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Non-random extinctions dominate plant community changes in abandoned coppices.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Kopecký, M. & Hédl, R. & Szabó, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The plant community structure of European lowland forests has changed dramatically in the twentieth century, leading to biodiversity decline at variou...

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Ancient and contemporary shellfish cultivation practices bolster bivalve communities and diversity-biomass relationships.

Published online: 28 Jan 2025

Authors: Cox, K. D. & Davies, H. L. & Millard-Martin, B. & Black, M. & Hessing-Lewis, M. & Smith, N. F. & Juanes, F. & Dudas, S. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Marine ecosystems provide humans with access to nutritious food. The discussion surrounding the cultivation of intertidal resources currently focuses ...

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Seeding roadsides is necessary but not sufficient for restoring native floral communities.

Published online: 26 Jul 2024

Authors: Mitchell, T. S. & Verhoeven, M. R. & Darst, A. L. & Patterson, C. H. & Snell-Rood, E. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The plant community in roadside right-of-ways is an important component of transportation infrastructure. Revegetation after construction is an opport...

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Long-term effects of burning slash on plant communities and arbuscular mycorrhizae in a semi-arid woodland.

Published online: 16 Jun 2004

Authors: Haskins, K. E. & Gehring, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Burning of slash (woody debris) piles resulting from the harvest of fuel wood is a common management technique designed to reduce fire risk and increa...

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Invasive grass fuel loads suppress native species by increasing fire intensity and soil heating.

Published online: 04 Nov 2021

Authors: Tomat-Kelly, G. & Dillon, W. W. & Flory, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-native invasive grasses are driving intense fires across the globe but the impacts of native versus invader-fuelled fires on community assemblages...

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Drivers of soil microbial community assembly during recovery from selective logging and clear-cutting.

Published online: 16 Nov 2021

Authors: Chen Jie & Chazdon, R. L. & Swenson, N. G. & Xu Han & Luo TuShou

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite important progress in understanding the impacts of forest clearing and logging on above-ground communities, how these disturbances affect soil...

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Urban street lighting differentially affects community attributes of airborne and ground-dwelling invertebrate assemblages.

Published online: 04 Nov 2021

Authors: Lockett, M. T. & Jones, T. M. & Elgar, M. A. & Gaston, K. J. & Visser, M. E. & Hopkins, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The introduction of artificial light at night (ALAN) into natural and urbanised landscapes is a known and highly pervasive disruptor of invertebrate c...

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Evaluation of the ecological restoration potential of plant communities in Norway spruce plantations using a life-trait based approach.

Published online: 23 Nov 2005

Authors: Hérault, B. & Honnay, O. & Thoen, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Europe, intensively managed coniferous plantations rarely achieve similar nature conservation functions as deciduous woodlands. The ability to iden...

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Riparian reserves within oil palm plantations conserve logged forest leaf litter ant communities and maintain associated scavenging rates.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Gray, C. L. & Lewis, O. T. & Chung, A. Y. C. & Fayle, T. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expansion of oil palm plantations at the expense of tropical forests is causing declines in many species and altering ecosystem functions. Maintai...

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Functional response of plant communities to clearcutting: management impacts differ between forest vegetation zones.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Kusumoto, B. & Shiono, T. & Miyoshi, M. & Maeshiro, R. & Fujii, S. & Kuuluvainen, T. & Kubota, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding of the ecological impacts of logging practices on biodiversity and associated ecosystem processes is essential for developing sustainabl...

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