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Functional responses of multitaxa communities to disturbance and stress gradients in a restored floodplain.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Fournier, B. & Gillet, F. & Bayon, R. C. le & Mitchell, E. A. D. & Moretti, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Trait-based approaches can reveal the mechanisms through which disturbances or stress impact communities, allowing comparisons of the role of differen...

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Natural disturbances can produce misleading bioassessment results: identifying metrics to detect anthropogenic impacts in intermittent rivers.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Soria, M. & Gutiérrez-Cánovas, C. & Bonada, N. & Acosta, R. & Rodríguez-Lozano, P. & Fortuño, P. & Burgazzi, G. & Vinyoles, D. & Gallart, F. & Latron, J. & Llorens, P. & Prat, N. & Cid, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystems experience natural disturbances and anthropogenic impacts that affect biological communities and ecological processes. When natural disturb...

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Poor convergence between local traditional farmers and conservationists on which species to protect locally.

Published online: 09 Nov 2024

Authors: Ulicsni, V. & Molnár, Z. & Szentirmai, I. & Babai, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Locals engaged in traditional farming and possessing traditional ecological knowledge consider certain species worthy of protection, as do official na...

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Food production vs. biodiversity: comparing organic and conventional agriculture.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Gabriel, D. & Sait, S. M. & Kunin, W. E. & Benton, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A substantial proportion of the global land surface is used for agricultural production. Agricultural land serves multiple societal purposes; it provi...

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Linking agricultural diversification practices, soil arthropod communities and soil health.

Published online: 12 Jan 2024

Authors: Elmquist, D. C. & Kahl, K. B. & Johnson-Maynard, J. L. & Eigenbrode, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil arthropods comprise a substantial portion of soil biodiversity and regulate processes in the soil ecosystem. Despite this, cropping system divers...

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Genetic considerations for provenance choice of native trees under climate change in England.

Published online: 14 Aug 2019

Authors: Whittet, R. & Cavers, S. & Ennos, R. & Cottrell, J.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This report begins by describing three major modes of anticipated environmental change and their impacts on forests in England: (i) directional change...

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Ex situ cultivation entails high risk of seed dormancy loss on short-lived wild plant species.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Ensslin, A. & Vyver, A. van de & Vanderborght, T. & Godefroid, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in life-history traits such as seed dormancy during cultivation of wild plant species in ex situ facilities could jeopardize conservation acti...

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UK wildlife recorders cautiously welcome range-shifting species but incline against intervention to promote or control their establishment.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Cranston, J. & Crowley, S. L. & Early, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The global redistribution of species due to climate change and other anthropogenic causes is driving novel human-wildlife interactions with complex co...

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Exploring the potential for 'gene conservation units' to conserve genetic diversity in wild populations.

Published online: 03 Jul 2021

Authors: Minter, M. & O'Brien, D. & Cottrell, J. & Ennos, R. & Hill, J. K. & Hall, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Genetic diversity is important for species persistence and Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) have been implemented for forest trees to protect genetic di...

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Indirect effects and biological control of mosquitoes by mosquitofish.

Published online: 04 Oct 1988

Authors: Bence, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Gambusia affinis reduced the abundance of the mosquito Culex tarsalis in a rice field in the San Joaquin Valley, California. The fish also reduced the...

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