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Plant, soil and microbial controls on grassland diversity restoration: a long-term, multi-site mesocosm experiment.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Fry, E. L. & Pilgrim, E. S. & Tallowin, J. R. B. & Smith, R. S. & Mortimer, S. R. & Beaumont, D. A. & Simkin, J. & Harris, S. J. & Shiel, R. S. & Quirk, H. & Harrison, K. A. & Lawson, C. S. & Hobbs, P. J. & Bardgett, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The success of grassland biodiversity restoration schemes is determined by many factors; as such their outcomes can be unpredictable. There is a need ...

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Streams are efficient corridors for plant species in forest metacommunities.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Calçada, E. A. & Closset-Kopp, D. & Gallet-Moron, E. & Lenoir, J. & Rêve, M. & Hermy, M. & Decocq, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The maintenance, restoration or construction of corridors are among the most important conservation strategies world-wide in the face of global change...

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Sand dynamics in coastal dune landscapes constrain diversity and life-history characteristics of spiders.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Bonte, D. & Lens, L. & Maelfait, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In fragmented landscapes where natural disturbance acts at the local level, community composition can be altered either by 'species-by-species matchin...

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A plant trait analysis of responses to grazing in a long-term experiment.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Bullock, J. M. & Franklin, J. & Stevenson, M. J. & Silvertown, J. & Coulson, S. J. & Gregory, S. J. & Tofts, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There are few long-term experimental studies of plant community responses to changes in grazing intensity. Here we report species' changes in a mesotr...

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Two decades of arthropod biodiversity after windthrow show different dynamics of functional groups.

Published online: 03 Mar 2025

Authors: Wermelinger, B. & Obrist, M. K. & Duelli, P. & Mathis, D. S. & Gossner, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Windthrow disturbance is an important driver of arthropod diversity in forests. In the past, studies have mainly focused on the first years after dist...

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GUBIC: the global urban biological invasions compendium for plants.

Published online: 08 Apr 2025

Authors: Li DaiJiang & Potgieter, L. J. & Aronson, M. F. J. & Axmanová, I. & Baiser, B. & Carboni, M. & Celesti-Grapow, L. & Knapp, S. & Kühn, I. & Matos, A. C. L. de & Lososová, Z. & Montaño-Centellas, F. A. & Pyšek, P. & Richardson, D. M. & Trotta, L. B. & Zenni, R. D. & Cilliers, S. S. & Clarkson, B. D. & Davis, A. J. S. & Dolan, R. W. & Dyderski, M. K. & Essl, F. & Gaoue, O. G. & Gui, J. & Géron, C. & Heringer, G. & Hui Cang & Khuroo, A. A. & Klotz, S. & Kotanen, P. M. & Kreft, H. & Sorte, F. A. la & Lembrechts, J. J. & Lenzner, B. & Lepczyk, C. A. & MacIvor, S. & Martínez-Garza, C. & Mori, A. S. & Nilon, C. & Pergl, J. & Siebert, S. J. & Tretyakova, A. S. & Tsang, T. P. N. & Uchida, K. & Kleunen, M. van & Vilà, M. & Wang HuaFeng & Weigelt, P. & Werner, P. & Williams, N. S. G. & Winter, M. & Cadotte, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Urban areas are foci for the introduction of non-native plant species, and they often act as launching sites for invasions into the wider environment....

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Restoration of salt-marsh vegetation in relation to site suitability, species pool and dispersal traits.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Wolters, M. & Garbutt, A. & Bekker, R. M. & Bakker, J. P. & Carey, P. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of salt marshes on previously reclaimed land provides an excellent opportunity to study plant colonization and subsequent development of s...

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Breeding bird species diversity in the Negev: effects of scrub fragmentation by planted forests.

Published online: 03 Jan 2002

Authors: Shochat, E. & Zvika Abramsky & Pinshow, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Afforestation of the Northern Negev, Israel, from 1956 resulted in patches of primarily coniferous trees that fragmented large scrubland areas. This a...

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Threshold dynamics in plant succession after tree planting in agricultural riparian zones.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Bourgeois, B. & Vanasse, A. & González, E. & Andersen, R. & Poulin, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Trajectories of plant communities can be described by different models of plant succession. While a Clementsian (gradual continuum model) or Gleasonia...

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Tree diversity enhances tree transpiration in a Panamanian forest plantation.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Kunert, N. & Schwendenmann, L. & Potvin, C. & Hölscher, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tree plantations play an important role in meeting the growing demand for wood, but there is concern about their high rates of water use. Recent appro...

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