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Restoration of plant diversity in permanent grassland by seeding: assessing the limiting factors along land-use gradients.

Published online: 02 Oct 2021

Authors: Freitag, M. & Klaus, V. H. & Bolliger, R. & Hamer, U. & Kleinebecker, T. & Prati, D. & Schäfer, D. & Hölzel, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land-use intensification has caused dramatic declines in grassland biodiversity, and in Europe this decline has not yet been halted. Therefore, a majo...

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Changes in spider (Araneae) assemblages in relation to succession and grazing management.

Published online: 24 Dec 1992

Authors: Gibson, C. W. D. & Hambler, C. & Brown, V. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spiders were sampled, by suction (D-vac) and direct counts of their webs, in a controlled sheep-grazing experiment on calcareous ex-arable land and in...

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The effect of clipping on growth and nutrient uptake of Sahelian annual rangelands.

Published online: 10 Aug 1996

Authors: Hiernaux, P. & Turner, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Growth and nutrient-uptake responses of annual rangeland to defoliation were studied at 13 sandy range sites located across the Sahelian zone of Mali ...

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Soluble carbohydrates, concurrent photosynthesis and efficiency in regrowth following defoliation: a field study with Agropyron species.

Published online: 23 Apr 1986

Authors: Richards, J. H. & Caldwell, M. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agropyron desertorum and A. spicatum [Elymus spicatus] were grown with Artemisia tridentata in field experiments near Logan during 1978-81. Plants of ...

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Interactive effects of grazing and global change factors on soil and ecosystem respiration in grassland ecosystems: a global synthesis.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Zhou GuiYao & Luo Qin & Chen YaJie & Hu JiaQi & He Miao & Gao Jing & Zhou LingYan & Liu HuiYing & Zhou XuHui

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As the key carbon (C) fluxes between biosphere and atmosphere, soil respiration (Rs) and ecosystem respiration (Re) play vital roles in regulating glo...

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Experimental investigations of the effects of takahe and deer grazing on Chionochloa pallens grassland, Fiordland, New Zealand.

Published online: 09 Feb 1991

Authors: Mills, J. A. & Lee, W. G. & Lavers, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An experiment was carried out in 1978-86 to study the individual and combined simulated grazing effects on C. pallens tussocks of takahe (Notornis man...

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Long-term impacts of changed grazing regimes on the vegetation of heterogeneous upland grasslands.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Pakeman, R. J. & Fielding, D. A. & Everts, L. & Littlewood, N. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Marginal agricultural land, which in the UK refers to upland grazings in particular, is going to see changes in management driven by markets, subsidie...

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Seagrass is protected from ragworm pressure by a newly discovered grazer-ragworm interaction; implications for restoration.

Published online: 01 Dec 2023

Authors: Cronau, R. J. T. & Telgenkamp, Y. & Fouw, J. de & Katwijk, M. M. van & Bouma, T. J. & Heusinkveld, J. H. T. & Hoeijmakers, D. & Heide, T. van der & Lamers, L. P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Coastal ecosystems are generally controlled by the combination of bottom-up (resource-driven) and top-down (consumer-driven) trophic, and non-trophic ...

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The response of epigeal beetles (Col.: Carabidae, Staphylinidae) to varied grazing regimes on upland Nardus stricta grasslands.

Published online: 30 Jul 1997

Authors: Dennis, P. & Young, M. R. & Howard, C. L. & Gordon, I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effect of different livestock grazing regimes on the insect fauna of an upland, semi-natural grassland was measured in 1993 and 1994 in the UK by ...

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System analysis of 35sulphur kinetics in pastures grazed by sheep.

Published online: 07 Jul 1972

Authors: May, P. F. & Till, A. R. & Cumming, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A mathematical model representing the S cycle in a grazed pasture was programmed on to an analogue computer to simulate the results of a field experim...

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