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Management of ecological thresholds to re-establish disturbance-maintained herbaceous wetlands of the south-eastern USA.

Published online: 05 Aug 2009

Authors: Martin, K. L. & Kirkman, L. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The restoration of disturbance-maintained ecosystems may require management to overcome ecological thresholds and re-establish feedbacks that perpetua...

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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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Sustaining oak forests in the 21st century through science-based management. 2017 Oak Symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 24-26 October 2017.

Published online: 25 Sep 2019

Authors: Clark, S. L. & Schweitzer, C. J.

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

The 2017 Oak Symposium was convened in Knoxville, TN, to share knowledge on state-of-the-art management and research to improve sustainability of the ...

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Large-scale fire management restores grassland bird richness for a private lands ecoregion.

Published online: 24 Jan 2022

Authors: Roberts, C. P. & Scholtz, R. & Fogarty, D. T. & Twidwell, D. & Walker, T. L., Jr.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Of all terrestrial biomes, grasslands are losing the most biodiversity the most rapidly, so there is a critical need to document and learn from large-...

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Shifts in community-level traits and functional diversity in a mixed conifer forest: a legacy of land-use change.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Strahan, R. T. & Meador, A. J. S. & Huffman, D. W. & Laughlin, D. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Historical reference conditions have long been used to guide the restoration of degraded ecosystems. However, a rapidly changing climate and altered d...

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Effects of timing of prescribed fire on the demography of an invasive plant, spotted knapweed Centaurea maculosa.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Emery, S. M. & Gross, K. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Prescribed burning is a key tool used in prairie and savanna restoration projects. The timing and frequency of prescribed fires are important variable...

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Applied historical ecology: bringing perspective and questions about oak woodland ecology and management.

Published online: 25 Sep 2019

Authors: Stambaugh, M. C. & Dey, D. C. & Knapp, B. O.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

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Woodland regeneration in the New Forest, Hampshire, since 1650.

Published online: 14 Dec 1965

Authors: Peterken, G. F. & Tubbs, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

From general observations it is postulated that the unenclosed woodlands of the New Forest consist of three generations. It was possible to determine ...

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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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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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