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Importance of restoration of dung beetles in the maintenance of ecosystem services.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Torabian, S. & Leffler, A. J. & Perkins, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Dung beetles have key roles in ecosystems including accelerating dung decomposition, improving nutrient cycling and influencing physical (such as stru...

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Realizing farmers' rights through community-based agricultural biodiversity management.

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Authors: Clancy, E. & Vernooy, R.

Content type: Miscellaneous

Article 9 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture addresses farmers' rights and recognizes the crucial role th...

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Demography and management of the invasive plant species Hypericum perforatum. II. Construction and use of an individual-based model to predict population dynamics and the effects of management strategies.

Published online: 27 Aug 2003

Authors: Buckley, Y. M. & Briese, D. T. & Rees, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hypericum perforatum, St John's wort, is an invasive weed of natural and agro-ecosystems in south-eastern Australia. In previous work we used a long-t...

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Shallow groundwater nitrogen and denitrification in a newly afforested, subirrigated riparian buffer.

Published online: 12 Oct 2011

Authors: Gumiero, B. & Boz, B. & Cornelio, P. & Casella, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The EU 'Nitrates Directive' (Directive 91/676/EEC) and the WFD (Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EEC) introduced a series of measures designed to red...

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Heather burning and soil erosion on the North Yorkshire moors.

Published online: 22 May 1971

Authors: Imeson, A. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Where Calluna was recolonizing burnt ground, the rate of soil erosion correlated negatively with the height and density of the vegetation. Where the C...

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Adapting landscapes to climate change: examples of climate-proof ecosystem networks and priority adaptation zones.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Vos, C. C. & Berry, P. & Opdam, P. & Baveco, H. & Nijhof, B. & O'Hanley, J. & Bell, C. & Kuipers, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change has been inducing range shifts for many species as they follow their suitable climate space and further shifts are projected. Whether s...

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Predicting transient amplification in perturbed ecological systems.

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Townley, S. & Carslake, D. & Kellie-Smith, O. & McCarthy, D. & Hodgson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological systems are prone to disturbances and perturbations. For stage-structured populations, communities and ecosystems, measurements of system m...

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Temperature, rainfall and butterfly numbers.

Published online: 11 Jul 1989

Authors: Pollard, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data on changes in numbers of 31 species of butterfly in the UK in 1976-86 were used to investigate associations between relative abundance and weathe...

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Analysis of biological control of cassava pests in Africa. I. Simulation of carbon, nitrogen and water dynamics in cassava.

Published online: 11 Jul 1989

Authors: Gutierrez, A. P. & Wermelinger, B. & Schulthess, F. & Baumgaertner, J. U. & Herren, H. R. & Ellis, C. K. & Yaninek, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model for the growth and development of cassava under pest-free conditions, as modified by weather, soil nitrogen and water, is described. The model...

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Phytometric assessment of the fertility of undrained rich-fen soils.

Published online: 15 Jul 1993

Authors: Wheeler, B. D. & Shaw, S. C. & Cook, R. E. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To evaluate suitable methods for comparing soil fertility across a large number of undrained rich-fen sites the relationships between soil chemical co...

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