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Biodiversity as insurance for sapling survival in experimental tree plantations.

Published online: 22 Feb 2017

Authors: Peer, T. van de & Verheyen, K. & Baeten, L. & Ponette, Q. & Muys, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity can insure ecosystems against declines in their functioning by increasing the mean level of ecosystem processes and decreasing the spatia...

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Modelling the distribution of bats in relation to landscape structure in a temperate mountain environment.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: Jaberg, C. & Guisan, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This study presents quantitative models that use landscape structure to predict spatial patterns in overall bat community composition, and individual ...

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Biogeochemical parameters and their significance for mineral exploration.

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Brooks, R. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reviews the five main biogeochemical parameters as described in the Russian literature, and assesses their use in the light of experience in biogeoche...

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Evolution of herbicide resistance in Senecio vulgaris: variation in susceptibility to simazine between and within populations.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Holliday, R. J. & Putwain, P. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intraspecific variation in susceptibility to simazine was examined in 46 different populations of Senecio vulgaris collected from various fruit growin...

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Plant size variation and vertebrate herbivory: winter wheat grazed by rabbits.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Crawley, M. J. & Weiner, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In field trials in Silwood Park, Berkshire, UK in 1982-85, wheat cv. Hustler was subjected to no grazing or to several regimes of grazing by rabbits. ...

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Assessment of desertification around deep wells in the Sahel using satellite imagery.

Published online: 31 Aug 1991

Authors: Hanan, N. P. & Prevost, Y. & Diouf, A. & Diallo, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Normalized difference vegetation index measurements from the advanced very high resolution radiometer on the NOAA satellites were used to estimate the...

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Influence of management and environmental factors on the distribution of the marsh ragwort (Senecio aquaticus Huds.) in agricultural grassland in Orkney.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Forbes, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Factors which encouraged the establishment of populations of Senecio aquaticus in agricultural grassland in Orkney included (1) the presence of water ...

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High-resolution spectral data predict taxonomic diversity in low diversity grasslands.

Published online: 24 Aug 2024

Authors: Hayden, M. T. & Cleemput, E. van & Suding, K. N. & Lezberg, A. & Anacker, B. & Dee, L. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Mitigating impacts of global change on biodiversity is a pressing goal for land managers, but understanding impacts is often limited by the spatial an...

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Spatial heterogeneity across five rangelands managed with pyric-herbivory.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: McGranahan, D. A. & Engle, D. M. & Fuhlendorf, S. D. & Winter, S. J. & Miller, J. R. & Debinski, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many rangelands evolved under an interactive disturbance regime in which grazers respond to the spatial pattern of fire and create a patchy, heterogen...

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Enhancing insect diversity in agricultural grasslands: the roles of management and landscape structure.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Giulio, M. di & Edwards, P. J. & Meister, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

During the last few years a variety of methods have been applied in Switzerland to preserve and enhance biological diversity in agricultural systems. ...

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