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Identifying hotspots for plant invasions and forecasting focal points of further spread.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Ibáñez, I. & Silander, J. A., Jr. & Allen, J. M. & Treanor, S. A. & Wilson, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To ensure the successful detection, control and eradication of invasive plant species, we need information that can identify areas prone to invasions ...

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Prioritizing landscapes for restoration based on spatial patterns of ecosystem controls and plant-plant interactions.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Barbosa, J. M. & Asner, G. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The widespread degradation of natural ecosystems requires cost-efficient restoration techniques that minimize risk and consider context-specific resto...

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Topsoil removal through scarification improves natural regeneration in high-graded Nothofagus old-growth forests.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Soto, D. P. & Puettmann, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

High grading by removing the majority of trees with superior timber quality has led to loss of productivity and biodiversity in forests. Typically, af...

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The role of topography and plant functional traits in determining tropical reforestation success.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Cheesman, A. W. & Preece, N. D. & Oosterzee, P. van & Erskine, P. D. & Cernusak, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Early establishment and sapling growth is a key phase in ensuring cost-effective reforestation success in relation to biodiversity outcomes. Therefore...

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The effects of flooding lowland wet grassland on soil macroinvertebrate prey of breeding wading birds.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Ausden, M. & Sutherland, W. J. & James, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lowland wet grassland in western Europe is often managed for breeding wading birds, especially lapwing Vanellus vanellus, redshank Tringa totanus, sni...

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State property tax incentives for promoting ecosystem goods and services from private forest land in the United States: a review and analysis.

Published online: 14 Mar 2018

Authors: Kilgore, M. A. & Ellefson, P. B. & Funk, T. J. & Frey, G. E.

Content type: Bulletin

Financial incentives provided by State property tax programs are a means of promoting ecosystem services from private forest land. Identified by this ...

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Whale shark abundance forecast: the interannual hotspot effect.

Published online: 01 Dec 2023

Authors: Jaramillo-Gil, S. & Pardo, M. A. & Vázquez-Haikin, A. & Bolaños-Jiménez, J. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Each year, whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) aggregate in the northern Gulf of California at Bahia de los Angeles, a small coastal village that recently ...

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Factors affecting carcass detection at wind farms using dogs and human searchers.

Published online: 28 Nov 2020

Authors: Domínguez del Valle, J. & Cervantes Peralta, F. & Jaquero Arjona, M. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of detection dogs to effectively monitor bird and bat fatalities at wind farms is becoming increasingly popular. All studies to date agree tha...

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Pattern and process of a floodplain forest, Vermont, USA: predicted responses of vegetation to perturbation.

Published online: 08 Aug 1997

Authors: Hughes, J. W. & Cass, W. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The potential diversity of vegetation in a lowland floodplain forest in North Ferrisburg, Vermont was evaluated as a way of predicting the range of po...

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Thanet coast Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) monitoring report 2017-18.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Godsell, N. & Green, B.

Content type: Reports

Under the UK Marine & Coastal Access Act (2009), the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is required to provide a report to...

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