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Modelling edge effects of mature forest plantations on peatland waders informs landscape-scale conservation.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Wilson, J. D. & Anderson, R. & Bailey, S. & Chetcuti, J. & Cowie, N. R. & Hancock, M. H. & Quine, C. P. & Russell, N. & Stephen, L. & Thompson, D. B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Edge effects of native forest fragmentation have been well studied, but there are few studies of open-ground habitats fragmented by plantation forests...

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Lead in small mammals, plants, and soil at varying distances from a highway.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Quarles, H. D., III & Hanawalt, R. B. & Odum, W. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Soil samples were from each side and the central grass strip of highway U.S. Rt. 29 north of Charlottesville, Va., USA, with average flow of 12 470 ve...

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Small giants: tributaries rescue spatially structured populations from extirpation in a highly fragmented stream.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Tsuboi, J. I. & Morita, K. & Koseki, Y. & Endo, S. & Sahashi, G. & Kishi, D. & Kikko, T. & Ishizaki, D. & Nunokawa, M. & Kanno, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat fragmentation is a pervasive threat to biodiversity. Linearly arranged habitats such as stream networks are particularly vulnerable to fragmen...

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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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Research and information needs assessment to support sustainable watershed management in Northeast British Columbia.

Published online: 26 Aug 2015

Authors: Lapp, S. & Redding, T. & Ronneseth, K. & Wilford, D.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This assessment, combined with a compilation of relevant research and data/information sources for northeast British Columbia, Canada, will form the b...

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Observations on savanna burning in the Olokemeji forest reserve, Nigeria.

Published online: 17 Dec 1965

Authors: Hopkins, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the area studied [cf. F.A. 27 No. 28], the tree cover, measured in various ways, was not significantly related to the dry weight of the herb layer ...

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Assessing the potential consequences of climate change for England's landscapes: Humberhead Levels.

Published online: 19 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Wilson, R. & Holm, C. & Bull, R. & Macgregor, N. A. & Dijk, N. van & Darch, G. & Neale, A.

Content type: Reports

This study, which was undertaken in 2010, considered the vulnerability of the natural environment to climate change in the Humberhead Levels National ...

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Natural Capital Indicators: for defining and measuring change in natural capital.

Published online: 19 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Lusardi, J. & Rice, P. & Waters, R. & Craven, J.

Content type: Reports

All aspects of human well-being depend on the essential services that are provided by a healthy natural environment. These services include food, clea...

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Spider adaptation to artificial biotopes: the fauna of percolating filter beds in a sewage treatment works.

Published online: 04 Jun 1998

Authors: Duffey, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spider faunas of 2 filter beds at the Minworth Sewage Treatment Works in Birmingham, UK, were studied from June 1980 to June 1981 inclusive, to in...

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The effects of weirs on structural stream habitat and biological communities.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Mueller, M. & Pander, J. & Geist, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most of the world's rivers are affected by dams and weirs. Information on the quantitative and qualitative effects of weirs across biological communit...

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