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The presence of sheep leads to increases in plant diversity and reductions in the impact of deer on heather.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: DeGabriel, J. L. & Albon, S. D. & Fielding, D. A. & Riach, D. J. & Westaway, S. & Irvine, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grazing has been implicated in the decline of heather-dominated moorlands in Britain, but there has been little consideration of the effects of differ...

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The effects of changing land use and browsing on aspen abundance and regeneration: a 50-year perspective from Sweden.

Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Authors: Edenius, L. & Ericsson, G. & Kempe, G. & Bergström, R. & Danell, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management of trees with high conservation value under altered land use is challenging. This applies to European aspen Populus tremula, a keystone tre...

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Mammals and agri-environment schemes: hare haven or pest paradise?

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Reid, N. & McDonald, R. A. & Montgomery, W. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agri-environment schemes (AESs) are designed to create landscape-scale improvements in biodiversity. While the specific aims of AESs do not always inc...

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Grasslands enhance ecosystem service multifunctionality above and below-ground in agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 08 May 2023

Authors: Tamburini, G. & Aguilera, G. & Öckinger, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managing agricultural landscapes integrate production, biodiversity conservation and the flow of ecosystem services (ES) is of paramount importance to...

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Stochastic models of foot and mouth disease in feral pigs in the Australian semi-arid rangelands.

Published online: 21 May 2003

Authors: Dexter, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is one of the world's most important livestock diseases and pigs Sus scrofa are highly susceptible. In countries with sig...

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Application of the fire-grazing interaction to restore a shifting mosaic on tallgrass prairie.

Published online: 15 Sep 2004

Authors: Fuhlendorf, S. D. & Engle, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management of rangelands has long operated under the paradigm of minimizing spatially discrete disturbances, often under the objective of reducing inh...

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Functional traits of graminoids in semi-arid steppes: a test of grazing histories.

Published online: 15 Sep 2004

Authors: Adler, P. B. & Milchunas, D. G. & Lauenroth, W. K. & Sala, O. E. & Burke, I. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding variability in ecosystem response to grazing is essential for improving management. Recent efforts have focused on the role of plant fun...

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How extractive industries trigger multiple pressures on reindeer husbandry.

Published online: 27 Jul 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Fohringer, C. & Rosqvist, G. & Inga, N. & Singh, N. J.

Content type: Blog

This study was conducted to examine the trends of land use on the traditional grazing grounds of the Laevas reindeer herding community in northern Swe...

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Modelling habitat selection and distribution of the critically endangered Jerdon's courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus in scrub jungle: an application of a new tracking method.

Published online: 16 Jun 2004

Authors: Panchapakesan Jeganathan & Green, R. E. & Norris, K. & Vogiatzakis, I. N. & Bartsch, A. & Wotton, S. R. & Bowden, C. G. R. & Griffiths, G. H. & Pain, D. & Rahmani, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Jerdon's courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus is a nocturnally active cursorial bird that is only known to occur in a small area of scrub jungle in Andhra ...

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Habitat selection by song thrushes in stable and declining farmland populations.

Published online: 16 Jun 2004

Authors: Peach, W. J. & Denny, M. & Cotton, P. A. & Hill, I. F. & Gruar, D. & Barritt, D. & Impey, A. & Mallord, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Losses of farmland birds from the wider countryside have become a major conservation issue in the UK and Europe. Song thrush Turdus philomelos populat...

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