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Windows of opportunity for germination of riparian species after restoring water level fluctuations: a field experiment with controlled seed banks.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Sarneel, J. M. & Janssen, R. H. & Rip, W. J. & Bender, I. M. A. & Bakker, E. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration activities aiming at increasing vegetation diversity often try to stimulate both dispersal and germination. In wetlands, dispersal and ger...

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'Sense of place' and conservation: toponym diversity helps to maintain vegetation naturalness.

Published online: 15 Sep 2023

Authors: Valkó, O. & Bede, Á. & Rádai, Z. & Deák, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Place names are an important but vanishing part of cultural diversity, and their relevance for environmental sciences is increasingly acknowledged. St...

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Phylogenetic measures of plant communities show long-term change and impacts of fire management in tallgrass prairie remnants.

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Larkin, D. J. & Hipp, A. L. & Kattge, J. & Prescott, W. & Tonietto, R. K. & Jacobi, S. K. & Bowles, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Phylogenies are increasingly incorporated into ecological studies on the basis that evolutionary relatedness broadly correlates with trait similarity....

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Weed communities are more diverse, but not more abundant, in dense and complex bocage landscapes.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Authors: Boinot, S. & Mony, C. & Fried, G. & Ernoult, A. & Aviron, S. & Ricono, C. & Couthouis, E. & Alignier, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bocage landscapes are characterized by a network of hedgerows that delimits arable fields. Such landscapes provide many ecosystem services, including ...

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Grassland biodiversity restoration increases resistance of carbon fluxes to drought.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Cole, A. J. & Griffiths, R. I. & Ward, S. E. & Whitaker, J. & Ostle, N. J. & Bardgett, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Evidence suggests that the restoration of plant diversity in grasslands not only brings benefits for biodiversity conservation, but also the delivery ...

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Plant species diversity enhances soil gross nitrogen transformations in a subtropical forest, southwest China.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Zhu ZiHong & Du Hu & Gao Kun & Fang YuanTian & Wang KeLin & Zhu TongBin & Zhu Jing & Cheng Yi & Li DeJun

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant species diversity (PSD) regulates ecosystem structure and functions, and is a key issue we need to consider when design vegetation restoration p...

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The impacts of climate change and disturbance on spatio-temporal trajectories of biodiversity in a temperate forest landscape.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Thom, D. & Rammer, W. & Dirnböck, T. & Müller, J. & Kobler, J. & Katzensteiner, K. & Helm, N. & Seidl, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ongoing changes to climate challenge the conservation of forest biodiversity. Yet, in thermally limited systems, such as temperate forests, not al...

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Restoration-oriented forest management affects community assembly patterns of deadwood-dependent organisms.

Published online: 06 Jan 2021

Authors: Doerfler, I. & Cadotte, M. W. & Weisser, W. W. & Müller, J. & Gossner, M. M. & Heibl, C. & Bässler, C. & Thorn, S. & Seibold, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land-use intensification leads to loss and degradation of habitats and is thus a major driver of biodiversity loss. Restoration strategies typically f...

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Increased bird sound diversity in vineyards enhances visitors' tour experience.

Published online: 14 Dec 2024

Authors: Zielonka, N. B. & Tubman, V. & Dicks, L. V. & Butler, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Biodiversity is rapidly declining, reducing the quantity and quality of human interactions with nature and constraining its contribution to human heal...

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Managing heterogeneity: the importance of grazing and environmental variation on post-fire succession in heathlands.

Published online: 30 Mar 2005

Authors: Vandvik, V. & Heegaard, E. & Måren, I. E. & Aarrestad, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Semi-natural habitats have been shaped by human disturbance regimes for centuries. Spatially and temporally heterogeneous land use practices, such as ...

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