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Restricting access to invasion hubs enables sustained control of an invasive vertebrate.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Letnic, M. & Webb, J. K. & Jessop, T. S. & Dempster, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological invasions often occur through expansion of satellite populations that become established at 'invasion hubs'. Invasion hubs can result from ...

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Competition on the range: science vs. perception in a bison-cattle conflict in the western USA.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Ranglack, D. H. & Durham, S. & Toit, J. T. du

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Competition between livestock and wild ungulates is commonly perceived to occur on shared rangelands. In the Henry Mountains (HM) of Utah, a free-rang...

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Prescribed burning, atmospheric pollution and grazing effects on peatland vegetation composition.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Noble, A. & Palmer, S. M. & Glaves, D. J. & Crowle, A. & Brown, L. E. & Holden, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Peatlands are valued for ecosystem services including carbon storage, water provision and biodiversity. However, there are concerns about the impacts ...

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Linking spring phenology with mechanistic models of host movement to predict disease transmission risk.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Merkle, J. A. & Cross, P. C. & Scurlock, B. M. & Cole, E. K. & Courtemanch, A. B. & Dewey, S. R. & Kauffman, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Disease models typically focus on temporal dynamics of infection, while often neglecting environmental processes that determine host movement. In many...

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Effects of predator control on behaviour of an apex predator and indirect consequences for mesopredator suppression.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Brook, L. A. & Johnson, C. N. & Ritchie, E. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Apex predators can benefit ecosystems through top-down control of mesopredators and herbivores. However, apex predators are often subject to lethal co...

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Species-rich dung beetle communities buffer ecosystem services in perturbed agro-ecosystems.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Beynon, S. A. & Mann, D. J. & Slade, E. M. & Lewis, O. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many studies document high levels of functional redundancy in ecosystems, suggesting that species extinctions will not be detrimental to ecosystem fun...

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Conservation management of eastern Australian farmland birds in relation to landscape gradients.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Hanspach, J. & Fischer, J. & Stott, J. & Stagoll, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Birds inhabiting farmland are of conservation concern around the world. In Australia, conservation management has focused primarily on woodland enviro...

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The ecology and growth patterns of Cleistogenes species in degraded grasslands of eastern Inner Mongolia, China.

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: Liang Chen & Michalk, D. L. & Millar, G. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cleistogenes is an important perennial grass genus found in the pastoral steppes of eastern Inner Mongolia. Despite its dominance in many grassland ty...

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Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in grazed and ungrazed plots in a temperate subhumid grassland in Argentina.

Published online: 10 Aug 1996

Authors: Chaneton, E. J. & Lemcoff, J. H. & Lavado, R. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The distribution and dynamics of N and P were studied for two adjacent grazed and ungrazed areas of native grassland in the Flooding Pampa, Argentina,...

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Interactive effects of pasture management intensity, release from grazing and prescribed fire on forty subtropical wetland plant assemblages.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Boughton, E. H. & Quintana-Ascencio, P. F. & Bohlen, P. J. & Fauth, J. E. & Jenkins, D. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pasture management intensity, livestock grazing and prescribed fire are three widespread agricultural practices that affect small, isolated wetlands, ...

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