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Mapping ecosystem service and biodiversity changes over 70 years in a rural English county.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Jiang MingKai & Bullock, J. M. & Hooftman, D. A. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity and ecosystem services continue to be compromised by land-use change, which is often focussed on enhancing agricultural production. Asses...

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Long-term dynamics of herbaceous vegetation structure and composition in two African savanna reserves.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Buitenwerf, R. & Swemmer, A. M. & Peel, M. J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Small fenced reserves are perceived to require management interventions to maintain ecosystems in a natural state. Such interventions are typically in...

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Larger and structurally complex woodland creation sites provide greater benefits for woodland plants.

Published online: 01 Jul 2024

Authors: Waddell, E. H. & Fuentes-Montemayor, E. & Park, K. J. & Carey, P. & Guy, M. & Macgregor, N. A. & Watts, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Reforestation initiatives are underway across the world. However, we know relatively little about the ecological consequences of creating and restorin...

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UAV-derived greenness and within-crown spatial patterning can detect ash dieback in individual trees.

Published online: 01 Jul 2024

Authors: Flynn, W. R. M. & Grieve, S. W. D. & Henshaw, A. J. & Owen, H. J. F. & Buggs, R. J. A. & Metheringham, C. L. & Plumb, W. J. & Stocks, J. J. & Lines, E. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Ash Dieback (ADB) has been present in the UK since 2012 and is expected to kill up to 80% of UK ash trees. Detecting and quantifying the extent of ADB...

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Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Losier, C. L. & Couturier, S. & St-Laurent, M. H. & Drapeau, P. & Dussault, C. & Rudolph, T. & Brodeur, V. & Merkle, J. A. & Fortin, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Functional responses in habitat selection occur when individuals adjust their selection of habitat features as a function of the availability of those...

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Landscape greening and local creation of wildflower strips and hedgerows promote multiple ecosystem services.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Sutter, L. & Albrecht, M. & Jeanneret, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The explicit and implicit aims of creating ecological focus areas (EFAs) and implementing greening measures in European agro-ecosystems include the pr...

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Balancing ecological costs and benefits of fire for population viability of disturbance-dependent butterflies.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Warchola, N. & Crone, E. E. & Schultz, C. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Disturbance is a fundamental ecological process and driver of population dynamics. Ecologists seek to understand the effects of disturbance on ecologi...

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Human and climate influences on frequent fire in a high-elevation tropical forest.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Yocom, L. L. & Fulé, P. Z.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Surface fire has increasingly been regarded as a critical threat to tropical forests, but much of the research documenting degradation of tropical for...

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Applying genomic approaches to identify historic population declines in European forest bats.

Published online: 18 Apr 2024

Authors: Razgour, O. & Montauban, C. & Festa, F. & Whitby, D. & Juste, J. & Ibáñez, C. & Rebelo, H. & Afonso, S. & Bekaert, M. & Jones, G. & Williams, C. & Boughey, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Anthropogenically driven environmental changes over recent centuries have led to severe declines of wildlife populations. Better tools are needed to a...

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Conservation management of eastern Australian farmland birds in relation to landscape gradients.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Hanspach, J. & Fischer, J. & Stott, J. & Stagoll, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Birds inhabiting farmland are of conservation concern around the world. In Australia, conservation management has focused primarily on woodland enviro...

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