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Decline in alkali meadow vegetation cover in California: the effects of groundwater extraction and drought.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Elmore, A. J. & Manning, S. J. & Mustard, J. F. & Craine, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Throughout arid regions of the world, groundwater is extracted for human population centres. In the Great Basin and Range region of the USA, we lack b...

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Standards, methodology and protocols for sampling and identification of grassland fungus species: Using eDNA from soil samples.

Published online: 15 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Detheridge, A. P. & Griffith, G. W.

Content type: Reports

This report examines the factors that can influence results of metabarcoding surveys and draws upon this to make conclusions about best practice for t...

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Oak regeneration ecology and dynamics.

Published online: 04 Feb 2015

Authors: Dey, D. C.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

The regeneration potential of oak following a disturbance or harvest that initiates stand regeneration is determined largely by the size structure of ...

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Developing fencing policies for dryland ecosystems.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Durant, S. M. & Becker, M. S. & Creel, S. & Bashir, S. & Dickman, A. J. & Beudels-Jamar, R. C. & Lichtenfeld, L. & Hilborn, R. & Wall, J. & Wittemyer, G. & Badamjav, L. & Blake, S. & Boitani, L. & Breitenmoser, C. & Broekhuis, F. & Christianson, D. & Cozzi, G. & Davenport, T. R. B. & Deutsch, J. & Devillers, P. & Dollar, L. & Dolrenry, S. & Douglas-Hamilton, I. & Dröge, E. & FitzHerbert, E. & Foley, C. (et al)

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In dryland ecosystems, mobility is essential for both wildlife and people to access unpredictable and spatially heterogeneous resources, particularly ...

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Do time-lagged extinctions and colonizations change the interpretation of buffer strip effectiveness? - A study of riparian bryophytes in the first decade after logging.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Hylander, K. & Weibull, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is a risk that short-term studies either underestimate disturbance effects because of time-lagged responses, including both time-lagged extincti...

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Log-normal distribution of species abundances is not a universal indicator of rain forest disturbance.

Published online: 08 Oct 1998

Authors: Nummelin, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The fit to log-normal distribution of species abundances of grasshoppers (Acridoidea), ladybird beetles (Coccinellidae), tortoise beetles (Cassidinae)...

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Using soundscapes to investigate homogenization of tropical forest diversity in selectively logged forests.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Burivalova, Z. & Purnomo & Wahyudi, B. & Boucher, T. M. & Ellis, P. & Truskinger, A. & Towsey, M. & Roe, P. & Marthinus, D. & Griscom, B. & Game, E. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Selective logging in tropical forests changes the local number of animal species (alpha diversity), but it also likely affects species turnover (beta ...

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Silviculture to restore oak woodlands and savannas.

Published online: 25 Sep 2019

Authors: Dey, D. C. & Knapp, B. O. & Stambaugh, M. C.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

We present a perspective on how to approach developing silvicultural prescriptions for restoring oak woodlands and savannas. A large degree of success...

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Can long-term floodplain meadow recreation replicate species composition and functional characteristics of target grasslands?

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Woodcock, B. A. & McDonald, A. W. & Pywell, R. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The recreation of species-rich grassland represents a key EU agri-environment policy initiative intended to maintain native biodiversity and to suppor...

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The effects of conservation management of reed beds. I. The invertebrates.

Published online: 17 Apr 1993

Authors: Ditlhogo, M. K. M. & James, R. & Laurence, B. R. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A replicated experiment was conducted in 1988-89 in a stand of reeds (Phragmites australis) which were cut, burnt or left unmanaged on the Hundred Acr...

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