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Twenty years of rest returns grazing potential, but not palatable plant diversity, to Karoo rangeland, South Africa.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Seymour, C. L. & Milton, S. J. & Joseph, G. S. & Dean, W. R. J. & Ditlhobolo, T. & Cumming, G. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Up to 73% of the world's rangelands are degraded, and increasing demand for meat in developing countries and a growing human population are likely to ...

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Influence of potential stress factors on anthracnose development on Xanthium spinosum.

Published online: 16 Mar 1991

Authors: Auld, B. A. & Say, M. M. & Millar, G. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Colletotrichum orbiculare is being evaluated for use as a mycoherbicide for biological control of this weed in Australia. Moisture stress to 50% relat...

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Taxonomical and functional diversity turnover in Mediterranean grasslands: interactions between grazing, habitat type and rainfall.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Carmona, C. P. & Azcárate, F. M. & Bello, F. de & Ollero, H. S. & Lepš, J. & Peco, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in livestock grazing regimes are among the most important drivers of species loss and decrease in functional diversity world-wide. However, ta...

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Effects of flood timing and livestock grazing on exotic annual plants in riverine floodplains.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Lunt, I. D. & Jansen, A. & Binns, D. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Riverine floodplains around the world are highly prone to invasions by exotic species. While many processes have contributed to floodplain invasions, ...

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Shifts in plant composition mediate grazing effects on carbon cycling in grasslands.

Published online: 11 Mar 2021

Authors: Liang MaoWei & Smith, N. G. & Chen JiQuan & Wu YanTao & Guo ZhiWei & Gornish, E. S. & Liang CunZhu

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Carbon cycling in grasslands can be impacted by livestock grazing, partially as an indirect result of herbivory-induced compositional shifts in the pl...

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Grazing and climate change have site-dependent interactive effects on vegetation in Asian montane rangelands.

Published online: 06 Mar 2021

Authors: Kohli, M. & Mijiddorj, T. N. & Suryawanshi, K. R. & Mishra, C. & Boldgiv, B. & Mahesh Sankaran

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate over Asian montane rangelands is changing faster than the global average, posing serious threats to the future of the region's livestock-based...

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The nutrient budget of colliery spoil tip sites. I. Nutrient input in rainfall and nutrient losses in surface run-off.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Dennington, V. N. & Chadwick, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The nutrient input in rainfall was determined at three colliery spoil heaps in Yorkshire and at a rural site. The only major difference between sites ...

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Interaction between extreme weather events and mega-dams increases tree mortality and alters functional status of Amazonian forests.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Moser, P. & Simon, M. F. & Medeiros, M. B. de & Gontijo, A. B. & Costa, F. R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest responses to changes in drought frequency is a critical matter for the future of Amazon forests under climate change, but equally important is ...

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Density dependence, precipitation and biological control agent herbivory influence landscape-scale dynamics of the invasive Eurasian plant Linaria dalmatica.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Weed, A. S. & Schwarzländer, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resource availability and natural enemies are among the most commonly cited mechanisms affecting competitive ability of invasive plants, but their sim...

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Dung beetles as indicators of change in the forests of northern Borneo.

Published online: 10 Oct 2001

Authors: Davis, A. J. & Holloway, J. D. & Huijbregts, H. & Krikken, J. & Kirk-Spriggs, A. H. & Sutton, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

We reviewed the use of dung beetles as indicators of environmental change, highlighting the influence of natural forest dynamics on species distributi...

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