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Reality check: shedding new light on the restoration needs of mixed-conifer forests, based on science.

Published online: 23 Dec 2014

Authors: Spies, T. & Merschel, A.

Content type: Bulletin

Until recently, scientific understanding of the history and ecology of the Pacific Northwest's mixed-conifer forests east of the Cascade Range was min...

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Long-term changes to the frequency of occurrence of British moths are consistent with opposing and synergistic effects of climate and land-use changes.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Fox, R. & Oliver, T. H. & Harrower, C. & Parsons, M. S. & Thomas, C. D. & Roy, D. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Species' distributions are likely to be affected by a combination of environmental drivers. We used a data set of 11 million species occurrence record...

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Restructuring tree provenance test data to conform to reciprocal transplant experiments for detecting local adaptation.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Lu PengXin & Parker, W. C. & Colombo, S. J. & Man RongZhou

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Local adaptation is a fundamental assumption in delineating seed zones and developing seed transfer guidelines to safeguard climatic adaptation of tre...

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Assembly history alters alpha and beta diversity, exotic-native proportions and functioning of restored prairie plant communities.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Martin, L. M. & Wilsey, B. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restorations provide a test of community assembly history theory, and practitioners require information on how assembly history might help to restore ...

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Conditions favouring Bromus tectorum dominance of endangered sagebrush steppe ecosystems.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Reisner, M. D. & Grace, J. B. & Pyke, D. A. & Doescher, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem invasibility is determined by combinations of environmental variables, invader attributes, disturbance regimes, competitive abilities of res...

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At what spatial scale do high-quality habitats enhance the diversity of forbs and pollinators in intensively farmed landscapes?

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Kohler, F. & Verhulst, J. & Klink, R. van & Kleijn, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over the last decades, biodiversity in agricultural landscapes has declined drastically. Initiatives to enhance biodiversity, such as agri-environment...

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Managing climate change adaptation in forests: a case study from the U.S. Southwest.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Kerhoulas, L. P. & Kolb, T. E. & Hurteau, M. D. & Koch, G. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest mortality related to climate change is an increasingly common global phenomenon. We provide a case study of the U.S. Southwest to investigate t...

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Peat bog restoration by floating raft formation: the effects of groundwater and peat quality.

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: Smolders, A. J. P. & Tomassen, H. B. M. & Lamers, L. P. M. & Lomans, B. P. & Roelofs, J. G. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. A prerequisite for the restoration of desiccated bog remnants is rewetting the peat surface. Frequently in Europe, extensive areas are flooded in o...

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Conflicts between biodiversity conservation and development in a biosphere reserve.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Ma ZhiJun & Li Bo & Li WenJun & Han NianYong & Chen JiaKuan & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Integrating biodiversity conservation and the development of local communities is a major challenge for biosphere reserves. Their zonation (core, buff...

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Environment Act Habitat Target - Definitions and Descriptions [version 1].

Published online: 29 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Hall, R. & Jones, R. & Hurford, L. & Edwards, J.

Content type: Reports

This paper was prepared jointly by Defra and Natural England, and sets out how the habitat targets will be defined and measured. This information serv...

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