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Contrasting impacts of land-use change on phylogenetic and functional diversity of tropical forest birds.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Chapman, P. M. & Tobias, J. A. & Edwards, D. P. & Davies, R. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity conservation strategies increasingly target maintaining evolutionary history and the resilience of ecosystem function, not just species r...

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Functional diversity of macroinvertebrates as a tool to evaluate wetland restoration.

Published online: 27 Dec 2021

Authors: Coccia, C. & Almeida, B. A. & Green, A. J. & Gutiérrez, A. B. & Carbonell, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration of aquatic ecosystems has become widespread in recent decades. Although the recovery of biodiversity in restored wetlands has b...

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Functional diversity loss with increasing livestock grazing intensity in drylands: the mechanisms and their consequences depend on the taxa.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Chillo, V. & Ojeda, R. A. & Capmourteres, V. & Anand, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Overgrazing is one of the main drivers of desertification in drylands, and livestock production is expected to increase in the next decades. The analy...

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Large-scale impacts of selective logging on canopy tree beta-diversity in the Brazilian Amazon.

Published online: 01 Dec 2023

Authors: Bousfield, C. G. & Massam, M. R. & Peres, C. A. & Edwards, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Selective logging is one of the largest drivers of tropical forest degradation. While logged forests often retain high alpha-diversity of tropical tre...

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Effects of plant phylogenetic diversity on herbivory depend on herbivore specialization.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Castagneyrol, B. & Jactel, H. & Vacher, C. & Brockerhoff, E. G. & Koricheva, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pest regulation is an important ecosystem service provided by biodiversity, as plants growing in species-rich communities often experience association...

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Biodiversity as insurance for sapling survival in experimental tree plantations.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Peer, T. van de & Verheyen, K. & Baeten, L. & Ponette, Q. & Muys, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity can insure ecosystems against declines in their functioning by increasing the mean level of ecosystem processes and decreasing the spatia...

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Correspondence among multiple methods provides confidence when measuring marine protected area effects for species and assemblages.

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Honeyman, C. & Carlson, P. & Jainese, C. & Parsons-Field, A. & Eisaguirre, J. & Davis, K. & Giraldo-Ospina, A. & Spiecker, B. & Caselle, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Marine protected areas (MPAs) have become a popular tool utilised across global oceans to achieve a variety of conservation goals. Because the reasons...

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Widespread resilience of animal species, functional diversity and predator-prey networks to an unprecedented gigafire.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: Linley, G. D. & Jolly, C. J. & Wooster, E. I. F. & Spencer, E. E. & Cowan, M. A. & Geary, W. L. & Laive, A. de & Michael, D. R. & Ritchie, E. G. & Nimmo, D. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change is altering fire regimes globally, leading to an increased incidence of large and severe wildfires, including gigafires (>100,000 ha...

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Green roof plant species diversity improves ecosystem multifunctionality.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Lundholm, J. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Constructed ecosystems such as green roofs often contain monocultures or low-diversity plant communities, but adding more plant species to these syste...

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Relative importance of burning, mowing and species translocation in the restoration of a former boreal hayfield: responses of plant diversity and the microbial community.

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Antonsen, H. & Olsson, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The extensive loss of species-rich grasslands in Europe as a result of agricultural intensification has triggered a desire to recreate more diverse an...

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