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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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Widespread and major losses in multiple ecosystem services as a result of agricultural expansion in the Argentine chaco.

Published online: 04 Jan 2021

Authors: Barral, M. P. & Villarino, S. & Levers, C. & Baumann, M. & Kuemmerle, T. & Mastrangelo, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Where agriculture expands into tropical and subtropical forests, social-ecological impacts are typically strong. However, where and how frontier devel...

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Seed inoculation with effective root-nodule bacteria enhances revegetation success.

Published online: 21 Sep 2005

Authors: Thrall, P. H. & Millsom, D. A. & Jeavons, A. C. & Waayers, M. & Harvey, G. R. & Bagnall, D. J. & Brockwell, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Extensive clearing of native vegetation in Australia has contributed to major environmental problems, including land degradation, dryland salinity, so...

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Chinese Loess Plateau vegetation since the Last Glacial Maximum and its implications for vegetation restoration.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Jiang WenYing & Cheng YuFen & Yang XiaoXiao & Yang ShiLing

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

China has been investing heavily in afforestation programmes to control soil erosion on the vast Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP). This massive afforestati...

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Effects of dominant trees and anthropogenic disturbances on species richness and floristic composition of secondary communities in southern Poland.

Published online: 04 Oct 1997

Authors: Dzwonko, Z. & Loster, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woodland vegetation can be restored via natural succession in sites that are adjacent to woods which can act as seed sources for trees, shrubs and woo...

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Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat - Part 1. Concepts for understanding and applying restoration.

Published online: 24 May 2017

Authors: Pyke, D. A. & Chambers, J. C. & Pellant, M. & Knick, S. T. & Miller, R. F. & Beck, J. L. & Doescher, P. S. & Schupp, E. W. & Roundy, B. A. & Brunson, M. & McIver, J. D.

Content type: Bulletin

Sagebrush steppe ecosystems in the United States currently occur on only about one-half of their historical land area because of changes in land use, ...

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A multi-dimensional assessment of ecosystems and ecosystem services at Udayapur, Nepal.

Published online: 31 Jan 2018

Published by: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

Content type: Bulletin

'Ecosystem Services', defined as 'the benefits people obtain from ecosystems' is an evolving concept that connects ecosystem with human wellbeing thro...

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The effect of prescribed burning on Pulsatilla vernalis at Marma military training area in Sweden.

Published online: 27 May 2024

Authors: Hagström, C. & Löfgren, T. & Lindquist, I. & Forslund, M. & Jandér, K. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Changes in habitat have led to a decline in many species which are now threatened. One of them is the spring pasque flower Pulsatilla vernalis, which ...

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Small beetle, large-scale drivers: how regional and landscape factors affect outbreaks of the European spruce bark beetle.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Seidl, R. & Müller, J. & Hothorn, T. & Bässler, C. & Heurich, M. & Kautz, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Unprecedented bark beetle outbreaks have been observed for a variety of forest ecosystems recently, and damage is expected to further intensify as a c...

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Foliar nutrient dynamics and nutrient use efficiency of four deciduous tree species in relation to site fertility.

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Boerner, R. E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seasonal foliar nutrient dynamics of four deciduous forest tree species, Quercus prinus, Q. alba, Acer rubrum and Fagus grandifolia, were examined in ...

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