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Restoration thinning accelerates structural development and carbon sequestration in an endangered Australian ecosystem.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Dwyer, J. M. & Fensham, R. & Buckley, Y. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration thinning involves the selective removal of stems in woody ecosystems to restore historical or ecologically desirable ecosystem structure a...

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Agricultural land-use history and restoration impact soil microbial biodiversity.

Published online: 24 Nov 2020

Authors: Turley, N. E. & Bell-Dereske, L. & Evans, S. E. & Brudvig, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Human land uses, such as agriculture, can leave long-lasting legacies as ecosystems recover. As a consequence, active restoration may be necessary to ...

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Response of bird communities to silvicultural thinning of Mediterranean maquis.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Montaña, E. de la & Rey-Benayas, J. M. & Carrascal, L. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woodland management should consider biodiversity conservation world-wide. Landowners in some European Mediterranean regions receive subsidies to thin ...

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DDE-induced eggshell-thinning in the American kestrel: a comparison of the field situation and laboratory results.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Lincer, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Residues of DDE in kestrel eggs collected near Ithaca, New York, averaged 35, 42, 33 and 37 p.p.m. in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972, respectively. Based o...

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Dispersal and establishment limitation slows plant community recovery in post-agricultural longleaf pine savannas.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Turley, N. E. & Orrock, J. L. & Ledvina, J. A. & Brudvig, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Abandoned agricultural lands often have distinct plant communities from areas with no history of agriculture because plant species fail to recolonize....

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Bat communities respond positively to large-scale thinning of forest regrowth.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Blakey, R. V. & Law, B. S. & Kingsford, R. T. & Stoklosa, J. & Tap, P. & Williamson, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Over half of the world's forests are secondary regrowth and support considerable biodiversity. Thinning of these forests is a widespread management pr...

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Assessment of forest management influences on total live aboveground tree biomass in William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama.

Published online: 15 Apr 2015

Authors: Schweitzer, C. & Lemke, D. & Wubishet Tadesse & Wang, Y.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Forests contain a large amount of carbon (C) stored as tree biomass (above and below ground), detritus, and soil organic material. The aboveground tre...

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Early impacts of forest restoration treatments on the ectomycorrhizal fungal community and fine root biomass in a mixed conifer forest.

Published online: 23 Nov 2005

Authors: Smith, J. E. & McKay, D. & Brenner, G. & McIver, J. & Spatafora, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The obligate symbiosis formed between ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) and roots of tree species in the Pinaceae influences nutrient uptake and surrounding...

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Restoration thinning permits stems to capitalize on high-rainfall years in a regenerating endangered forest ecosystem.

Published online: 15 May 2021

Authors: Towers, I. R. & Dwyer, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Passively regenerating native vegetation presents a cost-effective opportunity to sequester carbon and reinstate habitat in heavily cleared agricultur...

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Stand development patterns for young planted oak stands on bottomland hardwood restoration sites.

Published online: 24 Feb 2016

Authors: Stoll, J. & Frey, B. R.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Over the last several decades, bottomland restoration efforts have established hundreds of thousands of acres of planted hardwood stands throughout th...

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