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Shifting thresholds and changing degradation patterns: climate change effects on the simulated long-term response of a semi-arid savanna to grazing.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Lohmann, D. & Tietjen, B. & Blaum, N. & Joubert, D. F. & Jeltsch, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The complex, nonlinear response of dryland systems to grazing and climatic variations is a challenge to management of these lands. Predicted climatic ...

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From the mountains to the plains: impact of climate change on water resources in the Koshi River Basin.

Published online: 10 Jul 2019

Authors: Bharati, L. & Bhattarai, U. & Khadka, A. & Gurung, P. & Neumann, L. E. & Penton, D. J. & Dhaubanjar, S. & Nepal, S.

Content type: Bulletin

This paper quantifies and assesses the past and projected future spatial and temporal water balances in the Koshi River Basin. A Soil and Water Assess...

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Controls over the strength and timing of fire-grazer interactions in a semi-arid rangeland.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Augustine, D. J. & Derner, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The degree to which large herbivores select and forage within recently burned areas is a key driver of vegetation heterogeneity in rangeland ecosystem...

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Management-based mitigation of the impacts of climate-driven woody encroachment in high elevation pasture woodlands.

Published online: 20 Sep 2022

Authors: Snell, R. S. & Peringer, A. & Frank, V. & Bugmann, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes of grazing pressure and climate have been identified as drivers of woody encroachment in subalpine pastures, but disentangling their relative ...

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Long-term trends in climate and hydrology in an agricultural headwater watershed of central Pennsylvania, USA.

Published online: 10 Feb 2016

Authors: Bryant, R. B. & Lu HaiMing & Elkin, K. R. & Buda, A. R. & Collick, A. S. & Folmar, G. J. & Kleinman, P. J.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Climate change has emerged as a key issue facing agriculture and water resources in the US. Long-term (1968-2012) temperature, precipitation and strea...

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Anticipating and mitigating projected climate-driven increases in extreme drought in Scotland, 2021-2040.

Published online: 09 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Kirkpatrick Baird, F. & Stubbs Partridge, J. & Spray, D.

Content type: Reports

This study therefore explores the likelihood of changes to extreme drought risk in Scotland in the near future, and considers potential impacts on wet...

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The effects of canopy structure on stemflow, throughfall and interception loss in a young Sitka spruce plantation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Ford, E. D. & Deans, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The partitioning of incident precipitation into throughfall, stemflow and interception loss was assessed in a 14-year-old Picea sitchensis plantation ...

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A predictive model of rainfall interception in forests. III. Sensitivity of the model to stand parameters and meteorological variables.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Rutter, A. J. & Morton, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variants examined included the rate of input of water to the canopy, the potential evaporation rate from the canopy, the storage capacity of the canop...

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A tipping bucket recorder for use in stem flow studies.

Published online: 24 Feb 1970

Authors: White, E. J. & Rhodes, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The recorder described and illustrated is particularly suitable for stem-flow studies because of its large-capacity buckets (100 ml.).KEYWORDS: Hydrol...

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Impacts of wild herbivores on soil seed banks are explained by precipitation conditions in protected areas across semi-arid to arid regions.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: Xu TongTong & Cornwell, W. & Wang Ling & Wijas, B. & Liu Chen & Yuan ZuoQiang & Letnic, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Protected areas form the backbone of global conservation efforts. Vegetation is the primary foundation for achieving conservation goals, and soil seed...

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