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Desertification alters the response of vegetation to changes in precipitation.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Verón, S. R. & Paruelo, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Desertification is of critical concern because it may affect 40% of the global land area inhabited by more than 1 billion people. During the process o...

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Cost-efficiency of biodiversity indicators for Mediterranean ecosystems and the effects of socio-economic factors.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Mandelik, Y. & Roll, U. & Fleischer, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity assessments usually rely on indicators as surrogates for direct measures. Although the ecological validity of indicators has been extensi...

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How can ecologists help realise the potential of payments for carbon in tropical forest countries?

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Baker, T. R. & Jones, J. P. G. & Thompson, O. R. R. & Román Cuesta, R. M. & Castillo, D. del & Chan Aguilar, I. & Torres, J. & Healey, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is great interest among policy makers in the potential of carbon-based payments for ecosystem services (PES) to reduce carbon emissions from def...

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Coho salmon productivity in relation to salmon lice from infected prey and salmon farms.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Connors, B. M. & Krkoŝek, M. & Ford, J. & Dill, L. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pathogen transmission from open net-pen aquaculture facilities can depress sympatric wild fish populations. However, little is known about the effects...

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Waterbirds increase more rapidly in Ramsar-designated wetlands than in unprotected wetlands.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Kleijn, D. & Cherkaoui, I. & Goedhart, P. W. & Hout, J. van der & Lammertsma, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is a general lack of information on how international conservation treaties affect biodiversity. The Ramsar convention on the protection of inte...

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Vulnerability of moorland plant communities to environmental change: consequences of realistic species loss on functional diversity.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Sasaki, T. & Katabuchi, M. & Kamiyama, C. & Shimazaki, M. & Nakashizuka, T. & Hikosaka, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the consequences of realistic species loss on the functioning and persistence of vulnerable ecosystems is key to devising conservation s...

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Different open-canopy vegetation types affect matrix permeability for a dispersing forest amphibian.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Cline, B. B. & Hunter, M. L., Jr.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population viability often depends on conserving functional connectivity in fragmented landscapes. For pool-breeding amphibians, population connectivi...

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Application of genetic diversity-ecosystem function research to ecological restoration.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Kettenring, K. M. & Mercer, K. L. & Adams, C. R. & Hines, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Three common goals for restoration are (i) rapid plant establishment, (ii) long-term plant persistence and (iii) restoration of functioning ecosystems...

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Direct and indirect effects of tree canopy facilitation in the recruitment of Mediterranean oaks.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Caldeira, M. C. & Ibáñez, I. & Nogueira, C. & Bugalho, M. N. & Lecomte, X. & Moreira, A. & Pereira, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tree recruitment in Mediterranean ecosystems is strongly limited at the seedling stage by drought. Increasing evidence shows the critical positive rol...

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Artificial light puts ecosystem services of frugivorous bats at risk.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Lewanzik, D. & Voigt, C. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Currently, tropical forests are transformed into pasture and agricultural areas at an unprecedented rate, yet converted areas are often abandoned by f...

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