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An assessment of integrated watershed management in Ethiopia.

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Authors: Gebrehaweria Gebregziabher & Dereje Assefa Abera & Girmay Gebresamuel & Giordano, M. & Langan, S.

Content type: Bulletin

In Ethiopia, watershed management programs commenced in a formal way in the 1970s. From that time up to the late 1990s, implementation was typically a...

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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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Comparisons of vegetation use and herbivore biomass on a Rhodesian game and cattle ranch.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Taylor, R. D. & Walker, B. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Botanical composition, utilization of vegetation and animal biomass were compared on the 12 000-ha cattle section and 8 000-ha game section of Buffalo...

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Population dynamics and responses to management of plateau pikas Ochotona curzoniae.

Published online: 18 Jul 2007

Authors: Pech, R. P. & Jiebu & Arthur, A. D. & Zhang YanMing & Lin Hui

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plateau pikas Ochotona curzoniae are considered a pest species on the Tibetan Plateau because they compete with livestock for forage and their burrowi...

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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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A low input approach to vegetation establishment on mine and coal ash wastes in semi-arid regions. II. Lagooned pulverized fuel ash in Zimbabwe.

Published online: 25 Jun 1995

Authors: Piha, M. I. & Vallack, H. W. & Michael, N. & Reeler, B. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A low input approach to the establishment of vegetation on mine and coal ash wastes is illustrated by application to a pulverized fuel ash (PFA) dam i...

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Trees and water: a survey of the perception and decisions of landowners in New Zealand.

Published online: 03 Jun 2025

Authors: Villamor, G. B. & Noordwijk, M. van & Srinivasan, M. S. & Clinton, P. W. & Meason, D. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Landowners' conceptualisation of the connection between trees and water matters for their land-use decisions and the allocation of water resources in ...

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Contextualizing UK moorland burning studies with geographical variables and sponsor identity.

Published online: 24 Nov 2020

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

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It has been claimed that geographical variability could alter conclusions from some studies examining the impacts of prescribed moorland burning, incl...

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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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Invasive plants and water resources in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: modelling the consequences of a lack of management.

Published online: 14 Jun 1996

Authors: Maitre, D. C. le & Wilgen, B. W. van & Chapman, R. A. & McKelly, D. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The invasion of fynbos shrublands by woody weed species can reduce the water yield from catchment areas dramatically. The consequences of uncontrolled...

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