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Monitoring sediment production from forest road approaches to stream crossings in the Virginia Piedmont.

Published online: 15 Apr 2015

Authors: Brown, K. R. & Aust, W. M. & McGuire, K. J.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Reopening of abandoned legacy roads is common in forest operations and represents a reduced cost in comparison to new road construction. However, lega...

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Sediment deposition from forest roads at stream crossings as influenced by road characteristics.

Published online: 15 Apr 2015

Authors: Lang, A. J. & Aust, W. M. & Bolding, M. C. & McGuire, K. J.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Recent controversies associated with ditched forest roads and stream crossings in the Pacific Northwest have focused national attention on sediment pr...

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Do wildlife crossing structures mitigate the barrier effect of roads on animal movement? A global assessment.

Published online: 18 Jun 2024

Authors: Soanes, K. & Rytwinski, T. & Fahrig, L. & Huijser, M. P. & Jaeger, J. A. G. & Teixeira, F. Z. & Ree, R. van der & Grift, E. A. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The widespread impacts of roads on animal movement have led to the search for innovative mitigation tools. Wildlife crossing structures (tunnels or br...

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Forest loss and treeless matrices cause the functional impoverishment of sapling communities in old-growth forest patches across tropical regions.

Published online: 20 Sep 2022

Authors: Arasa-Gisbert, R. & Arroyo-Rodríguez, V. & Meave, J. A. & Martínez-Ramos, M. & Lohbeck, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landscape-level disturbances, such as forest loss, can profoundly alter the functional composition and diversity of biotic assemblages. In fact, the l...

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Effects of habitat type and management on the abundance of skylarks in the breeding season.

Published online: 26 Jan 2000

Authors: Chamberlain, D. E. & Wilson, A. M. & Browne, S. J. & Vickery, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The abundance of breeding skylarks (Alauda arvensis) was determined by surveying singing males in over 600 randomly selected 1-km squares throughout B...

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Urban cultivation in allotments maintains soil qualities adversely affected by conventional agriculture.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Edmondson, J. L. & Davies, Z. G. & Gaston, K. J. & Leake, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern agriculture, in seeking to maximize yields to meet growing global food demand, has caused loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) and compaction, imp...

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Complex biotic interactions mediated by shrubs: revisiting the stress-gradient hypothesis and consequences for tree seedling survival.

Published online: 26 Nov 2020

Authors: Guignabert, A. & Augusto, L. & Gonzalez, M. & Chipeaux, C. & Delerue, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Using nurse shrubs to improve tree seedling establishment in stressed environments is a common practice in forestry. Recent refinements of the stress-...

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How are the impacts of multiple anthropogenic drivers considered in marine ecosystem service research? A systematic literature review.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Figueras, L. S. & Zandt, E. I. & Buschbaum, C. & Meunier, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In recent decades, great research efforts have been made to understand how specific anthropogenic drivers impact coastal marine ecosystems and their s...

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An assessment of impacts from shrimp aquaculture in Bangladesh and prospects for improvement.

Published online: 14 Feb 2019

Authors: Hossain, M. A. R. & Hasan, M. R.

Content type: Bulletin

Aquaculture has become one of the fastest-growing economic subsectors of the Bangladesh economy, providing protein-rich food, source of employment and...

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Soil history as a primary control on plant invasion in abandoned agricultural fields.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Kulmatiski, A. & Beard, K. H. & Stark, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Abandoned agricultural (AA) fields are often invaded by exotic plants. This observation has been difficult to explain because agricultural practices c...

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