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Incorporating disturbance into trophic ecology: fire history shapes mesopredator suppression by an apex predator.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Geary, W. L. & Ritchie, E. G. & Lawton, J. A. & Healey, T. R. & Nimmo, D. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Apex predators can suppress smaller bodied "mesopredators." In doing so, they can provide refuge to species preyed upon by mesopredators, which is par...

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Litterfall and nitrogen cycling following invasion by Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata in coastal Australia.

Published online: 23 Nov 2005

Authors: Lindsay, E. A. & French, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

On the south-east coast of Australia there are extensive infestations of the environmental weed bitou bush Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata....

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Widespread resilience of animal species, functional diversity and predator-prey networks to an unprecedented gigafire.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: Linley, G. D. & Jolly, C. J. & Wooster, E. I. F. & Spencer, E. E. & Cowan, M. A. & Geary, W. L. & Laive, A. de & Michael, D. R. & Ritchie, E. G. & Nimmo, D. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change is altering fire regimes globally, leading to an increased incidence of large and severe wildfires, including gigafires (>100,000 ha...

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Beyond control: wider implications for the management of biological invasions.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Hulme, P. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Government departments, environmental managers and conservationists are all facing escalating pressure to address and resolve a diversity of invasive ...

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Fish on fire: shifts in Amazonian fish communities after floodplain forest fires.

Published online: 03 Jan 2024

Authors: Lugo-Carvajal, A. & Holmgren, M. & Zuanon, J. & Sleen, P. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Severe droughts can lead to fires that cause massive tree mortality in even the wettest and most isolated Amazonian forests. After repeated fires, bla...

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Floristic diversity in fire-sensitive eucalypt woodlands shows a 'U'-shaped relationship with time since fire.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Gosper, C. R. & Yates, C. J. & Prober, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding ecosystem responses to disturbance is important for effective management of biodiversity. Observed relationships between time since dist...

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Land-use intensity and relatedness to native plants promote exotic plant invasion in a tropical biodiversity hotspot.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Raveloaritiana, E. & Tscharntke, T. & Martin, D. A. & Wurz, A. & Osen, K. & Soazafy, M. R. & Vorontsova, M. S. & Kreft, H. & Rakouth, B. & Grass, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Exotic plant invasions threaten biodiversity and are costly to farmers. Land use is a major pathway promoting the spread of exotic plant species; howe...

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Past human-induced ecological legacies as a driver of modern Amazonian resilience.

Published online: 11 Dec 2023

Authors: McMichael, C. N. H. & Bush, M. B. & Jiménez, J. C. & Gosling, W. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

People have modified landscapes throughout the Holocene (the last c. 11,700 years) by modifying soils, burning forests, cultivating and domesticating ...

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Optimal attack density in the larch bark beetle, Ips cembrae (Coleoptera: Scolytidae).

Published online: 24 Mar 1995

Authors: Zhang, Q. H. & Byers, J. A. & Schlyter, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of attack density of Ips cembrae on the gallery length, eggs and adult offspring production and mortality were studied in 0.1 m2 bark samp...

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Edge effects of wildfire and riparian buffers along boreal forest streams.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Braithwaite, N. T. & Mallik, A. U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Clearcutting and wildfire are the two major edge-creating disturbances in boreal forests. While clearcutting retains at least a 30 m buffer, wildfires...

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