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Defining Favourable Conservation Status Project: Definition of Favourable Conservation Status for lowland calcareous grassland.

Published online: 18 Apr 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Jefferson, R. G.

Content type: Reports

This document outlines Natural England's perspective on achieving favorable conservation status for lowland calcareous grassland in England. Favorable...

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Maximizing conservation benefit for grassland species with contrasting management requirements.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Teeffelen, A. J. A. van & Cabeza, M. & Pöyry, J. & Raatikainen, K. & Kuussaari, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation management often encompasses multiple, alternative management actions on a given site, involving habitat restoration and maintenance for ...

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Restoration of riverine inland sand dune complexes: implications for the conservation of wild bees.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Exeler, N. & Kratochwil, A. & Hochkirch, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The evaluation of restoration measures is an important task of conservation biology. Inland sand dunes and dry, oligotrophic grasslands have become ra...

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Demographic processes limiting seedling recruitment in arid grassland restoration.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: James, J. J. & Svejcar, T. J. & Rinella, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seeding is an important management tool in aridland restoration, but seeded species often fail to establish. Previous research has largely focused on ...

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Seasonal dynamics and compartmentation of nutrients in a grassland meadow in lowland England.

Published online: 20 Dec 1984

Authors: Dickinson, N. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Nutrient compartmentation was studied in grassland consisting predominantly of Agrostis tenuis [=A. capillaris], Holcus lanatus and Anthoxanthum odora...

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Grazing and net primary production of a temperate grassland.

Published online: 08 Jan 1972

Authors: Vickery, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Measurements were made of CO2 exchange by sods taken from a Phalaris tuberosa/Trifolium repens temperate grassland to determine their net primary prod...

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A model of the grazing of hill vegetation by sheep in the UK. I. The prediction of vegetation biomass.

Published online: 26 Jun 1997

Authors: Armstrong, H. M. & Gordon, I. J. & Grant, S. A. & Hutchings, N. J. & Milne, J. A. & Sibbald, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A computer model is described which predicts monthly growth, senescence, litterfall and standing biomass of ungrazed herbage in seven dwarf shrub-domi...

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Identifying trends in land degradation in non-equilibrium rangelands.

Published online: 08 Oct 1998

Authors: Pickup, G. & Bastin, G. N. & Chewings, V. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of changes over time in the pattern of vegetation growth across gradients of differing grazing intensity to identify trends in range condition...

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Responses of grassland invertebrates to management by cutting. III. Adverse effects on Auchenorhyncha.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Morris, M. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The responses of Auchenorhyncha to management by cutting of calcareous Arrhenatherum-dominated grassland were examined in a field experiment in easter...

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Restoration in applied ecology: editor's introduction.

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Ormerod, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper presents an introduction to the special profile on restoration ecology of different vegetation types such as grasslands, peatlands, prairie...

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