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Microsite availability and establishment of native species on degraded and reclaimed sites.

Published online: 05 Nov 2003

Authors: Elmarsdottir, A. & Aradottir, A. L. & Trlica, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of native plant communities on previously disturbed land requires the identification and modification of environmental factors that impede...

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Barriers to forest regeneration of deforested and abandoned land in Panama.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Hooper, E. & Legendre, P. & Condit, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Panama, abandoned agricultural lands that supported tropical rain forest are invaded by the exotic invasive grass Saccharum spontaneum, which precl...

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Intertidal habitat loss and wildfowl numbers: applications of a spatial depletion model.

Published online: 01 May 1998

Authors: Percival, S. M. & Sutherland, W. J. & Evans, P. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A spatial depletion model of the responses of grazing wildfowl to the availability of intertidal vegetation at Lindisfarne National Nature reserve, no...

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Non-random extinctions dominate plant community changes in abandoned coppices.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Kopecký, M. & Hédl, R. & Szabó, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The plant community structure of European lowland forests has changed dramatically in the twentieth century, leading to biodiversity decline at variou...

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Population dynamics and the importance of habitat management for conservation of the butterfly Lopinga achine.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Bergman, K. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Like many butterflies, the woodland brown Lopinga achine has disappeared from many locations in western Europe due to habitat loss. The population dyn...

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Effects on associated flora of sylvicultural nitrogen fertilization repeated at long intervals.

Published online: 02 Mar 1995

Authors: Kellner, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field- (vascular plants) and ground- (epigeic bryophytes and lichens) layer vegetation was investigated in four old fertilization experiments in conif...

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Fast-growing pioneer tree stands as a rapid and effective strategy for bracken elimination in the Neotropics.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Douterlungne, D. & Thomas, E. & Levy-Tacher, S. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large areas of agricultural land around the world are degraded as a consequence of dominance by bracken fern (Pteridium spp.). Tropical production sys...

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Effects of experimental soil disturbance on revegetation by natives and exotics in coastal Californian meadows.

Published online: 23 Jul 1997

Authors: Kotanen, P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Disturbance is widely believed to facilitate invasions by exotic plants, but is also important for the persistence of many native species. The results...

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Mycorrhizal fungi affect growth of an endemic bunchgrass in pine savannas.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Kimball, A. & Love, D. & Lopez-Scarim, V. & Zee, A. & Crandall, R. M. & Karlsen-Ayala, E. & Baruzzi, C. & Al-Agely, A. & Fill, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Planting or sowing native perennial bunchgrasses is a common restoration practice in grasslands disturbed by agricultural or forestry operations. B...

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Is saltmarsh restoration success constrained by matching natural environments or altered succession? A test using niche models.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Sullivan, M. J. P. & Davy, A. J. & Grant, A. & Mossman, H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restored habitats, such as saltmarsh created through managed realignment, sometimes fail to meet targets for biological equivalence with natural refer...

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