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Soil seedbanks are shaped by the timing of fires in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem.

Published online: 07 Dec 2024

Authors: Pouton, E. P. & Kasel, S. & Penman, T. D. & Swan, M. & Kelly, L. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many plants rely on soil seedbanks to persist in fire-prone ecosystems. However, knowledge of plant responses to fire is largely based on above-ground...

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Using fire return interval departure (FRID) analysis to map spatial and temporal changes in fire frequency on national forest lands in California.

Published online: 09 Nov 2016

Authors: Safford, H. D. & Water, K. M. van de

Content type: Bulletin

In California, fire regimes and related ecosystem processes have been altered by land use practices associated with Euro-American settlement, and clim...

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Revegetation of an Arctic disturbed site by native tundra species.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Chapin, F. S., III & Chapin, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Succession on an organic tundra soil in interior Alaska was monitored for 10 growing seasons following removal of vegetation. Exotic grasses (reed can...

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Litter decomposition following forest fire in northeastern Minnesota.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Grigal, D. F. & McColl, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Litter bags, containing aspen or aster leaf litter, were used to compare decomposition in burned and adjacent unburned areas in forests in northeaster...

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Successional changes in the arthropod fauna of a new ley pasture established on previously cultivated arable land.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Purvis, G. & Curry, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in the arthropod fauna of a newly established ley pasture in the Irish Republic were monitored in soil and vegetation. Soil and foliage commun...

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Process indicators PAS: Report 2016.

Published online: 20 Sep 2017

Authors: Smits, N. A. C. & Mucher, C. A. & Ozinga, W. A. & Waal, R. W. de & Wamelink, G. W. W.

Content type: Bulletin

The ecological underpinning of the Dutch nitrogen control programme (PAS) is outlined. The process of nature restauration is also followed in the shor...

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Peat temperature regime of a Minnesota bog and the effect of canopy removal.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Brown, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Temperatures were measured at four depths in a strip clear-cut black spruce bog to determine the effect of forest canopy removal. Canopy removal had n...

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Effects of grazing by mountain hares and red deer on the production and chemical composition of heather.

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Moss, R. & Welch, D. & Rothery, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Heather was protected from grazing for 5 years at 2 moors in north-east Scotland, one grazed largely by mountain hares (Lepus timidus) and one grazed ...

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The ecology of some soil mites from coal shale tips.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Luxton, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Acari were sampled from experimental plots on coal-shale tips undergoing reclamation. Cryptostigmata were the dominant mite order. Acid and more basic...

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Colonization of industrial reclamation sites by Acari, Collembola and other invertebrates.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Hutson, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The soil fauna colonizing four reclaimed coal pit heap sites at different stages of reclamation in Northumberland, England, were sampled monthly for 2...

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