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Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat - Part 1. Concepts for understanding and applying restoration.

Published online: 24 May 2017

Authors: Pyke, D. A. & Chambers, J. C. & Pellant, M. & Knick, S. T. & Miller, R. F. & Beck, J. L. & Doescher, P. S. & Schupp, E. W. & Roundy, B. A. & Brunson, M. & McIver, J. D.

Content type: Bulletin

Sagebrush steppe ecosystems in the United States currently occur on only about one-half of their historical land area because of changes in land use, ...

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Enhancing diversity of species-poor grasslands: an experimental assessment of multiple constraints.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Pywell, R. F. & Bullock, J. M. & Tallowin, J. B. & Walker, K. J. & Warman, E. A. & Masters, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many grasslands in north-west Europe are productive but species-poor communities resulting from intensive agriculture. Reducing the intensity of manag...

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Exotic invasive species in urban wetlands: environmental correlates and implications for wetland management.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Ehrenfeld, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wetlands in urban regions are subjected to a wide variety of anthropogenic disturbances, many of which may promote invasions of exotic plant species. ...

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Habitat specificity, restricted range and metapopulation persistence of the slender scotch burnet moth Zygaena loti in western Scotland.

Published online: 01 Mar 1997

Authors: Ravenscroft, N. O. M. & Young, M. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many species have highly localized distributions in the British Isles and have persisted for considerable periods of time in isolation from their main...

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Stability of exotic annual grasses following restoration efforts in southern California coastal sage scrub.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Cox, R. D. & Allen, E. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of semi-arid shrub ecosystems often requires control of invasive grasses but the effects of these grass-control treatments on native and e...

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Carbon storage by habitat: review of the evidence of the impacts of management decisions and condition of carbon stores and sources.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Alonso, I. & Weston, K. & Gregg, R. & Morecroft, M.

Content type: Reports

The aims of this Natural England cross-cutting Evidence project were: (1) To collate information and identify knowledge gaps on carbon stocks (both in...

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Estimation of the seed bank of a chalk grassland ley established on former arable land.

Published online: 14 Jun 1988

Authors: Graham, D. J. & Hutchings, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The size, composition and seasonal and depth-related variations in the soil seed bank of a former chalk grassland ley were determined at monthly inter...

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Mixing tree species at different spatial scales: the effect of alpha, Beta and gamma diversity on disturbance impacts under climate change.

Published online: 02 Oct 2021

Authors: Sebald, J. & Thrippleton, T. & Rammer, W. & Bugmann, H. & Seidl, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Single species forest systems often suffer from low resistance and resilience to perturbations. Consequently, fostering tree species diversity is disc...

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Carabid beetles have hump-shaped responses to disturbance and resource gradients within agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 23 Aug 2023

Authors: Muneret, L. & Ricci, B. & Vialatte, A. & Aviron, S. & Ducourtieux, C. & Biju-Duval, L. & Petit, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding the effects of the huge diversity of cropping systems on local biodiversity is challenging but necessary to implement agroecological sys...

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Sand dynamics in coastal dune landscapes constrain diversity and life-history characteristics of spiders.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Bonte, D. & Lens, L. & Maelfait, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In fragmented landscapes where natural disturbance acts at the local level, community composition can be altered either by 'species-by-species matchin...

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