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The use of fractals to assess the ecological impact of increased cattle population: case study from the Runde Communal Land, Zimbabwe.

Published online: 16 Jan 1993

Authors: Meltzer, M. I. & Hastings, H. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A methodology that mathematically measures the stability of patches of vegetation identified from remotely sensed data is presented. The methodology w...

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How does carbon sequestration affect the sustainability of beef?

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Authors: Broocks, A. & Place, S. & Rolf, M.

Content type: Miscellaneous

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Ecotoxicology of copper and cadmium in a contaminated grassland ecosystem. I. Soil and vegetation contamination.

Published online: 01 Oct 1987

Authors: Hunter, B. A. & Johnson, M. S. & Thompsom, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Emissions of cadmium and copper from a metal refinery caused widespread contamination of soil and vegetation. Dispersal followed an exponential decay ...

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Production and diversity of enchytraeids, earthworms and plants in fertilized hay meadow plots.

Published online: 10 Jun 1986

Authors: Standen, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Random soil samples were used to estimate the number and weight of each species of enchytraeid and lumbricid at fourteen long-established experimental...

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En route to professional nature management.

Published online: 20 Sep 2017

Authors: Ham, A. van den & Kortstee, H. & Prins, H.

Content type: Miscellaneous

The Dutch government has as vision that 100 000 ha grasslands will be managed in the near future for nature conservation by a network of approximately...

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An ecological survey of land use and soil erosion in the West Pakistan and Azad Kashmir catchment of the River Jhelum.

Published online: 22 May 1970

Authors: Mcvean, D. N. & Robertson, V. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With the aid of aerial photographs, a survey of the geology, soils, vegetation and land use and an assessment of land capability were made. Erosion is...

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Grasslands of the Rukwa valley.

Published online: 13 Jan 1968

Authors: Dean, G. J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in vegetational distribution in the Rukwa valley, Tanzania, are described and their relationship with fire and flooding assessed.-R.B.

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A model for the spatial dynamics of linyphiid spiders in farmland.

Published online: 25 Sep 1996

Authors: Halley, J. M. & Thomas, C. F. G. & Jepson, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Linyphiid spiders are important predators of pests in agricultural ecosystems. Their ability to disperse aeronautically is a pre-adaptation to ephemer...

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Individual and combined responses of stream ecosystems to multiple stressors.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Townsend, C. R. & Uhlmann, S. S. & Matthaei, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managers must understand the effects of stressors on ecosystems in order to identify thresholds of harm but, to be meaningful, thresholds will usually...

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The problems of prediction and scale in applied ecology: the example of fire as a management tool.

Published online: 15 Sep 2004

Authors: Freckleton, R. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper serves as a brief introduction to a set of four papers on the large-scale effects of fires as management tools. Two papers in this profile ...

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