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Reconstructing fire behaviour and effects in a subalpine forest.

Published online: 11 Apr 1989

Authors: Fryer, G. I. & Johnson, E. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A reconstruction of rate of spread, frontal-fire intensity and fuel consumption for the Galatea fire of Aug. 1936 in the Alberta foothills of the Cana...

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Post-fire recruitment of four co-occurring Banksia species.

Published online: 17 May 1988

Authors: Cowling, R. M. & Lamont, B. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Factors responsible for mortality and survival after autumn and spring burns were studied for B. attenuata, B. leptophylla, B. menziesii and B. priono...

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Biogeographical patterns in the seasonality of bird collisions with aircraft.

Published online: 30 Oct 2024

Authors: Vaishnav, T. & Haywood, J. & Burns, K. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Bird collisions with aircraft pose a serious threat to human safety. However, broad-scale patterns in how bird strikes might vary through space and ti...

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A note on establishment of Widdringtonia cedarbergensis (Clanwilliam cedar)

Published online: 12 Jan 1990

Authors: Manders, P. T. & Botha, S. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study in April 1986 of sowing method (broadcast or buried), sowing density (8, 4, 0.8 seeds/m2) and granivory (using rodent exclosures) in an area o...

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Climate change increases the risk of wildfires.

Published online: 07 May 2020

Authors: Jones, M. W. & Smith, A. & Betts, R. & Canadell, J. G. & Prentice, I. C. & Quéré, C. le

Content type: Bulletin

Human-induced climate change promotes the conditions on which wildfires depend, enhancing their likelihood and challenging suppression efforts. Human-...

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Life tables for the carrot fly, Psila rosae.

Published online: 22 Jul 1985

Authors: Burn, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Life tables are presented for 4 consecutive generations of Psila rosae on carrots in southern England, and are analysed using key factor analysis. Of ...

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Fire management in the Brazilian Savanna: first steps and the way forward.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Schmidt, I. B. & Moura, L. C. & Ferreira, M. C. & Eloy, L. & Sampaio, A. B. & Dias, P. A. & Berlinck, C. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Several decades of frustrated attempts to prevent fires in the Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado) have led to deleterious ecological and management consequen...

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A vision for the future conservation evidence landscape.

Published online: 19 May 2025

Authors: O'Connell, M. J. & White, R. L. & Haysom, K. A. & Seo, M. & Dooner, P. & Macadam, C. & Plowman, A. & Bulman, C. R. & Hayns, S. & Nason, M. & Groves, L. & Orr, H. G. & Meakin, K. & Dagley, J. & Stringer, A. & Smart, A. & Hynes, J. & Stone, D. & Hails, R. S. & Webb, J. & Hutchinson, N. & Higgins, S. & Wilson, J. D. & Burns, F. & Robinson, S. L. & Doar, N. & Smith, R. K. & Sutherland, W. J. & Rogers, L. & Jackson, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Evidence-based conservation has made some major steps forward in the last two decades. However, the 'landscape' in which evidence is generated, funded...

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High-intensity fires may have limited medium-term effectiveness for reversing woody plant encroachment in an African savanna.

Published online: 23 Aug 2023

Authors: Strydom, T. & Smit, I. P. J. & Govender, N. & Coetsee, C. & Jenia Singh & Davies, A. B. & Wilgen, B. W. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woody thickening or 'bush encroachment' is a growing concern in savannas worldwide, and can reportedly be reversed by applying high-intensity fires. P...

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Responses and resilience of tallgrass prairie streams to patch-burn grazing.

Published online: 01 Dec 2020

Authors: Fulgoni, J. N. & Whiles, M. R. & Dodds, W. K. & Larson, D. M. & Jackson, K. E. & Grudzinski, B. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patch-burn grazing (PBG) can promote terrestrial heterogeneity and biodiversity, but can temporarily increase stream nutrients and ecosystem metabolis...

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