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Experiments on the effects of fertilizer and rabbit grazing treatments upon the vegetation of a limestone quarry floor.

Published online: 06 Jan 1994

Authors: Davis, B. N. K. & Lakhani, K. H. & Brown, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vegetation colonization in Clipsham Old Quarry, near the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire border, was studied in 1980-84. Quarrying finished about 40 years...

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Grazing and vegetation change: deflected or modified succession?

Published online: 06 Jun 1992

Authors: Gibson, C. W. D. & Brown, V. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vegetation change during the first 6 years of secondary succession in a calcareous former arable field and the effect of controlled grazing by sheep w...

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Land use and population growth of Primula veris: an experimental demographic approach.

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Ehrlén, J. & Syrjänen, K. & Leimu, R. & Garcia, M. B. & Lehtilä, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in land use are the primary cause of decline for many plant species. Efficient management actions for such species must be based on knowledge ...

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Toward the next Common Agricultural Policy reform: determinants of avian communities in hay meadows reveal current policy's inadequacy for biodiversity conservation in grassland ecosystems.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Assandri, G. & Bogliani, G. & Pedrini, P. & Brambilla, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Semi-natural grasslands are among the richest European ecosystems in terms of biodiversity. However, they have been severely affected by farming inten...

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Targeted policy proposals for managing spontaneous forest expansion in the Mediterranean.

Published online: 05 Jan 2021

Authors: Varela, E. & Pulido, F. & Moreno, G. & Zavala, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent forest expansion in Euro-Mediterranean countries predominantly results from secondary succession in abandoned farmland, rather than from artifi...

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Grassland invasions: effects of manipulations of climate and management.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Buckland, S. M. & Thompson, K. & Hodgson, J. G. & Grime, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change, in combination with the impacts of land use, will give rise to new opportunities for grassland invasion. This paper reports on the rep...

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The relative abundance of birds on set-aside and neighbouring fields in summer.

Published online: 24 May 2000

Authors: Henderson, I. G. & Cooper, J. & Fuller, R. J. & Vickery, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Set-aside is arable land rested from normal intensive operations, usually providing, in summer, a relatively sparse, weedy or grass-dominated sward wi...

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Associations between plant and pollinator communities under grassland restoration respond mainly to landscape connectivity.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Rotchés-Ribalta, R. & Winsa, M. & Roberts, S. P. M. & Öckinger, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land-use change can disrupt associations between different trophic groups, but it is unclear if habitat restoration can recover these associations. In...

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Why reconnect to nature in times of crisis? Ecosystem contributions to the resilience and well-being of people going back to the land in Greece.

Published online: 17 Mar 2024

Authors: Benessaiah, K. & Chan, K. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Multiple crises, including climate change, ecosystem degradation, economic, political and social upheavals, severely impact people's well-being. Ecosy...

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Influence of land use on plant community composition and diversity in Highland Sourveld grassland in the southern Drakensberg, South Africa.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: O'Connor, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity conservation of grasslands in the face of transformation and global climate change will depend mainly on rangelands because of insufficie...

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