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Drivers of snag fall rates in Fennoscandian boreal forests.

Published online: 07 Dec 2024

Authors: Aakala, T. & Storaunet, K. O. & Jonsson, B. G. & Korhonen, K. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Persistence of standing dead trees (snags) is an important determinant for their role for biodiversity and dead wood associated carbon fluxes. How fas...

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Effect of small catchment dams on downstream vegetation of a seasonal river in semi-arid African savanna.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: O'Connor, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seasonal rivers in semiarid African savannas support riparian woodland and hydromorphic grassland, key habitats for wildlife or livestock. We investig...

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Forest restoration as a double-edged sword: the conflict between biodiversity conservation and pest control.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Kärvemo, S. & Björkman, C. & Johansson, T. & Weslien, J. & Hjältén, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forestry has markedly changed a large proportion of the world's boreal forests, often with negative effects on biodiversity. As a result, forest resto...

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A Lichen Survey of Pixton Park Surrounds, and the Attempted Transplantation of Fuscopannaria mediterranea 2018.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Orange, A.

Content type: Reports

Mature and veteran trees in the surrounds of Pixton Park were surveyed for lichens in five areas. In total 105 species were recorded, the SOWI score w...

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Reduced competition may allow generalist species to benefit from habitat homogenization.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Nordberg, E. J. & Schwarzkopf, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Complex environments support high biodiversity and diverse microhabitat availability, which may reduce the intensity of competition among species. Bot...

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Pixton Park Invertebrate Survey 2017.

Published online: 18 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Alexander, K.

Content type: Reports

Natural England commissioned surveys in 2014 and 2015 to evaluate Pixton Park's current value as an old parkland, for its wildlife habitats, invertebr...

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Dynamics of standing deadwood in Austrian forests under varying forest management and climatic conditions.

Published online: 23 Aug 2023

Authors: Oettel, J. & Zolles, A. & Gschwantner, T. & Lapin, K. & Kindermann, G. & Schweinzer, K. M. & Gossner, M. M. & Essl, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Standing deadwood is an important structural component of forest ecosystems. Its occurrence and dynamics influence both carbon fluxes and the availabi...

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Low-productivity boreal forests have high conservation value for lichens.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Hämäläinen, A. & Strengbom, J. & Ranius, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land set aside for preservation of biodiversity often has low productivity. As biodiversity generally increases with productivity, due to higher or mo...

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Influence of variable retention harvests on forest ecosystems. I. Diversity of stand structure.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Sullivan, T. P. & Sullivan, D. S. & Lindgren, P. M. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Variable retention harvests or 'green-tree retention systems' are important to the management of coniferous forests in the temperate zone. Green-tree ...

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Successional response of a tropical forest termite assemblage to experimental habitat perturbation.

Published online: 14 Mar 2000

Authors: Davies, R. G. & Eggleton, P. & Dibog, L. & Lawton, J. H. & Bignell, D. E. & Brauman, A. & Hartmann, C. & Nunes, L. & Holt, J. & Rouland, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The successional response of a termite assemblage to the experimental perturbation of forest habitat was studied in southern Cameroon, to determine th...

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