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Effects of grazing on soil nitrogen spatial heterogeneity depend on herbivore assemblage and pre-grazing plant diversity.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Liu Chen & Song XuXin & Wang Ling & Wang DeLi & Zhou XiaoMei & Liu Jun & Zhao Xuan & Li Jing & Lin HaiJiao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spatial heterogeneity of limiting soil resources is an essential factor determining ecosystem processes and function. It has been reported that la...

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Spring-fed wetland and riparian plant communities respond differently to altered grazing intensity.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Jackson, R. D. & Allen-Diaz, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spring-fed wetlands are nested within California's oak savanna-annual grassland, which is considered a non-equilibrium-type system because it shows li...

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Predicting spatial variation in heather utilization by sheep and red deer within heather/grass mosaics.

Published online: 22 Sep 2000

Authors: Palmer, S. C. F. & Hester, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent work has shown that the dynamics of woody and herbaceous vegetation mosaics under grazing or browsing can be strongly affected by the spatial p...

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Pyric herbivory in a temperate European wood-pasture system.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Amsten, K. & Cromsigt, J. P. G. M. & Kuijper, D. P. J. & Loberg, J. M. & Jung, J. & Strömgren, M. & Niklasson, M. & Churski, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The term pyric herbivory was first introduced in 2009, describing how fire shapes herbivory as burned areas attract herbivores and, simultaneously, he...

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Science to support climate-smart agricultural development: concepts and results from the MICCA pilot projects in East Africa.

Published online: 10 Dec 2014

Authors: Rosenstock, T. S. & Mpanda, M. & Kimaro, A. & Luedeling, E. & Kuyah, S. & Anyekulu, E. & Freeman, O. E. & Thiong'o, M. & Abwanda, S. & Mutuo, P. & Mativo, J. & Shaba, S. & Kirui, J. & Franzel, S. & Neufeldt, H. & Shepherd, K. & Neely, C.

Content type: Bulletin

This document reports on the concepts driving the scientific activities of FAO's Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture Programme's (MICCA) pilot...

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A comparison of yields from plots sown with a single species or a mixture of grass species.

Published online: 12 Jan 1969

Authors: Whittington, W. J. & O'brien, T. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A triploid meadow fescue/perennial ryegrass hybrid and the 2 parent species were grown alone or in binary mixture and subjected to management for hay ...

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The impacts of vegetation cutting on peatlands and heathlands: A review of evidence.

Published online: 12 Jan 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Moody, C. S. & Holden, J.

Content type: Reports

A rapid evidence review was conducted focussing on rain-fed peatlands and heathland systems to understand the nature of the literature on the impacts ...

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The agronomic role of introduced dung beetles in grazing systems.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: McKinney, G. T. & Morley, F. H. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The responses by pasture plants to the burial of dung by beetles may be large in the area of the dung pat due to a reduction of smothering and the dee...

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Factors associated with wolverine Gulo gulo predation on domestic sheep.

Published online: 18 Mar 2000

Authors: Landa, A. & Gudvangen, K. & Swenson, J. E. & Røskaft, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Losses of domestic sheep grazing unattended on upland summer ranges in the Snøhetta plateau of south central Norway during 1979-94 were examined, in r...

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Stable or shifting visions? In search of nature and social bonds during the pandemic.

Published online: 20 Jan 2022

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Lo, V. B. & López-Rodríguez, M. D. & Metzger, M. J. & Oteros-Rozasd, E. & Piqueres, M. A. C. & Ruiz-Mallén, I. & Marchb, H. & Raymond, C. M.

Content type: Blog

This case study emphasizes the need for adaptive park management plans to cope with major system shocks. Inclusivity of stakeholder observations and k...

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