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Plant diversity partitioning in grazed Mediterranean grassland at multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Golodets, C. & Kigel, J. & Sternberg, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grazing by large ungulates may affect plant species richness and diversity at multiple spatial and/or temporal scales, because grazing affects small-s...

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Application of the fire-grazing interaction to restore a shifting mosaic on tallgrass prairie.

Published online: 15 Sep 2004

Authors: Fuhlendorf, S. D. & Engle, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management of rangelands has long operated under the paradigm of minimizing spatially discrete disturbances, often under the objective of reducing inh...

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Controlled grazing studies on Molinia grassland: effects of different seasonal patterns and levels of defoliation on Molinia growth and responses of swards to controlled grazing by cattle.

Published online: 16 Apr 1997

Authors: Grant, S. A. & Torvell, L. & Common, T. G. & Sim, E. M. & Small, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments were carried out at three sites in southern Scotland to determine the suitability of Molina caerulea grassland for sustained use in provid...

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Management practices in tallgrass prairie: large- and small-scale experimental effects on species composition.

Published online: 12 Jun 1993

Authors: Gibson, D. J. & Seastedt, T. R. & Briggs, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of contrasting management practices on the species composition of tallgrass prairie in Kansas, USA were examined at 2 spatial scales. At t...

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Fire prevents woody encroachment only at higher-than-historical frequencies in a South African savanna.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Case, M. F. & Staver, A. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woody encroachment is a pervasive challenge facing savanna and grassland managers world-wide. Proposed drivers of the phenomenon range from local chan...

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Transformations of nitrogen following the application of 15N-labelled cattle urine to an established grass sward.

Published online: 10 Nov 1990

Authors: Whitehead, D. C. & Bristow, A. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cattle urine, labelled with 15N urea, was applied in August 1987 at a rate equivalent to 74 g N/m2 to a series of confined microplots, at Hurley, UK, ...

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Efficacy of labile carbon addition to reduce fast-growing, invasive non-native plants: a review and meta-analysis.

Published online: 17 Sep 2023

Authors: Ossanna, L. Q. R. & Gornish, E. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Elevated soil nitrogen (N) resulting from pollution, fertilizer and woody encroachment in grasslands enhances invasion pressures from weedy plant spec...

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Habitat specificity, restricted range and metapopulation persistence of the slender scotch burnet moth Zygaena loti in western Scotland.

Published online: 01 Mar 1997

Authors: Ravenscroft, N. O. M. & Young, M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many species have highly localized distributions in the British Isles and have persisted for considerable periods of time in isolation from their main...

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Decomposition of tall fescue (Festuca elatior var. arundinacea) and cellulose litter on surface mines and a tallgrass prairie in central Missouri, U.S.A.

Published online: 04 Jul 1984

Authors: Wieder, R. K. & Carrel, J. E. & Rapp, J. K. & Kucera, C. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Decomposition of 14C-labelled and unlabelled fescue, and of pure cellulose litter in non-vegetated and vegetated coal surface mine spoils and on a tal...

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Contrasting effects of phylogenetic relatedness on plant invader success in experimental grassland communities.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Li ShaoPeng & Guo Tao & Cadotte, M. W. & Chen YongJian & Kuang JiaLiang & Hua ZhengShuang & Zeng Yi & Song Ying & Liu, Z. & Shu WenSheng & Li JinTian

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Identifying the factors determining the success of invasive species is critical for management of biological invasions. Darwin's naturalization conund...

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