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The effects of conservation management of reed beds. II. The flora and litter disappearance.

Published online: 17 Apr 1993

Authors: Cowie, N. R. & Sutherland, W. J. & Ditlhogo, M. K. M. & James, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of management were determined by comparing pairs of adjacent cut and uncut reed (Phragmites australis) beds at 12 sites in Norfolk and Suf...

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Ecological studies of the vegetation of the Sudan. 1. Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. and its natural regeneration.

Published online: 11 Nov 1970

Authors: Obeid, M. & Seif el Din, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study of the size, age and density of stocking of A. senegal in a series of plots in Kordofan showed that the species is still capable of maintainin...

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Sensitivity of the farmland bird community to crop diversification in Sweden: does the CAP fit?

Published online: 26 Jul 2017

Authors: Josefsson, J. & Berg, Å. & Hiron, M. & Pärt, T. & Eggers, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Crop diversification has been introduced as an environmental strategy in the 'Greening' of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2015-2020. The ...

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Range-wide population viability analyses reveal high sensitivity to wildflower harvesting in extreme environments.

Published online: 27 Jul 2021

Authors: Treurnicht, M. & Schurr, F. M. & Slingsby, J. A. & Esler, K. J. & Pagel, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ecological effects of harvesting from wild populations are often uncertain, especially since the sensitivity of populations to harvesting can vary...

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Altering perceived predation risk and food availability: management prescriptions to benefit farmland birds on stubble fields.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Whittingham, M. J. & Devereux, C. L. & Evans, A. D. & Bradbury, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

European farmland bird populations have fallen dramatically and sympathetic management of key habitats is one crucial way to help boost these populati...

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Population structure of Salvia pratensis in relation to vegetation and management of Dutch dry floodplain grasslands.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Hegland, S. J. & Leeuwen, M. van & Oostermeijer, J. G. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We need to understand how threatened plant species respond to natural or management-induced habitat changes to conserve them successfully. Because lon...

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Grassland extensification enhances nest densities of ground-nesting wild bees.

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Albrecht, M. & Bossart, S. & Tschanz, P. & Keller, T. & Sutter, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ground-nesting wild bees provide essential pollination services in agroecosystems, but they are jeopardized by intensive agricultural management. To m...

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Coffee pulp accelerates early tropical forest succession on old fields.

Published online: 13 May 2021

Authors: Cole, R. J. & Zahawi, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Applying nutrient-rich agricultural by-products, such as fruit peels and pulp, to degraded land has been proposed as a strategy to overcome a number o...

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REGROW: a computer model simulating the early successional process of a disturbed northern hardwood ecosystem.

Published online: 29 Mar 1995

Authors: Mou, P. & Fahey, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relationships between the growth of individual plants and the availability of essential resources were explored using a spatially explicit simulat...

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Confronting contingency in restoration: management and site history determine outcomes of assembling prairies, but site characteristics and landscape context have little effect.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Grman, E. & Bassett, T. & Brudvig, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The outcomes of ecological restoration are notoriously unpredictable, but we have no general predictive understanding of this contingency. Management ...

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