Search
All content is free for everyone to browse, read and share. You’ll find journal articles and non-peer reviewed grey literature. Type keywords into the search box or Use the filtering options below to browse the content.
Showing 365 results
Ecosystems are shaped by a range of drivers including human and natural disturbances. They also may be subject to interactions between disturbances wh...
Read moreMoorlands store large amounts of carbon providing a valuable ecosystem service. In the UK, prescribed burning is often used to manage moorlands, which...
Read moreUbiquitous linear developments, such as dirt tracks and firebreaks, termed 'soft' linear developments (SLD), represent weaker landscape modifications ...
Read moreEcological restoration is notoriously unpredictable because similar actions can result in different outcomes. Outcomes can also differ for species and...
Read morePeople have modified landscapes throughout the Holocene (the last c. 11,700 years) by modifying soils, burning forests, cultivating and domesticating ...
Read moreSeveral successional trends towards woodland were identified. A greater number of species was present in a felled wood than in an abandoned arable fie...
Read moreRecent forest expansion in Euro-Mediterranean countries predominantly results from secondary succession in abandoned farmland, rather than from artifi...
Read morePrescribed burning is used in tropical savannas to improve habitat conditions for domestic and wild herbivores, but its effects on the ecological inte...
Read moreMaintenance of early successional and open habitats often requires active removal of encroaching vegetation. In many cases, fire or other historically...
Read moreThe impact of bloom picking on subsequent flower and cone production, seed bank dynamics and plant architecture was studied in 3 picked and 3 unpicked...
Read more