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Working with indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in large-scale ecological assessments: reviewing the experience of the IPBES Global Assessment.

Published online: 28 Nov 2020

Authors: McElwee, P. & Fernández-Llamazares, Á. & Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y. & Babai, D. & Bates, P. & Galvin, K. & Guèze, M. & Liu JianGuo & Molnár, Z. & Ngo, H. T. & Reyes-García, V. & Chowdhury, R. R. & Samakov, A. & Shrestha, U. B. & Díaz, S. & Brondízio, E. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There have been calls for greater inclusion of Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in applied ecosystems research and ecological assessments. The Int...

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Managing interacting disturbances: lessons from a case study in Australian forests.

Published online: 27 Nov 2020

Authors: Lindenmayer, D. B. & Foster, C. N. & Westgate, M. J. & Scheele, B. C. & Blanchard, W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystems are shaped by a range of drivers including human and natural disturbances. They also may be subject to interactions between disturbances wh...

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Poetic inquiry to explore the relational values of a transforming peat landscape.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Heindorf, C. & Schüler, S. & Plieninger, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Restoring degraded peatlands is a promising strategy for mitigating carbon emissions. Large-scale landscape transformations, such as rewetting of land...

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Exploring spatial and temporal resilience in socio-ecological systems: evidence from sacred forests in Epirus, Greece.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Govigli, V. M. & Healey, J. R. & Wong, J. L. G. & Stara, K. & Tsiakiris, R. & Halley, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Socio-ecological resilience is the capacity of a system to adapt to changing ecological and social disturbances. Its assessment is extremely important...

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Islands and introduced herbivores: conservation action as ecosystem experimentation.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Donlan, C. J. & Tershy, B. R. & Croll, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Overgrazing by exotic herbivores has a widespread impact on plant communities. We used the removal of exotic European rabbits, goats and donkeys from ...

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The effects of wildfire on ground-active spiders in deciduous forests on the Swiss southern slope of the Alps.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Moretti, M. & Conedera, M. & Duelli, P. & Edwards, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The influence of fire upon biodiversity has been investigated in many ecosystems under a wide range of environmental conditions. However, there is no ...

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Matrix modelling of prescribed burning in Calluna vulgaris-dominated moorland: short burning rotations minimize carbon loss at increased wildfire frequencies.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Allen, K. A. & Harris, M. P. K. & Marrs, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Moorlands store large amounts of carbon providing a valuable ecosystem service. In the UK, prescribed burning is often used to manage moorlands, which...

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Long-term effects of rotational prescribed burning and low-intensity sheep grazing on blanket-bog plant communities.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Lee HyoHyeMi & Alday, J. G. & Rose, R. J. & O'Reilly, J. & Marrs, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The importance of peatlands is being increasingly recognized internationally for both the conservation of biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem ...

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Do global models predicting environmental suitability for the amphibian fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, have local value to conservation managers?

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Riley, K. & Berry, O. F. & Roberts, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is a major cause of frog declines globally. Two recent Maxent models predict high environm...

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Some ecological effects of the use of paraquat for the control of weeds in small lakes.

Published online: 07 Sep 1972

Authors: Way, J. M., Et Al.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In 2 experimental lakes at Oxton, Nottinghamshire, paraquat at 0.5 rng/litre eradicated Elodea canadensis and all other submerged and floating plants ...

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