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Higher avian biodiversity, increased shrub cover and proximity to continuous forest may reduce pest insect crop loss in small-scale oil palm farming.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Yahya, M. S. & Ibrahim, N. L. & Kamarudin, N. & Ahmad, S. N. & Atikah, S. N. & Sanusi, R. & Norhisham, A. R. & Masri, M. M. M. & Azhar, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One of the key ecosystem services offered by avian biodiversity within agricultural landscapes is natural predation. Nonetheless, the current use of b...

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Applied nucleation facilitates tropical forest recovery: lessons learned from a 15-year study.

Published online: 07 Jan 2021

Authors: Holl, K. D. & Reid, J. L. & Cole, R. J. & Oviedo-Brenes, F. & Rosales, J. A. & Zahawi, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Applied nucleation, mostly based upon planting tree islands, has been proposed as a cost-effective strategy to meet ambitious global forest and landsc...

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The importance of scattered trees for biodiversity conservation: a global meta-analysis.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Authors: Prevedello, J. A. & Almeida-Gomes, M. & Lindenmayer, D. B. & Magrach, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Scattered trees are thought to be keystone structures for biodiversity in landscapes world-wide. However, such trees have been largely neglected by re...

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Lichen acclimatization on retention trees: a conservation physiology lesson.

Published online: 05 Aug 2009

Authors: Jairus, K. & Lõhmus, A. & Lõhmus, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Green-tree retention (GTR) has been suggested as a means to effectively support epiphytic lichen species in managed forests, given the low lichen mort...

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Moths, lichens and air pollution along a transect from Manchester to north Wales.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Bishop, J. A. & Cook, L. M. & Muggleton, J. & Seaward, M. R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The light reflectance, type of epiphyte cover, and lichen flora of samples of oak trees at fifty-three sites along the transect were recorded. The cor...

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Pixton Park and woods lichen survey, 1987.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wolesley, P. A. & O'Dale, A. M.

Content type: Reports

Although the whole Pixton promontory supports 125 epiphytic lichen species, including many that are associated with ancient woodlands, the latter are ...

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Factors of importance for the epiphytic vegetation of aspen Populus tremula with special emphasis on bark chemistry and soil chemistry.

Published online: 04 Aug 1995

Authors: Gustafsson, L. & Eriksson, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The epiphytic vegetation of 60 stems of aspen (Populus tremula) was studied in a 16-ha forest area near Uppsala, Sweden. The cover of bryophytes and o...

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Lichens as ecological indicators in urban areas: beyond the effects of pollutants.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Munzi, S. & Correia, O. & Silva, P. & Lopes, N. & Freitas, C. & Branquinho, C. & Pinho, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In this work, we hypothesized that in urban areas with reduced pollution levels, local climatic conditions can be an important driver of lichen divers...

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Atmospheric background deposition of heavy metals in Denmark monitored by epiphytic cryptogams.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Pilegaard, K. & Rasmussen, L. & Gydesen, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Samples of a moss (Hypnum cupressiforme) and of two lichens (Hypogymnia physodes, Lecanora conizaeoides) were collected from the trunks of beech (Fagu...

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Retention forestry can maintain epiphytic lichens on living pine trees, but provides impoverished habitat for deadwood-associated lichens.

Published online: 21 Dec 2024

Authors: Nirhamo, A. & Hämäläinen, A. & Hämäläinen, K. & Kouki, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managing forests for timber yields reduces the amounts of old trees and deadwood, which has profound effects on species that are dependent on them. Re...

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