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Land use history and landscape forest cover determine tropical forest recovery.

Published online: 08 Dec 2024

Authors: Hordijk, I. & Poorter, L. & Meave, J. A. & Bongers, F. & Sande, M. T. van der & Mendoza, R. D. L. & Romero, P. J. & Jong, J. de & Martínez-Ramos, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To conserve biodiversity and combat climate change it is vital to restore forest ecosystems. Natural forest regrowth is a nature-based solution to res...

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Long-term change in vegetation and soil microbial communities during the phased restoration of traditional meadow grassland.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Smith, R. S. & Shiel, R. S. & Bardgett, R. D. & Millward, D. & Corkhill, P. & Evans, P. & Quirk, H. & Hobbs, P. J. & Kometa, S. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of high plant species diversity to sites where it has been reduced by intensive grassland management requires identification of appropriat...

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Dog in the matrix: envisioning countrywide connectivity conservation for an endangered carnivore.

Published online: 21 Feb 2022

Authors: Rodrigues, R. G. & Srivathsa, A. & Divya Vasudev

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Elevated rates of anthropogenic impacts on land-use regimes have pushed terrestrial megafauna to the brink of extinction. Consequently, it is critical...

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Bat phylogenetic responses to regenerating Amazonian forests.

Published online: 09 Oct 2022

Authors: Farneda, F. Z. & Rocha, R. & Aninta, S. G. & López-Baucells, A. & Sampaio, E. M. & Palmeirim, J. M. & Bobrowiec, P. E. D. & Dambros, C. S. & Meyer, C. F. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Throughout the tropics, regenerating secondary forests occupy vast areas previously cleared for agriculture and cattle ranching. However, despite the ...

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The potential contribution of terrestrial nature-based solutions to a national 'net zero' climate target.

Published online: 24 Dec 2021

Authors: Bradfer-Lawrence, T. & Finch, T. & Bradbury, R. B. & Buchanan, G. M. & Midgley, A. & Field, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many national governments have incorporated nature-based solutions (NbS) in their plans to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions. However, uncertainties...

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Bringing back the Manchester Argus Coenonympha tullia ssp. davus (Fabricius, 1777): quantifying the habitat resource requirements to inform the successful reintroduction of a specialist peatland butterfly.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Osborne, A. & Longden, M. & Bourke, D. & Coulthard, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. The period 2021-2030 has been designated the UN decade of ecosystem restoration. A landscape-scale peatland restoration project is being undertaken...

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Mapping ecosystem service and biodiversity changes over 70 years in a rural English county.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Jiang MingKai & Bullock, J. M. & Hooftman, D. A. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity and ecosystem services continue to be compromised by land-use change, which is often focussed on enhancing agricultural production. Asses...

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Synergistic effects of reserves and connectivity on ecological resilience.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Olds, A. D. & Pitt, K. A. & Maxwell, P. S. & Connolly, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In light of the global extent and cascading effect of our impact on the environment, we design and manage reserves to restore biodiversity and the fun...

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Understanding and predicting the combined effects of climate change and land-use change on freshwater macroinvertebrates and fish.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Mantyka-Pringle, C. S. & Martin, T. G. & Moffatt, D. B. & Linke, S. & Rhodes, J. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change and land-use change are having substantial impacts on biodiversity world-wide, but few studies have considered the impact of these fact...

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Herbicide usage for invasive non-native plant management in wildland areas of North America.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Wagner, V. & Antunes, P. M. & Irvine, M. & Nelson, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In North America, herbicides are commonly used to control non-native invasive plants on public wildlands. Little is known about the magnitude, efficac...

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