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Silviculture to restore oak woodlands and savannas.

Published online: 25 Sep 2019

Authors: Dey, D. C. & Knapp, B. O. & Stambaugh, M. C.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

We present a perspective on how to approach developing silvicultural prescriptions for restoring oak woodlands and savannas. A large degree of success...

Repeated fires trap Amazonian blackwater floodplains in an open vegetation state.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Flores, B. M. & Fagoaga, R. & Nelson, B. W. & Holmgren, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change may increase the occurrence of droughts and fires in the Amazon. Most of our understanding on how fire affects tropical ecosystems is b...

Fire prevents woody encroachment only at higher-than-historical frequencies in a South African savanna.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Case, M. F. & Staver, A. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woody encroachment is a pervasive challenge facing savanna and grassland managers world-wide. Proposed drivers of the phenomenon range from local chan...

The need for a consistent fire policy for Cerrado conservation.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Durigan, G. & Ratter, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Cerrado is a fire-dependent savanna requiring a clear and urgent fire management policy. The extensive misuse of fire for deforestation or pasture...

Using fire return interval departure (FRID) analysis to map spatial and temporal changes in fire frequency on national forest lands in California.

Published online: 09 Nov 2016

Authors: Safford, H. D. & Water, K. M. van de

Content type: Bulletin

In California, fire regimes and related ecosystem processes have been altered by land use practices associated with Euro-American settlement, and clim...

Chaparral bird community responses to prescribed fire and shrub removal in three management seasons.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Newman, E. A. & Potts, J. B. & Tingley, M. W. & Vaughn, C. & Stephens, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Chaparral, a type of shrubland common throughout the California Floristic Province, is subject to management and removal in regions where wildfire thr...

Estimating lichen biomass and caribou grazing on the wintering grounds of northern Québec: an application of fire history and Landsat data.

Published online: 26 Jun 1997

Authors: Arseneault, D. & Villeneuve, N. & Boismenu, C. & Leblanc, Y. & Deshaye, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) remote sensing imagery, previously published fire history data, and field observations were used to examine the influence...

Management legacies shape decadal-scale responses of plant diversity to experimental disturbance regimes in fragmented grassy woodlands.

Published online: 10 Apr 2013

Authors: Prober, S. M. & Thiele, K. R. & Speijers, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding multiple ecological determinants of plant diversity and composition underpins good vegetation management. In mesic ecosystems, ecologica...

The longevity, flowering and fire history of the grasstrees Xanthorrhoea preissii and Kingia australis.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Lamont, B. B. & Downes, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A new method for determining the age of grasstrees (Xanthorrhoea spp and Kingia australis) is proposed. It is based on annual fluctuations in stem dia...

Dynamics of shrub encroachment in an African savanna: relative influences of fire, herbivory, rainfall and density dependence.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Roques, K. G. & O'Connor, T. G. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shrub encroachment has been widely observed in savanna regions. This study analysed the causes of shrub encroachment in the lowveld savanna of north-e...

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