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Subordinate plants sustain the complexity and stability of soil micro-food webs in natural bamboo forest ecosystems.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Shao YuanHu & Wang XiaoLi & Zhao Jie & Wu JianPing & Zhang WeiXin & Neher, D. A. & Li YanXia & Lou YiPing & Fu ShengLei

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Subordinate plants have a significant impact on soil organisms in primary successional floodplains and grassland ecosystems, but their role in subtrop...

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The effect of stocking rate on botanical composition and soils in natural grassland in South Africa.

Published online: 12 Jan 1970

Authors: Gillard, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climax grassland consisting mainly of Trachypogon spicatus, Tristachya hispida, Elyonurus argenteus, Digit-aria tricholaenoides and Heteropogon contor...

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Drone-based structure-from-motion photogrammetry captures grassland sward height variability.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Forsmoo, J. & Anderson, K. & Macleod, C. J. A. & Wilkinson, M. E. & Brazier, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grasslands deliver a range of ecosystem services, including the provision of food and biodiversity, and regulation of soil carbon storage and hydrolog...

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Resistance-recovery trade-off of soil microbial communities under altered rain regimes: an experimental test across European agroecosystems.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Piton, G. & Foulquier, A. & Martinez-García, L. B. & Legay, N. & Arnoldi, C. & Brussaard, L. & Hedlund, K. & Silva, P. M. da & Nascimento, E. & Reis, F. & Sousa, J. P. & Clément, J. C. & Deyn, G. B. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the increased occurrence of climate extremes, there is an urgent need to better understand how management strategies affect the capacity of the s...

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Population structure of Salvia pratensis in relation to vegetation and management of Dutch dry floodplain grasslands.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Hegland, S. J. & Leeuwen, M. van & Oostermeijer, J. G. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We need to understand how threatened plant species respond to natural or management-induced habitat changes to conserve them successfully. Because lon...

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Vernal pool wetlands respond to livestock grazing, exclusion and reintroduction.

Published online: 17 Feb 2022

Authors: Michaels, J. S. & Tate, K. W. & Eviner, V. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In disturbance-adapted ecosystems, the removal of disturbance can lead to losses of diversity and sometimes irreversible changes in community composit...

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Grazing-induced shifts in community functional composition and soil nutrient availability in Tibetan alpine meadows.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Niu KeChang & He JinSheng & Lechowicz, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The functional structure of plant communities can be altered by grazing through two main mechanisms: species turnover (i.e. changes in species occurre...

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An assessment of the fungal conservation value of Hardcastle Crags (Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire) using NextGen DNA sequencing of soil samples.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Griffiths, G. W. & Cavalli, O. & Detheridge, A. P.

Content type: Reports

Soil samples were collected from 14 grassland areas (each ca. 900 m2) in the Hardcastle Crags area, near Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire (Hollin Hall, C...

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Biomass and nutrient dynamics in a C4 semi-arid Australian grassland community.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Christie, E. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The seasonal pattern of above-ground live biomass production of a C4 Mitchell (Astrebla spp.) grassland community in subtropical, semi-arid Queensland...

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Succession of floodplain grasslands following reduction in land use intensity: the importance of environmental conditions, management and dispersal.

Published online: 04 Mar 2009

Authors: Bischoff, A. & Warthemann, G. & Klotz, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Classical ecological theory predicts a succession towards plant communities that are determined by environmental conditions. However, in ecological re...

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