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Shrub recruitment response to intensity and season of fire in a semi-arid woodland.

Published online: 09 Oct 1992

Authors: Hodgkinson, K. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effect was studied of prescribed fire on the pattern and level of seedling recruitment of 7 shrubs (Eremophila mitchellii, E. sturtii, Geijera par...

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Introducing resprouters to enhance Mediterranean forest resilience: importance of functional traits to select species according to a gradient of pine density.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Gavinet, J. & Prévosto, B. & Fernandez, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resprouter species are important for Mediterranean ecosystem resilience, but they are scarce in landscapes dominated by pioneer pines. Sound knowledge...

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Look again: revising ideas about the greening of Alaska's Arctic tundra.

Published online: 07 Jun 2017

Authors: Koch, G.

Content type: Bulletin

Alaska's Arctic tundra is one of the most rapidly warming regions in the world. For years, scientists have been working to interpret the effects of it...

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Do graminoid and woody invaders have different effects on native plant functional groups?

Published online: 15 Apr 2009

Authors: Mason, T. J. & French, K. & Lonsdale, W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While there are numerous studies of impacts by individual invader species, there are few syntheses of invader impacts on plant community structure and...

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Height and species as factors determining browsing of shrubs by wapiti.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Rounds, R. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The scrub layer was studied in 11 selected areas of Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, which are used as winter range by wapiti (Cervus canadens...

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Population structure, biomass and pattern in a semi-desert shrub, Zygophyllum eurypterum, in the Turan Biosphere Reserve of north-eastern Iran.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Moore, P. D. & Bhadresa, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The dispersion, biomass and population structure of the semi-desert shrub Zygophyllum eurypterum were measured in a 1-ha sample of the Turan Biosphere...

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Local-scale tree and shrub diversity improves pollination services to shea trees in tropical west African parklands.

Published online: 22 Nov 2020

Authors: Delaney, A. & Dembele, A. & Nombré, I. & Lirasse, F. G. & Marshall, E. & Nana, A. & Vickery, J. & Tayleur, C. & Stout, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shea Vitellaria paradoxa trees bear fruit and seeds of considerable economic, nutritional and cultural value in the African Sudano-Sahelian zone. In m...

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Multiple pathways for tree regeneration in anthropogenic savannas: incorporating biotic and abiotic drivers into management schemes.

Published online: 01 Dec 2010

Authors: Pulido, F. & García, E. & Obrador, J. J. & Moreno, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Oak savannas are biodiversity-rich landscapes allowing sustainable livestock production throughout the world. The long-term persistence of these ecosy...

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An examination of the potential efficacy of high-intensity fires for reversing woody encroachment in savannas.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Smit, I. P. J. & Asner, G. P. & Govender, N. & Vaughn, N. R. & Wilgen, B. W. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Frequent fires are often proposed as a way of preventing woody encroachment in savannas, yet few studies have examined whether high-intensity fires ca...

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Twenty-five years of sagebrush steppe plant community development following seed addition.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Hoelzle, T. B. & Jonas, J. L. & Paschke, M. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant community succession has been a major area of study over the past century with recent research focusing on the importance of initial colonisers ...

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