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A study of the restoration of heathland on successional sites: changes in vegetation and soil chemical properties.

Published online: 19 Nov 1999

Authors: Mitchell, R. J. & Marrs, R. H. & Duc, M. G. le & Auld, M. H. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lowland heaths are high-profile ecosystems for conservation action in the UK, but many areas have been invaded by Betula spp., Pinus sylvestris, Pteri...

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The effects of environmental factors on components and attributes of a Mediterranean grassland.

Published online: 26 Jun 1997

Authors: Pagnotta, M. A. & Snaydon, R. W. & Cocks, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The associations of six environmental factors with vegetative attributes on a species-rich Syrian grassland were investigated during 2 years with cont...

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Predicting soil properties from floristic composition in western Amazonian rain forests: performance of k-nearest neighbour estimation and weighted averaging calibration.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Suominen, L. & Ruokolainen, K. & Tuomisto, H. & Llerena, N. & Higgins, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil quality is an important determinant of primary productivity and species occurrence patterns. Therefore, plant species composition can be used as ...

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Influence of herbivory, competition and soil fertility on the abundance of Cirsium arvense in acid grassland.

Published online: 16 Aug 2000

Authors: Edwards, G. R. & Bourdôt, G. W. & Crawley, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The extent to which the weed Cirsium arvense (creeping thistle) may be controlled by manipulating interspecific competition and herbivory was examined...

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Model-based assessment of the impact of agri-environment scheme options and short-term climate change on plant biodiversity in temperate grasslands.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: West, B. & Jones, D. L. & Robinson, E. L. & Marrs, R. H. & Smart, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Agri-environment schemes (AES) incentivise land-management practices aimed at mitigating environmental impacts. However, their effectiveness depends o...

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Effects of feline panleucopaenia on the population characteristics of feral cats on Marion Island.

Published online: 02 Mar 1988

Authors: Rensburg, P. J. J. van & Skinner, J. D. & Aarde, R. J. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Virulent virus was introduced in 1977 to a feral cat population on the 290-km2 Marion Island, South Africa, where the cats were killing some 450 000 p...

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Long-term change in vegetation and soil microbial communities during the phased restoration of traditional meadow grassland.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Smith, R. S. & Shiel, R. S. & Bardgett, R. D. & Millward, D. & Corkhill, P. & Evans, P. & Quirk, H. & Hobbs, P. J. & Kometa, S. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of high plant species diversity to sites where it has been reduced by intensive grassland management requires identification of appropriat...

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Soil seed banks in European grasslands: does land use affect regeneration perspectives?

Published online: 09 Jan 1998

Authors: Bekker, R. M. & Verweij, G. L. & Smith, R. E. N. & Reine, R. & Bakker, J. P. & Schneider, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil seed banks of 38 grassland sites in western Europe (Germany, Netherlands, UK and Spain) were sampled and species composition was determined. All ...

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Fire regimes, fire-sensitive vegetation and fire management of the sandstone Arnhem Plateau, monsoonal northern Australia.

Published online: 08 Jul 1999

Authors: Russell-Smith, J. & Ryan, P. G. & Klessa, D. & Waight, G. & Harwood, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A fire history (1980 to the present) developed for Kakadu National Park, derived mostly from manual interpretation of LANDSAT MultiSpectral Scanner (M...

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Different roles of Core and noncore bacterial taxa in maintaining soil multinutrient cycling and microbial network stability in arid fertigation agroecosystems.

Published online: 09 Oct 2022

Authors: Ye ZhenCheng & Wang Jie & Li Jing & Liu GuoBin & Dong Qin'ge & Zou YuFeng & Chau HenryWai & Zhang Chao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Microbes play an essential role in soil biogeochemical processes and maintenance of soil nutrients, but not all microbial taxa contribute equally, and...

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