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Assessing restoration success by predicting time to recovery - but by which metric?

Published online: 25 Jul 2020

Authors: Rydgren, K. & Auestad, I. & Halvorsen, R. & Hamre, L. N. & Jongejans, E. & Töpper, J. P. & Sulavik, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of degraded ecosystems may take decades or even centuries. Accordingly, information about the current direction and speed of recovery prov...

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How do management decisions impact butterfly assemblages in smallholding oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia?

Published online: 14 Jul 2024

Authors: Harianja, M. F. & Stone, J. & Mamat, W. Z. W. & Hadi, M. A. & Luke, S. H. & Azhar, B. & Turner, E. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the world's leading palm oil-producing countries (Indonesia and Malaysia), smallholders make up about 40 per cent of total oil palm plantation area...

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Unraveling local preferences and willingness to pay for different management scenarios: a choice experiment to Biosphere Reserve management.

Published online: 26 Jun 2019

Authors: Castillo-Eguskitza, N. & Hoyos, D. & Onaindia, M. & Czajkowski, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Economic valuation of ecosystem services has emerged as a valuable tool to promote conservation and sustainable land management. Our study adds to thi...

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Silviculture to restore oak woodlands.

Published online: 24 Feb 2016

Authors: Dey, D. C. & Schweitzer, C. J. & Kabrick, J. M.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Variability in historic fire regimes in eastern North America resulted in an array of oak savannas, woodlands and forests that were dominant vegetatio...

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The fragility of ecosystems: a review.

Published online: 14 Mar 1996

Authors: Nilsson, C. & Grelsson, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The identification of species, communities, or ecosystems that are likely to be strongly damaged by human activities (i.e. that are fragile) forms an ...

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The decline of heathland seed populations following the conversion to agriculture.

Published online: 17 Sep 1997

Authors: Pywell, R. F. & Putwain, P. D. & Webb, N. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The composition and size of the germinable seed populations of undisturbed heathland soils in SE Dorset were compared to those of adjacent farmland wh...

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Physiological differences among populations of Anthoxanthum ordoratum L. collected from the Park Grass experiment, Rothamsted. IV. Response to potassium and magnesium.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Davies, M. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In pot experiments, populations of Anthoxanthum odoratum collected from acid soils (both natural and Park Grass), which had not been fertilized with K...

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Preliminary studies into bush utilization by cattle in Zambia.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Rees, W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study was made in the Northern Province, during Aug. and Oct. 1968, of the suitability of miombo woodland (Brachystegia/Julbernardia) for cattle rea...

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The effects of large herbivore grazing on meadow steppe plant and insect diversity.

Published online: 10 Oct 2012

Authors: Zhu Hui & Wang DeLi & Wang Ling & Bai YuGuang & Fang Jian & Liu Jun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The interactions between adjacent trophic levels are essential for ecosystem functioning and stability. Grazing by domestic herbivores is an essential...

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A functional diversity approach of crop sequences reveals that weed diversity and abundance show different responses to environmental variability.

Published online: 01 Sep 2020

Authors: Mahaut, L. & Gaba, S. & Fried, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Combining several crop species and associated agricultural practices in a crop sequence has the potential to control weed abundance while promoting we...

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