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Primary forest loss and degradation reduces biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: a global meta-analysis using dung beetles as an indicator taxon.

Published online: 04 Aug 2022

Authors: López-Bedoya, P. A. & Bohada-Murillo, M. & Ángel-Vallejo, M. C. & Audino, L. D. & Davis, A. L. V. & Gurr, G. & Noriega, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Because of continuing degradation or deforestation in areas of undisturbed primary forest, there is a need to study the relative merit of strategies t...

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Resilience and regime shifts: do novel communities impede ecological recovery in a historically metal-contaminated stream?

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Wolff, B. A. & Duggan, S. B. & Clements, W. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Novel communities that result from exposure to contaminants and other anthropogenic stressors often persist in ecosystems that have experienced regime...

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The fragility of ecosystems: a review.

Published online: 14 Mar 1996

Authors: Nilsson, C. & Grelsson, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The identification of species, communities, or ecosystems that are likely to be strongly damaged by human activities (i.e. that are fragile) forms an ...

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Increasing spatial dispersion in ecosystem restoration mitigates risk in disturbance-driven environments.

Published online: 13 Jun 2022

Authors: Fivash, G. S. & Belzen, J. van & Temmink, R. J. M. & Didderen, K. & Lengkeek, W. & Heide, T. van der & Bouma, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many vegetated ecosystems, including drylands, coastal dunes, salt marshes and seagrass meadows, inhabit environments frequently disturbed by the eros...

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Past human-induced ecological legacies as a driver of modern Amazonian resilience.

Published online: 11 Dec 2023

Authors: McMichael, C. N. H. & Bush, M. B. & Jiménez, J. C. & Gosling, W. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

People have modified landscapes throughout the Holocene (the last c. 11,700 years) by modifying soils, burning forests, cultivating and domesticating ...

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Sand dynamics in coastal dune landscapes constrain diversity and life-history characteristics of spiders.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Bonte, D. & Lens, L. & Maelfait, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In fragmented landscapes where natural disturbance acts at the local level, community composition can be altered either by 'species-by-species matchin...

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Reproductive failure of a human-tolerant species, the American kestrel, is associated with stress and human disturbance.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Strasser, E. H. & Heath, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The rapid increase of human activity in wild and developed areas presents novel challenges for wildlife. Some species may use human-dominated landscap...

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Functional responses of multitaxa communities to disturbance and stress gradients in a restored floodplain.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Fournier, B. & Gillet, F. & Bayon, R. C. le & Mitchell, E. A. D. & Moretti, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Trait-based approaches can reveal the mechanisms through which disturbances or stress impact communities, allowing comparisons of the role of differen...

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Native cover crops enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services in hazelnut orchards.

Published online: 03 Mar 2025

Authors: Brambila, A. & Haring, S. & Brown, A. & Lane-Massee, M. & Hallett, L. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agroecological restoration aims to restore biodiversity and ecosystem function in agricultural landscapes while sustaining crop production. Adopting n...

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Shifting more-than-human relationships amidst social-ecological disturbance.

Published online: 13 Nov 2024

Authors: Visnic, O. & Maurer, M. & Yoon, L. & Cook, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Social-ecological disruptions, such as changing climate, extreme weather-related events and the COVID-19 pandemic, can have cascading and long-term co...

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