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Land management practices for combating desertification cause species replacement of desert lizards.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Hawlena, D. & Bouskila, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patch structural complexity affects local species richness and population densities. Anthropogenic disturbance may alter complexity and heterogeneity,...

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Seed banks at six open and afforested heathland sites in southern Sweden.

Published online: 24 May 1988

Authors: Granström, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Germinable seed banks in the soil were determined for: a grazed heathland; 4 first generation Picea abies plantations age 30-73 yr; and one recently c...

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Grazing and scrub clearance promote open dune habitat regeneration in pine plantation canopy gaps in Merseyside, UK.

Published online: 12 May 2020

Authors: Hunt, N. & Mercer, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Coastal management practices have shifted in recent decades to recognise afforestation of sand dunes as a principle factor in mobile dune system degra...

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Breeding bird species diversity in the Negev: effects of scrub fragmentation by planted forests.

Published online: 03 Jan 2002

Authors: Shochat, E. & Zvika Abramsky & Pinshow, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Afforestation of the Northern Negev, Israel, from 1956 resulted in patches of primarily coniferous trees that fragmented large scrubland areas. This a...

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19th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 14-16 March 2017.

Published online: 26 Jun 2019

Authors: Kirschman, J. E.

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

The 19th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference was held in Blacksburg, VA, March 14-16, 2017. This conference provided a forum for silvi...

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Managing ecosystems in the context of climate change mitigation: a review of current knowledge and recommendations to support ecosystem-based mitigation actions that look beyond terrestrial forests.

Published online: 25 Jan 2017

Authors: Epple, C. & García Rangel, S. & Jenkins, M. & Guth, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Ecosystem management can play an important role in climate change mitigation and adaptation if current practices are evaluated and improved to move to...

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Upland land use predicts population decline in a globally near-threatened wader.

Published online: 05 Feb 2014

Authors: Douglas, D. J. T. & Bellamy, P. E. & Stephen, L. S. & Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Wilson, J. D. & Grant, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Changes in large-scale land use may fragment and degrade habitats, affecting animal species adapted to these habitats. In the UK uplands for example, ...

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Spatial predictors of landowners' engagement in the restoration of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

Published online: 30 Jan 2025

Authors: Pienkowski, T. & Sterrantino, A. F. & Tedesco, A. M. & Clark, M. & Brancalion, P. H. S. & Arundhati Jagadish & Mendes, A. & Siqueira, L. P. de & Mills, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Forest restoration can potentially contribute to multiple global sustainable development goals. Yet, little is known about the factors associated with...

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Tree species richness promotes an early increase of stand structural complexity in young subtropical plantations.

Published online: 03 Nov 2021

Authors: Perles-Garcia, M. D. & Kunz, M. & Fichtner, A. & Härdtle, W. & Oheimb, G. von

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest structural complexity has been identified as an important driver for promoting simultaneously biodiversity across trophic levels and multiple e...

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Carbon market incentives to conserve, restore and enhance soil carbon.

Published online: 19 Dec 2018

Authors: Unger, M. von & Emmer, I.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This report focuses on carbon finance opportunities for enhancing soil organic carbon stocks across the globe and moving towards low-carbon, sustainab...

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