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Responses of macroinvertebrate communities to small dam removals: implications for bioassessment and restoration.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Carlson, P. E. & Donadi, S. & Sandin, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Small dam removals are increasing on a global scale; yet, general predictions of organism response to dam removal are constrained by heterogeneity of ...

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Water Framework Directive: ecological classification of Danish lakes.

Published online: 21 Sep 2005

Authors: Søndergaard, M. & Jeppesen, E. & Jensen, J. P. & Lildal Amsinck, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that all European waterbodies are assigned to one of five ecological classes, based primarily on...

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Tree ring-based metrics for assessing old-growth forest naturalness.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Filippo, A. di & Biondi, F. & Piovesan, G. & Ziaco, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Old-growth studies commonly emphasize structural and age conditions, selecting proxy indicators of long-term ecological processes. Transition dynamics...

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The value of forests: Payments for Ecosystem Services in a green economy.

Published online: 23 Mar 2016

Content type: Bulletin

Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) describes the situation where the user of an environmental service, such as water purification, pays the landown...

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Carrying capacity in overwintering birds: when are spatial models needed?

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Goss-Custard, J. D. & Stillman, R. A. & Caldow, R. W. G. & West, A. D. & Guillemain, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We sometimes need to predict the maximum number of bird-days that can be supported by the food supply in a site used by migratory birds outside the br...

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The joint effects of larval density and 14C-cypermethrin on the life history and population growth rate of the midge Chironomus riparius.

Published online: 04 Feb 2004

Authors: Hooper, H. L. & Sibly, R. M. & Maund, S. J. & Hutchinson, T. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Chemical effects on organisms are typically assessed using individual-level endpoints or sometimes population growth rate (PGR), but such measurements...

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Combined effects of grazing management and climate on semi-arid steppes: hysteresis dynamics prevent recovery of degraded rangelands.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Cipriotti, P. A. & Aguiar, M. R. & Wiegand, T. & Paruelo, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Livestock grazing has degraded many arid and semi-arid rangelands around the world, and the drier climate predicted by climate change scenarios may am...

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Silvicultural regime shapes understory functional structure in European forests.

Published online: 08 Dec 2024

Authors: Chianucci, F. & Napoleone, F. & Ricotta, C. & Ferrara, C. & Fusaro, L. & Balducci, L. & Trentanovi, G. & Bradley, O. & Kovacs, B. & Mina, M. & Cerabolini, B. E. L. & Vandekerkhove, K. & Smedt, P. de & Lens, L. & Hertzog, L. & Verheyen, K. & Hofmeister, J. & Hošek, J. & Matula, R. & Doerfler, I. & Müller, J. & Weisser, W. W. & Helback, J. & Schall, P. & Fischer, M. & Heilmann-Clausen, J. & Riis-Hansen, R. & Goldberg, I. & Aude, E. & Kepfer-Rojas, S. & Schmidt, I. K. & Nielsen, T. R. & Mårell, A. & Dumas, Y. & Janssen, P. & Paillet, Y. & Archaux, F. & Xystrakis, F. & Tinya, F. & Ódor, P. & Aszalós, R. & Bölöni, J. & Cutini, A. & Bagella, S. & Sitzia, T. & Brazaitis, G. & Marozas, V. & Ujházyová, M. & Ujházy, K. & Máliš, F. & Nordén, B. & Burrascano, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managing forests to sustain their diversity and functioning is a major challenge in a changing world. Despite the key role of understory vegetation in...

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Effects of grass functional diversity on invasion success by exotic grasses in Cerrado grasslands.

Published online: 21 May 2024

Authors: Mazzochini, G. G. & Lira-Martins, D. & Barros, F. V. de & Oliveira, A. C. C. & Xavier, R. O. & Furtado, M. N. & Verona, L. S. & Viani, R. A. G. & Rowland, L. & Oliveira, R. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive species pose significant challenges to successful restoration efforts worldwide. A strategy to reduce invasions is to establish communities c...

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Stream ecosystem health outcomes of providing information to farmers and adoption of best management practices.

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Rhodes, H. M. & Closs, G. P. & Townsend, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Little is known of farmer responses to environmental education, and where practices aimed at improving stream health are adopted, comparisons are gene...

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