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Organic compost belowground and floral diversity aboveground interactively shape beneficial insects in urban gardens.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Blubaugh, C. K. & Chesnut, R. & Hagan, K. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant diversity aboveground can exert top-down pressure on herbivores by attracting predatory insects, while organic soil amendments rich in beneficia...

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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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Recent changes in the rural environment in China.

Published online: 01 Sep 1990

Authors: Han, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The great changes in Chinese agriculture during the past 10 years have been accompanied by significant deterioration of the rural environment. Among t...

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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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Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat - Part 1. Concepts for understanding and applying restoration.

Published online: 24 May 2017

Authors: Pyke, D. A. & Chambers, J. C. & Pellant, M. & Knick, S. T. & Miller, R. F. & Beck, J. L. & Doescher, P. S. & Schupp, E. W. & Roundy, B. A. & Brunson, M. & McIver, J. D.

Content type: Bulletin

Sagebrush steppe ecosystems in the United States currently occur on only about one-half of their historical land area because of changes in land use, ...

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The value of pulverized refuse fines (PRF) as a substitute for topsoil in land reclamation. I. Field studies.

Published online: 13 Nov 1996

Authors: Chu, L. M. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The suitability of pulverized refuse fines (PRF) as a topsoil substitute in the reclamation of colliery spoil and urban clearance areas was studied in...

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Functional traits associated with the establishment of introduced Phytophthora spp. in Swedish forests.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Redondo, M. A. & Boberg, J. & Stenlid, J. & Oliva, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Invasive forest pathogens of the genus Phytophthora are threatening ecosystems globally. Phytophthora species are mainly introduced by humans importin...

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The spatial aggregation of organic farming in England and its underlying environmental correlates.

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Gabriel, D. & Carver, S. J. & Durham, H. & Kunin, W. E. & Palmer, R. C. & Sait, S. M. & Stagl, S. & Benton, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Given the current debate on the global food crisis, conservation in Europe is expected to shift from maximizing biodiversity at the expense of yield t...

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Disentangling the interrelated abiotic and biotic pathways linking landscape composition and crop production.

Published online: 19 Feb 2023

Authors: Gerits, F. & Reubens, B. & Messely, L. & Smedt, P. de & Landuyt, D. & Loos, A. & Verheyen, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landscape composition and its related functional agrobiodiversity (FAB) was severely simplified during the last decades. As landscape composition is e...

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Combining efficient methods to detect spread of woody invaders in urban-rural matrix landscapes: an exploration using two species of Oleaceae.

Published online: 18 Apr 2012

Authors: Aslan, C. E. & Rejmánek, M. & Klinger, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Early detection of biological invasions can reduce the costs of control and increase its efficacy. Although much research focuses on the appearance or...

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