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Rotational vegetation burning effects on peatland stream ecosystems.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Ramchunder, S. J. & Brown, L. E. & Holden, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rotational vegetation burning in peatlands is undertaken predominantly to increase habitat suitability and food availability for red grouse Lagopus la...

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Isles of Scilly Eelgrass Bed Voluntary Monitoring Programme - 2021 Annual Survey.

Published online: 27 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Bull, J. & Kenyon, E.

Content type: Reports

This report present novel data from an ongoing, spatially replicated, annual study of a comparatively un-impacted, temperate eelgrass habitat, based a...

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Habitat quality and habitat selection of golden-winged warblers in Costa Rica: an application of hierarchical models for open populations.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Chandler, R. B. & King, D. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Identifying high-quality habitat is integral to effective species conservation efforts and requires information about habitat-specific abundance and d...

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Wind-assisted migration potential of the island sugarcane planthopper Eumetopina flavipes (Hemiptera: Delphacidae): implications for managing incursions across an Australian quarantine frontline.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Anderson, K. L. & Deveson, T. E. & Sallam, N. & Congdon, B. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The identification of dispersal mechanisms which facilitate particular biological invasions is paramount for the successful management of invasive spe...

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Research on the assessment of risks & opportunities for species in England as a result of climate change.

Published online: 05 Apr 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Ausden, M. A. & Beale, C. M. & Oliver, T. H. & Crick, H. Q. P.

Content type: Reports

In this report we present an assessment of potential changes in the spatial distributions of over 3,000 plants and animals that occur in England resul...

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REGROW: a computer model simulating the early successional process of a disturbed northern hardwood ecosystem.

Published online: 29 Mar 1995

Authors: Mou, P. & Fahey, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relationships between the growth of individual plants and the availability of essential resources were explored using a spatially explicit simulat...

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Grazing-induced patchiness, not grazing intensity, drives plant diversity in European low-input pastures.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Tonn, B. & Densing, E. M. & Gabler, J. & Isselstein, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Livestock grazing at low stocking rates is widely recommended to maintain grassland biodiversity. However, empirical evidence of grazing-intensity eff...

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Capturing threshold responses of marine benthos along gradients of natural and anthropogenic change.

Published online: 28 Dec 2020

Authors: Couce, E. & Engelhard, G. H. & Schratzberger, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecologists and managers need to understand what types of communities emerge with continued human alterations to ecosystems against a background of nat...

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Conserving a moving target: planning protection for a migratory species as its distribution changes.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Singh, N. J. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conservation of declining migratory species is a challenging task, as the factors that may have determined their past distribution may not determine t...

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Larger and structurally complex woodland creation sites provide greater benefits for woodland plants.

Published online: 01 Jul 2024

Authors: Waddell, E. H. & Fuentes-Montemayor, E. & Park, K. J. & Carey, P. & Guy, M. & Macgregor, N. A. & Watts, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Reforestation initiatives are underway across the world. However, we know relatively little about the ecological consequences of creating and restorin...

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