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Landscape heterogeneity can partially offset negative effects of habitat loss on mammalian biodiversity in agroecosystems.

Published online: 27 Apr 2024

Authors: Pônzio, M. do C. & Pasqualotto, N. & Zanin, M. & Chiarello, A. G. & Pardini, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intensive, large-scale agriculture promotes the conversion of natural habitats and diversified crops into monocultures, decreasing both native vegetat...

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Effects of grazing on soil nitrogen spatial heterogeneity depend on herbivore assemblage and pre-grazing plant diversity.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Liu Chen & Song XuXin & Wang Ling & Wang DeLi & Zhou XiaoMei & Liu Jun & Zhao Xuan & Li Jing & Lin HaiJiao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spatial heterogeneity of limiting soil resources is an essential factor determining ecosystem processes and function. It has been reported that la...

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Modelling multi-species and multi-mode contact networks: implications for persistence of bovine tuberculosis at the wildlife-livestock interface.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Wilber, M. Q. & Pepin, K. M. & Campa, H. C., III & Hygnstrom, S. E. & Lavelle, M. J. & Xifara, T. & Vercauteren, K. C. & Webb, C. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Individual- and species-level heterogeneity in contact rates can alter the ability of a pathogen to invade a host community. Many pathogens have multi...

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Restoration of the fire-grazing interaction in Artemisia filifolia shrubland.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Winter, S. L. & Fuhlendorf, S. D. & Goad, C. L. & Davis, C. A. & Hickman, K. R. & Leslie, D. M., Jr.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patterns of landscape heterogeneity are crucial to the maintenance of biodiversity in shrublands and grasslands, yet management practices in these eco...

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Scale dependence of landscape heterogeneity effects on plant invasions.

Published online: 24 Jun 2022

Authors: Kotowska, D. & Pärt, T. & Skórka, P. & Auffret, A. G. & Żmihorski, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive alien species are among the most concerning threats to native biodiversity world-wide, and the level of landscape heterogeneity is considered...

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Models for the herbicidal control of the seed bank of Avena sterilis: the effects of spatial and temporal heterogeneity and of dispersal.

Published online: 29 Oct 1995

Authors: González-Andujar, J. L. & Perry, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A metapopulation neighbourhood model of the seed bank of an annual plant, that included the effects of heterogeneity in space and time, of stochastic ...

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Modelling the effect of landscape heterogeneity on the efficacy of vaccination for wildlife infectious disease control.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Rees, E. E. & Pond, B. A. & Tinline, R. R. & Bélanger, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Zoonotic disease control presents significant costs and challenges in human and wildlife populations. Although spatial variability and temporal variab...

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Avian pest control in vineyards is driven by interactions between bird functional diversity and landscape heterogeneity.

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Barbaro, L. & Rusch, A. & Muiruri, E. W. & Gravellier, B. & Thiery, D. & Castagneyrol, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Insectivorous birds are increasingly recognized for the crucial pest control services they provide to agroecosystems. While both the foraging activity...

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Organic management and landscape heterogeneity combine to sustain multifunctional bird communities in European vineyards.

Published online: 11 Jun 2021

Authors: Barbaro, L. & Assandri, G. & Brambilla, M. & Castagneyrol, B. & Froidevaux, J. & Giffard, B. & Pithon, J. & Puig-Montserrat, X. & Torre, I. & Calatayud, F. & Gaüzère, P. & Guenser, J. & Macià-Valverde, F. X. & Mary, S. & Raison, L. & Sirami, C. & Rusch, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conserving functionally diverse bird communities in European farmland is becoming critical, with no exception for regions of wine production. Manageme...

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Conservation of European hares Lepus europaeus in Britain: is increasing habitat heterogeneity in farmland the answer?

Published online: 19 Jan 2005

Authors: Smith, R. K. & Jennings, N. V. & Robinson, A. & Harris, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification has had dramatic effects on farmland biodiversity and has caused declines in many taxa. Habitat changes are thought to be...

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