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Thinning the thickets: foraging of hardy cattle, sheep and goats in green alder shrubs.

Published online: 04 Aug 2022

Authors: Pauler, C. M. & Zehnder, T. & Staudinger, M. & Lüscher, A. & Kreuzer, M. & Berard, J. & Schneider, M. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Green alder shrubs Alnus viridis increasingly overgrow European mountain pastures but hinder natural forest succession. This nitrogen-fixing, autochth...

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The salinity of motorway soils. IV. Effects of sodium chloride on some native British shrub species, and the possibility of establishing shrubs on the central reserves of motorways.

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Thompson, J. R. & Rutter, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Individuals of eleven native British shrub species growing in containers out of doors were subjected to sodium chloride solutions of different concent...

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Population dynamics of the perennial rangeland shrubs Atriplex vesicaria, Maireana astrotricha and M. pyramidata under grazing, 1980-87.

Published online: 17 Aug 1990

Authors: Eldridge, D. J. & Westoby, M. & Stanley, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Moderate grazing by Hereford cattle or by sheep on the Mundi Mundi Plain, New South Wales, in 1980-87 did not affect the population dynamics of the pe...

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A classification of East African rangeland, with an appendix on terminology.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Pratt, D. J. & Greenway, P. J. & Gwynne, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A map is given showing the distribution in East Africa of 6 ecological zones denned on the basis of rainfall and evaporation data. Of the vegetation t...

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Assessing the mechanisms and impacts of shrub invasion in forests: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 22 Feb 2024

Authors: Petri, L. & Ibañez, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The encroachment of invasive shrubs in forest understories can have detrimental effects on native plant recruitment. As a result, removal of invasive ...

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The subalpine shrub Dasiphora fruticosa alters seasonal and elevational effects on soil microbial diversity and ecosystem functions on the Tibetan Plateau.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Wang XiaoSai & Michalet, R. & He Shuang & Wang XiangTai

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

High-altitude ecosystems of the Tibetan Plateau are undergoing significant global changes that may stimulate an intense shrub encroachment. The occurr...

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Simulated long-term vegetation response to grazing heterogeneity in semi-arid rangelands.

Published online: 24 Feb 1999

Authors: Weber, G. E. & Jeltsch, F. & Rooyen, N. van & Milton, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The long-term effects of small-scale spatial heterogeneity of livestock (cattle) grazing on vegetation dynamics were studied with a grid-based model o...

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Plant functional traits suggest novel ecological strategy for an invasive shrub in an understorey woody plant community.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Brym, Z. T. & Lake, J. K. & Allen, D. & Ostling, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding ecological strategies of invasive species relative to the entire native community is important in understanding and managing both the me...

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Shrub layer dynamics under different herbivore densities in an arid savanna, Botswana.

Published online: 15 Dec 1990

Authors: Skarpe, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A grazing experiment in an arid savanna in Botswana examined heavy and moderate grazing by cattle. The dynamics of the shrub layer were followed for 5...

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Changes in population biology of two succulent shrubs along a grazing gradient.

Published online: 24 Sep 2003

Authors: Riginos, C. & Hoffman, M. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Heavy livestock grazing in Namaqualand, South Africa, is threatening the region's unique diversity of succulent shrubs. This is especially true in the...

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