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Ecosystem-scale impacts of non-timber forest product harvesting: effects on soil nutrients.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Ruwanza, S. & Shackleton, C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The harvesting of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is a global phenomenon, the sustainability of which has been studied for many species at the indi...

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Tree performance on minespoils in the South Wales coalfield.

Published online: 28 Jan 2000

Authors: Bending, N. A. D. & Moffat, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variable growth of Larix leptolepis [L. kaempferi] (Japanese larch) has been observed on restored opencast coal workings in South Wales, UK. A study o...

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Can heavy metal pollution induce soil bacterial community resistance to antibiotics in boreal forests?

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Rabow, S. & Soares, M. & Rousk, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The emergence of microbial antibiotic resistance is a central threat to global health, food security, and development. It has been shown that heavy me...

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Restoration of ecosystem function in an abandoned sandpit: plant and soil responses to paper de-inking sludge.

Published online: 30 Jun 1999

Authors: Fierro, A. & Angers, D. A. & Beauchamp, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In mine spoil reclamation, the establishment of a sustainable plant cover requires the improvement of limiting conditions and the re-initiation of car...

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Response of grasses to nitrogen source.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Wiltshire, G. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Yield responses of various grasses to ammonium-N and nitrate-N were investigated in pot trials. Yields with nitrate-N as a percentage of those with am...

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Plant diversity in hedgerows and road verges across Europe.

Published online: 25 Nov 2020

Authors: Vanneste, T. & Govaert, S. & Kesel, W. de & Berge, S. van den & Vangansbeke, P. & Meeussen, C. & Brunet, J. & Cousins, S. A. O. & Decocq, G. & Diekmann, M. & Graae, B. J. & Hedwall, P. O. & Heinken, T. & Helsen, K. & Kapás, R. E. & Lenoir, J. & Liira, J. & Lindmo, S. & Litza, K. & Naaf, T. & Orczewska, A. & Plue, J. & Wulf, M. & Verheyen, K. & Frenne, P. de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Linear landscape elements such as hedgerows and road verges have the potential to mitigate the adverse effects of habitat fragmentation and climate ch...

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The potentials of 20 indigenous tree species for soil rehabilitation in the Atlantic forest region of Bahia, Brazil.

Published online: 24 Apr 1996

Authors: Montagnini, F. & Fanzeres, A. & Vinha, S. G. da

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The goal of this research was to identify indigenous tree species with a positive influence on soil fertility, in order to design mixed-tree and tree/...

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Calcium and magnesium in plants and soil from a serpentine area on Unst, Shetland.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Shewry, P. R. & Peterson, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soils derived from serpentine rock (including those developed on spoil heaps around chromite mines) on Unst, Shetland are similar in calcium and magne...

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Relative performance of native and exotic grass species in response to amendment of drastically disturbed serpentine substrates.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: O'Dell, R. E. & Claassen, V. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Limited information exists on approaches to effectively revegetate severely disturbed, barren, subgrade (unconsolidated parent material) serpentine su...

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Nutrient losses from commercial picking and cockatoo removal of Banksia hookeriana blooms at the organ, plant and site levels.

Published online: 06 Jun 1996

Authors: Witkowski, E. T. F. & Lamont, B. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Losses of dry mass and mineral nutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg and Na), occurring through the commercial picking of blooms and their removal by cockatoos, ...

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