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Revisiting the pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis: long-term fire regimes and the structure of ant communities in a Neotropical savanna hotspot.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Maravalhas, J. & Vasconcelos, H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The idea that variable fire regimes (pyrodiversity) may increase habitat heterogeneity and, consequently, increase biodiversity at the landscape level...

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Habitat use by sympatric wild and domestic herbivores in an African savanna woodland: the influence of cattle spatial behaviour.

Published online: 18 Sep 1996

Authors: Fritz, H. & Garine-Wichatitsky, M. de & Letessier, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spatial distribution of two wild ungulates, impala (Aepyceros melampus) and kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), and of domestic cattle, was monitored...

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Impact of the Asian gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus on the radial growth of the European chestnut Castanea sativa.

Published online: 16 Jun 2021

Authors: Marcolin, E. & Pividori, M. & Colombari, F. & Manetti, M. C. & Pelleri, F. & Conedera, M. & Gehring, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The invasion of the Asian chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus (ACGW) in Europe has caused serious biological and economic impacts on chestnut sta...

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Unburnt habitat patches are critical for survival and in situ population recovery in a small mammal after fire.

Published online: 18 Jun 2021

Authors: Shaw, R. E. & James, A. I. & Tuft, K. & Legge, S. & Cary, G. J. & Peakall, R. & Banks, S. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire drives animal population dynamics across many ecosystems. Yet, we still lack an understanding of how most species recover from fire and the effec...

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Compensatory effects of recruitment and survival when amphibian populations are perturbed by disease.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Muths, E. & Scherer, R. D. & Pilliod, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The need to increase our understanding of factors that regulate animal population dynamics has been catalysed by recent, observed declines in wildlife...

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Canadian Wildland Fire Strategy: a 10-year review and renewed call to action.

Published online: 22 Mar 2017

Published by: Canada, Canadian Council of Forest Ministers

Content type: Miscellaneous

Over the past 10 years, Canada has witnessed a serious and sustained increase in extreme wildland fire behaviour and wildland-urban interface (WUI) ev...

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The effect of instream rehabilitation structures on macroinvertebrates in lowland rivers.

Published online: 19 Jan 2005

Authors: Harrison, S. S. C. & Pretty, J. L. & Shepherd, D. & Hildrew, A. G. & Smith, C. & Hey, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many lowland rivers in Western Europe have been substantially modified to aid land drainage and support the intensification of agriculture. Although t...

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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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The ecology of the immature stages of Aedes detritus (Diptera: Culicidae).

Published online: 22 May 1970

Authors: Service, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is substantially the author's summary. The ecology of the larval habitats of the salt-marsh mosquito Aedes detritus (Hal.) was studied o...

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A new double observer-based census framework to improve abundance estimations in mountain ungulates and other gregarious species with a reduced effort.

Published online: 07 Apr 2025

Authors: Panaccio, M. & Brambilla, A. & Bassano, B. & Smith, T. & Hardenberg, A. von

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Estimating animal abundance has a key role to play in ecology and conservation, but survey methods are always challenged by imperfect detection. Among...

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