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Mechanisms linking plant species richness to foraging of a large herbivore.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Wang Ling & Wang Deli & He ZhengBiao & Liu GuoFang & Hodgkinson, K. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is general concern that local loss of plant diversity will adversely impact net primary productivity and other ecosystem properties. However, me...

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The effect of grassland gap size on establishment, growth and flowering of the endangered Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides (Asteraceae).

Published online: 23 Jul 1997

Authors: Morgan, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To determine the effect of grassland gap size on patterns of seedling recruitment and juvenile establishment of the endangered composite Rutidosis lep...

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Relative performance of native and exotic grass species in response to amendment of drastically disturbed serpentine substrates.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: O'Dell, R. E. & Claassen, V. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Limited information exists on approaches to effectively revegetate severely disturbed, barren, subgrade (unconsolidated parent material) serpentine su...

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Functional responses of fisheries to hydropower dams in the Amazonian floodplain of the Madeira River.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Arantes, C. C. & Laufer, J. & Silva Pinto, M. D. da & Moran, E. F. & Lopez, M. C. & Dutka-Gianelli, J. & Pinto, D. M. & Chaudhari, S. & Pokhrel, Y. & Doria, C. R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical river fisheries support food security for millions of people but are increasingly threatened by hydropower development. How dams affect these...

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Exploring trade-offs in mixed fisheries by integrating fleet dynamics into multispecies size-spectrum models.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Novaglio, C. & Blanchard, J. L. & Plank, M. J. & Putten, E. I. van & Audzijonyte, A. & Porobic, J. & Fulton, E. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem-based fisheries management aims to ensure ecologically sustainable fishing while maximising socio-economic benefits. Achieving this goal for...

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Can we manage marine mammal bycatch effectively in low-data environments?

Published online: 10 Mar 2021

Authors: Punt, A. E. & Siple, M. C. & Francis, T. B. & Hammond, P. S. & Heinemann, D. & Long, K. J. & Moore, J. & Sepúlveda Maritza & Reeves, R. R. & Sigurðsson, G. M. & Víkingsson, G. & Wade, P. R. & Williams, R. & Zerbini, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Determining acceptable rates of human-caused mortality in low-data situations is a concern for many taxa world-wide. An established approach for deter...

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Human trampling disturbance exerts different ecological effects at contrasting elevational range limits.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Chardon, N. I. & Rixen, C. & Wipf, S. & Doak, D. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shifts in species geographic distributions in response to climate change have spurred numerous studies to determine which abiotic (e.g. climatic) and,...

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Performance of generation time approximations for extinction risk assessments.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Staerk, J. & Conde, D. A. & Ronget, V. & Lemaitre, J. F. & Gaillard, J. M. & Colchero, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Generation time is a fundamental component of extinction risk assessments for the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threate...

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Multi-species duck harvesting using dynamic programming and multi-criteria decision analysis.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Johnson, F. A. & Zimmerman, G. S. & Huang, M. T. & Padding, P. I. & Balkcom, G. D. & Runge, M. C. & Devers, P. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multiple species are often exposed to a common hunting season, but harvest and population objectives may not be fully achieved if harvest potential va...

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Effects of roadside conditions on plants and insects. II. Soil conditions.

Published online: 01 Nov 1988

Authors: Spencer, H. J. & Port, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The performance of Lolium perenne plants grown in roadside soil in the absence of roadside atmospheric conditions was studied. Significantly fewer pla...

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