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Species diversity and dispersal traits alter biodiversity spillover in reconstructed grasslands.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Sperry, K. P. & Hilfer, H. & Lane, I. & Petersen, J. & Dixon, P. M. & Sullivan, L. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grasslands are among the planet's most imperilled ecosystems, largely because habitat conversion has caused extreme biodiversity loss. In response, ma...

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A degradation threshold for irreversible loss of soil productivity: a long-term case study in China.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Gao Yang & Zhong BingLin & Yue Hui & Wu Bin & Cao ShiXiong

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

During the past three decades, conservation and restoration biologists have increasingly recognized that ecological communities are likely to exhibit ...

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An international assessment of the barriers influencing the effectiveness of island ecosystem management.

Published online: 09 Mar 2023

Authors: Burt, A. & Nuno, A. & Turnbull, L. & Fleischer-Dogley, F. & Bunbury, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Island ecosystems are disproportionally impacted by biodiversity loss and as such their effective management is critical to global conservation effort...

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The effect of simulated acid rain on pine needle and birch leaf litter decomposition.

Published online: 21 Mar 1992

Authors: Neuvonen, S. & Suomela, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field experiments in N. Finland, 80 study plots (5×5 m) in mixed pine (Pinus sylvestris)/mountain birch (Betula tortuosa) woodland were irrigated w...

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Soil processes as influenced by heavy metals and the composition of soil fauna.

Published online: 16 Jun 1995

Authors: Komulainen, M. & Mikola, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of heavy metals (Cu and Ni) on soil processes were studied experimentally in forest microcosms in Finland as a function of the presence of...

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Damage to winter cereals by greylag and pink-footed geese in north-east Scotland.

Published online: 06 Jul 1990

Authors: Patterson, I. J. & Abdul Jalil, S. & East, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Autumn-sown barley in NE Scotland grazed by pink-footed geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) and greylag geese (A. anser) was reduced in height and retarded i...

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Grassland fire dynamics in the Serengeti ecosystem, and a potential method of retrospectively estimating fire energy.

Published online: 06 Jul 1990

Authors: Stronach, N. R. H. & McNaughton, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grassland plots in the Serengeti National Park were burnt at the beginning of the 1986 dry season during the period of max. fire frequency. The availa...

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Ecohydrological changes in the Murray-Darling Basin. II. Development and tests of a water balance model.

Published online: 21 Jun 1995

Authors: Hatton, T. J. & Pierce, L. L. & Walker, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The hydrological part of the FOREST-BGC model was originally developed to estimate evaporation (ET) loss from coniferous forests in the USA. Applicati...

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Homogenization of lepidopteran communities in intensively cultivated agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Ekroos, J. & Heliölä, J. & Kuussaari, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landscape simplification and habitat fragmentation may cause severe declines of less mobile and habitat specialist species and lead to biotic homogeni...

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Biomass, production, decomposition of and N release from root nodules in two Casuarina equisetifolia plantations in Sonbhadra, India.

Published online: 01 Apr 1995

Authors: Srivastava, A. K. & Ambasht, R. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two Casuarina equisetifolia plantation stands of age 5 and 8 yr, located in dry tropical climate of the Vindhyan plateau have been studied in order to...

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