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Extinction debt of a common shrub in a fragmented landscape.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: González-Varo, J. P. & Albaladejo, R. G. & Aizen, M. A. & Arroyo, J. & Aparicio, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Environmental stochasticity and low demographic rates may cause delayed extinctions of habitat-specialist species that were initially retained within ...

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Effects of herbicide spray drift and fertilizer overspread on selected species of woodland ground flora: comparison between short-term and long-term impact assessments and field surveys.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Gove, B. & Power, S. A. & Buckley, G. P. & Ghazoul, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although application of fertilizers and pesticides to farmland is known to impact non-target organisms in adjacent semi-natural habitats, little is kn...

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Effects of deer on woodland structure revealed through terrestrial laser scanning.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Eichhorn, M. P. & Ryding, J. & Smith, M. J. & Gill, R. M. A. & Siriwardena, G. M. & Fuller, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) captures the three-dimensional structure of habitats. Compared to traditional methods of forest mensuration, it allow...

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Changing human-nature relationships: insights from Guinea-Bissau woodlands.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Leite, A. & Catarino, L. & Seck, S. & Mbunhe, Q. & Cuní-Sanchez, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The ecological impacts of landscape changes resulting in significant simplification of natural systems have been extensively studied worldwide. Yet, f...

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Conservation in conversation: people's perspectives on a woodland with high conservation value - a qualitative study.

Published online: 24 Nov 2022

Authors: Hague, A. & Fischer, A. & Byg, A. & Juarez-Bourke, A. & Herrett, S. & Eastwood, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Concepts such as ecosystem services and nature's contributions to people are frameworks for articulating the value of nature and biodiversity conserva...

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Fluctuating asymmetry and body size as indicators of stress in red squirrel populations in woodland fragments.

Published online: 26 Jun 1997

Authors: Wauters, L. A. & Dhondt, A. A. & Knothe, H. & Parkin, D. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In large parts of Europe red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) live in fragmented woodlands where populations are small, and dispersal rate and genetic div...

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Small mammals in farm woodlands: the effects of habitat, isolation and surrounding land-use patterns.

Published online: 09 Jul 1997

Authors: Fitzgibbon, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The results of this study, which surveyed 38 small farm woodlands ranging in size from 0.05 to 4.45 ha, in an intensive arable region in Cambridgeshir...

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Effects of pheasant management on vegetation and birds in lowland woodlands.

Published online: 26 Mar 2008

Authors: Draycott, R. A. H. & Hoodless, A. N. & Sage, R. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Releasing pheasants in woodlands for game shooting is a widespread practice in the British countryside. Apart from changes to ground flora in woodland...

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Recovery of woody but not herbaceous native flora 10 years post old-field restoration.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Parkhurst, T. & Prober, S. M. & Standish, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Vegetation recovery in old fields towards mature reference states is often limited by abiotic and biotic thresholds resulting from agricultural land u...

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Riparian vegetation has disproportionate benefits for landscape-scale conservation of woodland birds in highly modified environments.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Bennett, A. F. & Nimmo, D. G. & Radford, J. Q.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Identifying landscape patterns that allow native fauna to coexist with human land use is a global challenge. Riparian vegetation often persists in ant...

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