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Inducing seed dispersal by generalist frugivores: a new technique to overcome dispersal limitation in restoration.

Published online: 08 Jan 2021

Authors: Silva, W. R. & Zaniratto, C. P. & Ferreira, J. O. V. & Rigacci, E. D. B. & Oliveira, J. F. & Morandi, M. E. F. & Killing, J. G. & Nemes, L. G. & Abreu, L. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dispersal limitation severely impairs the trajectory of restoration, mainly due to the lack of seed vectors bringing seeds from nearby habitats; a rol...

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Forage selection by introduced reindeer on South Georgia, and its consequences for the flora.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Leader-Williams, N. & Scott, T. A. & Pratt, R. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In 1911 and 1925, reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) were introduced to the subantarctic island of South Georgia where there is a sp.-poor vascular flora an...

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Demographic patterns of seedling establishment and growth of native graminoids in an Alaskan tundra disturbance.

Published online: 17 Feb 1984

Authors: Gartner, B. L. & Chapin, F. S., III & Shaver, G. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Presence or absence of buried seed was the major factor governing natural revegetation of a bulldozed disturbance in Alaskan tussock tundra. The viabl...

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Small scale heterogeneity in a semi-arid North American grassland. II. Cattle grazing of simulated urine patches.

Published online: 06 Jun 1992

Authors: Jaramillo, V. J. & Detling, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of simulated urine deposition on the selectivity and intensity of cattle grazing on Agropyron smithii [Elymus smithii] tillers were studie...

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A re-appraisal of Hartley's agrostological index.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Williams, W. T. & Burt, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The Agrostological Index of Hartley, based on the native grasses of an area, was intended as a climatic index, but in the absence of the computational...

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Restoration of shortleaf pine in the Southern United States - strategies and tactics.

Published online: 26 Jun 2019

Authors: Guldin, J. M. & Black, M. W.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) is the most widely distributed and poorly understood of the four major species of southern yellow pine. The area...

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Accounting for environmental stress in restoration of intertidal foundation species.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Clausing, R. J. & Fuente, G. de la & Falace, A. & Chiantore, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of foundation species in historical habitat may be difficult if adult facilitation is obligatory for survival of early life stages. On int...

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Effects of silviculture on native tree species richness: interactions between management, landscape context and regional climate.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Martín-Queller, E. & Diez, J. M. & Ibáñez, I. & Saura, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Patterns of forest biodiversity are shaped by a complex set of processes operating over different spatial scales. Climate may largely determine specie...

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Scotch broom (Sarothamnus scoparius (L.) Wimmer) and its insect fauna introduced into the Pacific northwest of America.

Published online: 02 Jul 1969

Authors: Waloff, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based largely on the author's sumrnary. Scotch broom (Sara-thamnus scoparius) was introduced from Europe to the Pacific toast of Nort...

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The distribution of grey squirrel dreys in farm woodland: the influence of wood area, isolation and management.

Published online: 29 Mar 1995

Authors: Fitzgibbon, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sixty-eight deciduous woodlands, ranging in size from 0.2 to 12.5 ha, were surveyed in East Anglia, UK, and the density of grey squirrels (Sciurus car...

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