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The Potential Contribution of Agroforestry to Net Zero Objectives [updated Nov 2022].

Published online: 06 Jan 2023

Published by: Woodland Trust

Authors: Burgess, P. J. & Graves, A.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this report is to examine the potential contribution of agroforestry to net zero objectives in the United Kingdom over the next 40-50 years...

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Ecosystem service trade-offs resulting from woody plant removal vary with biome, encroachment stage and removal method.

Published online: 21 May 2024

Authors: Ding JingYi & Eldridge, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant removal is used widely to restore systems encroached by woody plants and to improve ecosystem health and human well-being. However, the effects ...

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Long-term effects of burning slash on plant communities and arbuscular mycorrhizae in a semi-arid woodland.

Published online: 16 Jun 2004

Authors: Haskins, K. E. & Gehring, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Burning of slash (woody debris) piles resulting from the harvest of fuel wood is a common management technique designed to reduce fire risk and increa...

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A preliminary study of successional changes in vegetation and soil development on unamended flyash (PFA) in southern England.

Published online: 02 Jun 1995

Authors: Shaw, P. J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vegetation cover and soil development were studied on abandoned PFA (pulverized fuel ash) lagoons in southern England, covering 7-24 years. The plant ...

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Direct and indirect effects of tree canopy facilitation in the recruitment of Mediterranean oaks.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Caldeira, M. C. & Ibáñez, I. & Nogueira, C. & Bugalho, M. N. & Lecomte, X. & Moreira, A. & Pereira, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tree recruitment in Mediterranean ecosystems is strongly limited at the seedling stage by drought. Increasing evidence shows the critical positive rol...

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An ecological survey of land use and soil erosion in the West Pakistan and Azad Kashmir catchment of the river Jhelum.

Published online: 12 Jan 1969

Authors: Mcvean, D. N. & Robertson, V. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Information is given on climate, soil types, vegetation, rural sociology, agriculture and land capability in the above survey area. The subtropical sc...

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Strontium 90 in maize field, cattail marsh and oak-wood ecosystems.

Published online: 10 Nov 1965

Authors: Ovington, J. D. & Lawrence, D. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In late 1959 the above-ground parts of cattail and maize ecosystems contained 4.4 and 2.8 µc/ha Sr90 respectively, much less than the annual fallout. ...

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Colonization of industrial reclamation sites by Acari, Collembola and other invertebrates.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Hutson, B. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The soil fauna colonizing four reclaimed coal pit heap sites at different stages of reclamation in Northumberland, England, were sampled monthly for 2...

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Biocrust morphogroups provide an effective and rapid assessment tool for drylands.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Read, C. F. & Duncan, D. H. & Vesk, P. A. & Elith, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) occur across most of the world's drylands and are sensitive indicators of dryland degradation. Accounting for shift...

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FR, Caitlin Lewis.

Published online: 08 Dec 2024

Published by: UK, Forest Research

Content type: Conference slides

This presentation outlines the monitoring activities of Forest Research, focusing on understanding the impacts of nitrogen deposition on forest health...

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