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Processing of transgenic crop residues in stream ecosystems.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Swan, C. M. & Jensen, P. D. & Dively, G. P. & Lamp, W. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Research in agricultural ecosystems is uncovering how the management of crop fields leads to the delivery of transgenic crop residues to adjacent wate...

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Traffic patterns, more than adjacent land use, influence element content of roadside forbs for insect pollinators.

Published online: 16 Jan 2023

Authors: Shephard, A. M. & Agnew, L. & Herdtle, A. & Mitchell, T. S. & Borer, E. T. & Snell-Rood, E. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Roadsides are targeted for restoration of pollinator-friendly plants. Yet, roads are sources of macronutrient, micronutrient and heavy metal pollution...

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Chemical variation and vegetation distribution on a coal waste tip.

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Kimber, A. J. & Pulford, I. D. & Duncan, H. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Colliery waste on a regraded Scottish tip was classified as 'burnt' and 'unburnt', and the latter subdivided into 'pre-acid' or 'acid' on the basis of...

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Responses of Leymus arenarius to nutrients: improvement of seed production and seedling establishment for land reclamation.

Published online: 09 Jan 1998

Authors: Greipsson, S. & Davy, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Iceland has vast areas of mobile sand resulting from volcanic glacier bursts and erosion. Seeds of the coastal, dune-building grass Leymus arenarius a...

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Effects of increased soil nitrogen on the dominance of alien annual plants in the Mojave Desert.

Published online: 21 May 2003

Authors: Brooks, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Deserts are one of the least invaded ecosystems by plants, possibly due to naturally low levels of soil nitrogen. Increased levels of soil nitrogen ca...

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Spatial relationships between intensive land cover and residual plant species diversity in temperate farmed landscapes.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Smart, S. M. & Marrs, R. H. & Duc, M. G. le & Thompson, K. & Bunce, R. G. H. & Firbank, L. G. & Rossall, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In temperate farmed landscapes conservation policies increasingly emphasize large-scale reductions in land-use intensity. Yet despite a managed revers...

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Assessing the mechanisms and impacts of shrub invasion in forests: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 22 Feb 2024

Authors: Petri, L. & Ibañez, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The encroachment of invasive shrubs in forest understories can have detrimental effects on native plant recruitment. As a result, removal of invasive ...

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Restoration of two lowland lakes by isolation from nutrient-rich water sources with and without removal of sediment.

Published online: 16 Dec 1986

Authors: Moss, B. & Balls, H. & Irvine, K. & Stansfield, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Experiments were carried out to restore aquatic plant communities to 2 of the phytoplankton dominated Norfolk Broads. Alderfen Broad was isolated by d...

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Disturbance, resource pulses and invasion: short-term shifts in competitive effects, not growth responses, favour exotic annuals.

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Besaw, L. M. & Thelen, G. C. & Sutherland, S. & Metlen, K. & Callaway, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Increased resource availability and resource pulses often promote invasion by exotic invasive plants, but the relative importance of increased resourc...

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An assessment of impacts from shrimp aquaculture in Bangladesh and prospects for improvement.

Published online: 14 Feb 2019

Authors: Hossain, M. A. R. & Hasan, M. R.

Content type: Bulletin

Aquaculture has become one of the fastest-growing economic subsectors of the Bangladesh economy, providing protein-rich food, source of employment and...

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