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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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Karuk ecological fire management practices promote elk habitat in Northern California.

Published online: 20 Sep 2022

Authors: Connor, T. & Tripp, E. & Tripp, B. & Saxon, B. J. & Camarena, J. & Donahue, A. & Sarna-Wojcicki, D. & Macaulay, L. & Bean, T. & Hanbury-Brown, A. & Brashares, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

After a century of fire suppression and accumulating fuel loads in North American forests, prescribed burns are increasingly used to prevent condition...

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Fire management in Mediterranean-climate shrublands: a case study from the Cape fynbos, South Africa.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Wilgen, B. W. van & Forsyth, G. G. & Klerk, H. de & Sonali Das & Khuluse, S. & Schmitz, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire is an important process in Mediterranean-ecosystem shrublands, and prescribed burning is often used to manage these ecosystems. Analyses of past ...

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An assessment of coarse woody debris dynamics in an urban forest.

Published online: 24 Feb 2016

Authors: Crosby, M. K. & Petre, H. & Sims, J. & Butler, R.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Determining the amount of coarse woody debris (CWD) in an urban forest is essential to developing management strategies to maintain ecosystem function...

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The introduction of native plant species on industrial waste heaps: a test of immigration and other factors affecting primary succession.

Published online: 15 Apr 1994

Authors: Ash, H. J. & Gemmell, R. P. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Industrial waste heaps in NW England have become colonized by interesting floras which include regionally uncommon species. However, the range of spec...

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The long term agroecosystem research network - shared research strategy.

Published online: 10 Feb 2016

Authors: Steiner, J. L. & Strickland, T. & Kleinman, P. J. A. & Havstad, K. & Moorman, T. B. & Moran, M. S. & Heilman, P. & Bryant, R. B. & Huggins, D. & McCarty, G.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

While current weather patterns and rapidly accelerated changes in technology often focus attention on short-term trends in agriculture, the fundamenta...

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Using life-cycle assessment to evaluate environmental impacts of briquette production from forest residues.

Published online: 17 Jul 2019

Authors: Alanya-Rosenbaum, S. & Bergman, R.

Content type: Bulletin

This report presents a life-cycle impact assessment analysis of near-woods processing of post-harvest forest residues into wood briquettes as an alter...

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Informed multi-objective decision-making in environmental management using Pareto optimality.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Kennedy, M. C. & Ford, E. D. & Singleton, P. & Finney, M. & Agee, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effective decision-making in environmental management requires the consideration of multiple objectives that may conflict. Common optimization methods...

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Stable or shifting visions? In search of nature and social bonds during the pandemic.

Published online: 20 Jan 2022

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Lo, V. B. & López-Rodríguez, M. D. & Metzger, M. J. & Oteros-Rozasd, E. & Piqueres, M. A. C. & Ruiz-Mallén, I. & Marchb, H. & Raymond, C. M.

Content type: Blog

This case study emphasizes the need for adaptive park management plans to cope with major system shocks. Inclusivity of stakeholder observations and k...

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Reconstructing fire behaviour and effects in a subalpine forest.

Published online: 11 Apr 1989

Authors: Fryer, G. I. & Johnson, E. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A reconstruction of rate of spread, frontal-fire intensity and fuel consumption for the Galatea fire of Aug. 1936 in the Alberta foothills of the Cana...

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