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The relative importance of cattle grazing in subtropical grasslands: does it reduce or enhance plant biodiversity?

Published online: 27 Aug 2003

Authors: Mcintyre, S. & Heard, K. M. & Martin, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Livestock grazing enterprises have potentially threatening effects on the conservation of plants in grassy subtropical eucalypt woodlands. Commercial ...

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Scale dependence of landscape heterogeneity effects on plant invasions.

Published online: 24 Jun 2022

Authors: Kotowska, D. & Pärt, T. & Skórka, P. & Auffret, A. G. & Żmihorski, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive alien species are among the most concerning threats to native biodiversity world-wide, and the level of landscape heterogeneity is considered...

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Reducing nitrogen inputs mitigates Spartina invasion in the Yangtze estuary.

Published online: 19 Jun 2024

Authors: Xu Xiao & Li SongShuo & Zhang Yan & Zhang Xi & He Qiang & Wan NianFeng & Liu Hao & Guo HaiQiang & Ma Jun & Zhang Qun & Wang Qing & Wu JiHua & Li Bo & Nie Ming

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant invasions driven by global environmental changes (e.g. nutrient enrichment) increasingly threaten natural ecosystems. It is unclear whether redu...

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The introduction of native plant species on industrial waste heaps: a test of immigration and other factors affecting primary succession.

Published online: 15 Apr 1994

Authors: Ash, H. J. & Gemmell, R. P. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Industrial waste heaps in NW England have become colonized by interesting floras which include regionally uncommon species. However, the range of spec...

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Designed habitat heterogeneity on green roofs increases seedling survival but not plant species diversity.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Walker, E. A. & Lundholm, J. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Urban areas benefit from the ecosystem services provided by low input green roofs. However, limited substrate depth on these green roofs creates chall...

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Short-term plant successions following the colonization of a northern Swedish lake by the Muskrat, Ondatra zibethica.

Published online: 29 Sep 2010

Authors: Danell, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

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Scotch broom (Sarothamnus scoparius (L) Wimmer) and its insect fauna introduced into the Pacific Northwest of America.

Published online: 05 Mar 1967

Authors: Waloff, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Since its introduction from Europe to the Pacific coast of North America, Scotch broom has spread and has become a weed. The main broom sites in Calif...

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Species loss in fragments of tropical rain forest: a review of the evidence.

Published online: 28 Aug 1996

Authors: Turner, I. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A review of the literature shows that in nearly all cases tropical rain forest fragmentation has led to a local loss of species. Isolated fragments su...

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The future of teak - what policy makers and managers need to consider: summary and policy recommendations.

Published online: 13 Dec 2017

Authors: Kollert, W. & Kleine, M.

Content type: Bulletin article

This summary and policy recommendations have been developed and formulated on the occasion of a group meeting of 12 experts from 11 countries that was...

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Accumulation and biota in a pioneer ecosystem of kudzu vine at Copperhill, Tennessee.

Published online: 13 Jan 1967

Authors: Witkamp, M. & Frank, M. L. & Shoopman, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1-yr-old seedlings of Pueraria lobata were planted in 1955 about 1.5 m apart along a long cultivated strip 2.5 m wide on denuded soil and given NPK in...

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