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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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Multifunctional benefits of organic farming and hedgerow density.

Published online: 08 Apr 2025

Authors: Vandendriessche, J. & Frenne, P. de & Eeraerts, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural expansion and intensification are key drivers of biodiversity loss. In search of more sustainable ways to produce food and conserve biodi...

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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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Quantifying and optimizing grazing regimes in Greek mountain systems.

Published online: 08 Jul 1999

Authors: Zervas, G.

Content type: Conference paper; Journal article

From an ecological and environmental point of view, livestock husbandry plays a very important role as there is a valuable interaction between livesto...

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The traditional management of European heathlands.

Published online: 08 Jul 1999

Authors: Webb, N. R.

Content type: Conference paper; Journal article

Throughout western Europe heathlands dominated by ericaceous subshrubs occur on poor soils. Mostly, these heaths have developed and have been maintain...

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