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The influence of environmental factors and management on stands of Phragmites australis. II. Effects on yield and its relationships with shoot density.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Mook, J. H. & Toorn, J. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The performance of Phragmites australis growing on plots in an experimental field in the Netherlands is described in terms of leaf area and biomass of...

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Scale- and time-dependent effects of fertilization, mowing and dominant removal on a grassland community during a 15-year experiment.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Lepš, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multiple land-use change drivers affect, in most cases negatively, the biodiversity in species-rich meadows. Empirical data that can help to disentang...

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Individual study: use of grazing and mowing to reduce the dominance of soft rush Juncus effusus in fen meadows in Scotland.

Published online: 12 Mar 2020

Authors: Shellswell, C. H. & Humpidge, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Three years of differing management regimes to reduce the dominance of soft rush Juncus effusus were undertaken at Moss Town Fen on the north-east Abe...

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Grazing by wild Red Deer: management options for the conservation of semi-natural open habitats.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Riesch, F. & Tonn, B. & Meißner, M. & Balkenhol, N. & Isselstein, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Maintaining semi-natural open habitats requires biomass removal, which can be achieved by extensive grazing with livestock species. However, implement...

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Traffic intensity and vegetation management affect flower-visiting insects and their response to resources in road verges.

Published online: 01 Nov 2024

Authors: Horstmann, S. & Auffret, A. G. & Herbertsson, L. & Klatt, B. K. & Müller, S. & Öckinger, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Road verges can support high densities of flowers and could therefore provide new opportunities for the conservation of flower-visiting insects. One w...

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Land abandonment and intensification diminish spatial and temporal β-diversity of grassland plants and herbivorous insects within paddy terraces.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Uchida, K. & Ushimaru, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although traditional land-use and management practices are known to enhance environmental heterogeneity in agricultural lands, loss of heterogeneity r...

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Ambient nitrogen deposition drives plant-diversity decline by nitrogen accumulation in a closed grassland ecosystem.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Authors: Lu Peng & Hao TianXiang & Li Xin & Wang Hong & Zhai XiuFeng & Tian QiuYing & Bai WenMing & Stevens, C. & Zhang WenHao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition, climatic variables and anthropogenic management affect grassland-ecosystem stability by driving changes in plant ...

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The effects of some mammals and birds on regeneration of Oak.

Published online: 19 Nov 1968

Authors: Mellanby, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

cf. F.A. 27 No. 886.] Studies at Monks Wood, Huntingdonshire, and Silwood Park, Berkshire, suggest that the species of animals (particularly birds) th...

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Quantifying landscape-level land-use intensity patterns through radar-based remote sensing.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Howison, R. A. & Piersma, T. & Kentie, R. & Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W. & Olff, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The increasing availability of high resolution and high frequency, radar-based remote sensing data (i.e. observations on land surface characteristics,...

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How traffic facilitates population expansion of invasive species along roads: the case of common ragweed in Germany.

Published online: 28 Aug 2019

Authors: Lemke, A. & Kowarik, I. & Lippe, M. von der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Because common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., henceforth Ambrosia) has negative effects on human health, it is a common focus for management, wh...

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