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Riparian field margins: can they enhance the functional structure of ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in intensively managed grassland landscapes?

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Cole, L. J. & Brocklehurst, S. & Elston, D. A. & McCracken, D. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Europe and North America, there is growing concern that biodiversity declines associated with agricultural intensification will adversely impact th...

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Perennial habitat fragments, parasitoid diversity and parasitism in ephemeral crops.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Letourneau, D. K. & Allen, S. G. B. & Stireman, J. O., III

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification has led to the removal of semi-wild, perennial vegetation in agricultural landscapes. However, in short-cycle crops, freq...

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Assembly history alters alpha and beta diversity, exotic-native proportions and functioning of restored prairie plant communities.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Martin, L. M. & Wilsey, B. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restorations provide a test of community assembly history theory, and practitioners require information on how assembly history might help to restore ...

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Increases in understory plant cover and richness persist following restoration treatments in Pinus ponderosa forests.

Published online: 18 Apr 2024

Authors: Springer, J. D. & Stoddard, M. T. & Rodman, K. C. & Huffman, D. W. & Fornwalt, P. J. & Pedersen, R. J. & Laughlin, D. C. & McGlone, C. M. & Daniels, M. L. & Fulé, P. Z. & Moore, M. M. & Kerns, B. K. & Stevens, J. T. & Korb, J. E. & Souther, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A combination of forest thinning followed by prescribed burning is widely applied in the western United States to increase ecosystem resistance and re...

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Hunting of sika deer over six decades does not restore forest regeneration.

Published online: 27 Apr 2024

Authors: Husheer, S. W. & Tanentzap, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

High densities of native and introduced deer hamper the regeneration of temperate forests worldwide. Sport hunting is often the sole means of deer con...

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What is unmanaged forest and how does it sustain biodiversity in landscapes with a long history of intensive forestry?

Published online: 27 Oct 2021

Authors: Bruun, H. H. & Heilmann-Clausen, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A recent paper by Schall et al. (2020) concluded that beech forests managed in even-aged (EA) rotation systems were more efficient than unmanaged (UNM...

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Functional diversity and redundancy of tropical forests shift with elevation and forest-use intensity.

Published online: 24 Oct 2021

Authors: Monge-González, M. L. & Guerrero-Ramírez, N. & Krömer, T. & Kreft, H. & Craven, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Change and intensification of forest use alter tropical ecosystems, influencing biodiversity and, subsequently, ecosystem functioning. The implication...

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Thresholds in forest bird communities along woody vegetation gradients in the South American Dry Chaco.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Macchi, L. & Baumann, M. & Bluhm, H. & Baker, M. & Levers, C. & Grau, H. R. & Kuemmerle, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

World-wide, tropical savannas and dry forests are under increasing pressure from land use. The environmental impacts of agricultural expansion into th...

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Combining optimization and simulation modelling to measure the cumulative impacts of prescribed fire and wildfire on vegetation species diversity.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Chick, M. P. & York, A. & Sitters, H. & Stefano, J. di & Nitschke, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Growth-stage optimization (GSO) offers a new approach to biodiversity conservation in fire-prone regions by estimating the optimal distribution of veg...

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Functional responses of aquatic and riparian vegetation to hydrogeomorphic restoration of channelized lowland streams and their valleys.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Fraaije, R. G. A. & Poupin, C. & Verhoeven, J. T. A. & Soons, M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Streams and riparian zones are highly heterogeneous ecosystems. Their high biodiversity is promoted by variable flow velocities and water depths, stro...

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