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Searching for biodiversity gains through woodfuel and forest management.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Fuller, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woodfuel extraction from established woods and forests is promoted in Western Europe as a renewable energy source. Woodfuel management is mainly carri...

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Slug preferences for winter wheat cultivars and common agricultural weeds.

Published online: 13 Nov 1996

Authors: Cook, R. T. & Bailey, S. E. R. & McCrohan, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Slugs are a serious pest of many crops, including winter wheat, but current methods of control are unreliable. As part of a research study into the po...

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Ecological anachronisms in the recruitment of temperate light-demanding tree species in wooded pastures.

Published online: 14 Jul 2004

Authors: Bakker, E. S. & Olff, H. & Vandenberghe, C. & Maeyer, K. de & Smit, R. & Gleichman, J. M. & Vera, F. W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Light-demanding trees and thorny shrubs in temperate plant communities may reflect adaptations to now-extinct large grazers, such as aurochs and tarpa...

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The response of epigeal beetles (Col.: Carabidae, Staphylinidae) to varied grazing regimes on upland Nardus stricta grasslands.

Published online: 30 Jul 1997

Authors: Dennis, P. & Young, M. R. & Howard, C. L. & Gordon, I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effect of different livestock grazing regimes on the insect fauna of an upland, semi-natural grassland was measured in 1993 and 1994 in the UK by ...

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Short-term effects of canopy openness on insect herbivores in a rain forest in Guyana.

Published online: 03 Jan 2002

Authors: Basset, Y. & Charles, E. & Hammond, D. S. & Brown, V. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A before/after-control/impact experiment (BACI) was used to examine the short-term effects of canopy openness on insect herbivores foraging on the see...

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The role of western-based scientific, indigenous and local knowledge in wildlife management and conservation.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Kadykalo, A. N. & Cooke, S. J. & Young, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Managers of wildlife are faced with decisions and issues that are increasingly complex, spanning natural and human dimensions (i.e. values, preference...

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Effect of reducing red deer Cervus elaphus density on browsing impact and growth of Scots pine Pinus sylvestris seedlings in semi-natural woodland in the Cairngorms, UK.

Published online: 12 Sep 2018

Authors: Rao, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Fencing is the most commonly used management intervention to prevent damage to young woodland regeneration from deer. However, damage can also be prev...

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Changes in decomposition rates and Collembola densities during the forestry cycle in conifer plantations.

Published online: 30 Jun 1999

Authors: Butterfield, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conifers have a tendency to produce detrimental changes in the soil that suppress decomposition. It is also possible that clear-felling and the short ...

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Integrating indigenous knowledge with scientific seasonal forecasts for climate risk management in Lushoto district in Tanzania.

Published online: 03 Jun 2015

Authors: Mahoo, H. & Mbungu, W. & Yonah, I. & Recha, J. & Radeny, M. & Kimeli, P. & Kinyangi, J.

Content type: Bulletin

Improving food security needs appropriate climate related risk management strategies. These include using climate information to guide farm level deci...

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Impacts of herbivory by ecological replacements on an island ecosystem.

Published online: 08 Sep 2022

Authors: Moorhouse-Gann, R. J. & Vaughan, I. P. & Cole, N. C. & Goder, M. & Tatayah, V. & Jones, C. G. & Mike, D. & Young, R. P. & Bruford, M. W. & Rivers, M. C. & Hipperson, H. & Russo, I. R. M. & Stanton, D. W. G. & Symondson, W. O. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of ecological replacements (analogue species to replace extinct taxa) to restore ecosystem functioning is a promising conservation tool. Howev...

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