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Weed communities are more diverse, but not more abundant, in dense and complex bocage landscapes.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Authors: Boinot, S. & Mony, C. & Fried, G. & Ernoult, A. & Aviron, S. & Ricono, C. & Couthouis, E. & Alignier, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bocage landscapes are characterized by a network of hedgerows that delimits arable fields. Such landscapes provide many ecosystem services, including ...

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Influence of introduced reindeer on the vegetation of South Georgia: results from a long-term exclusion experiment.

Published online: 25 Oct 1988

Authors: Leader-Williams, N. & Smith, R. I. L. & Rothery, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

South Georgia has a species-poor vascular flora that is not adapted to grazing by vertebrates and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) introduced in 1911 and ...

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Chronic anthropogenic disturbance drives the biological impoverishment of the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Ribeiro, E. M. S. & Arroyo-Rodríguez, V. & Santos, B. A. & Tabarelli, M. & Leal, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In addition to acute transformations of ecosystems caused by deforestation, old-growth forests world-wide are being increasingly altered by low-intens...

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Desert locust outbreaks in the Sahel: resource competition, predation and ecological effects of pest control.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Sánchez-Zapata, J. A. & Donázar, J. A. & Delgado, A. & Forero, M. G. & Ceballos, O. & Hiraldo, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The desert locust Schistocerca gregaria has been considered a major pest since ancient times, as locust swarms holding millions of insects move throug...

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Native palms and trees mediate drought impacts on dry neotropical pastures.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Hernández-Salmerón, I. R. & Delconte, V. & Hoeflaken, J. van & Solorio-Sánchez, F. J. & Holmgren, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dry forests are the most threatened biome across the global tropics. Despite their massive conversion into agricultural landscapes, local farmers ofte...

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Burning for enhanced non-timber forest product yield may jeopardize the resource base through interactive effects.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Darabant, A. & Dorji & Staudhammer, C. L. & Rai, P. B. & Gratzer, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-timber forest product (NTFP) harvest is frequently accompanied by resource management practices that interact with the harvesting itself, other di...

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Vegetation and deer habitat relations in southern Ontario: classification of habitat types.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Stocker, M. & Gilbert, F. F. & Smith, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A functional habitat classification was derived using the parametric land classification approach. Construction of a habitat map was based on photoeco...

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Introduction of exotic tree species as a threat to the Azores bullfinch population.

Published online: 30 Apr 1997

Authors: Ramos, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Azores bullfinch (or priolo), Pyrrhula murina [Pyrrhula pyrrhula murina], is known only in the east of the island of S. Miguel (Azores), where it ...

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Population structure of the rare, long-lived perennial Gentiana pneumonanthe in relation to vegetation and management in the Netherlands.

Published online: 14 Oct 1994

Authors: Oostermeijer, J. G. B. & Veer, R. van't & Nijs, J. C. M. den

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Analysis of population age-state spectra of Gentiana pneumonanthe in a variety of vegetation types (principally wet heathlands and unmanured hay meado...

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Carbon storage by habitat: review of the evidence of the impacts of management decisions and condition of carbon stores and sources.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Alonso, I. & Weston, K. & Gregg, R. & Morecroft, M.

Content type: Reports

The aims of this Natural England cross-cutting Evidence project were: (1) To collate information and identify knowledge gaps on carbon stocks (both in...

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