macdonald, E. & Messier, C. & Sverdrup-Thygeson, A. & Gustafsson, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Industrial forestry typically leads to a simplified forest structure and altered species composition. Retention of trees at harvest was introduced abo...

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Different open-canopy vegetation types affect matrix permeability for a dispersing forest amphibian.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Cline, B. B. & Hunter, M. L., Jr.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population viability often depends on conserving functional connectivity in fragmented landscapes. For pool-breeding amphibians, population connectivi...

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Carbon sink function of sedge and Sphagnum patches in a restored cut-away peatland: increased functional diversity leads to higher production.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Kivimäki, S. K. & Yli-petäys, M. & Tuittila, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cut-away peatlands devoid of vegetation form a persistent source of carbon (C) to the atmosphere. The restoration of the C sink function in such areas...

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