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Prescribed fire and conifer removal promote positive understorey vegetation responses in oak woodlands.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Livingston, A. C. & Varner, J. M. & Jules, E. S. & Kane, J. M. & Arguello, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire-prone woodlands and savannas world-wide face management challenges resulting from fire exclusion and subsequent encroachment of fire-sensitive tr...

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Functional responses of aquatic and riparian vegetation to hydrogeomorphic restoration of channelized lowland streams and their valleys.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Fraaije, R. G. A. & Poupin, C. & Verhoeven, J. T. A. & Soons, M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Streams and riparian zones are highly heterogeneous ecosystems. Their high biodiversity is promoted by variable flow velocities and water depths, stro...

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Grazing dampens the positive effects of shrub encroachment on ecosystem functions in a semi-arid woodland.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Eldridge, D. J. & Soliveres, S. & Bowker, M. A. & Val, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The encroachment of woody plants into grasslands, open woodlands and savannah has been widely reported over the past few decades. Overgrazing is a pro...

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Conditions favouring Bromus tectorum dominance of endangered sagebrush steppe ecosystems.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Reisner, M. D. & Grace, J. B. & Pyke, D. A. & Doescher, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem invasibility is determined by combinations of environmental variables, invader attributes, disturbance regimes, competitive abilities of res...

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Passive restoration of subtropical grassland after abandonment of cultivation.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Fensham, R. J. & Butler, D. W. & Fairfax, R. J. & Quintin, A. R. & Dwyer, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Passive restoration of grasslands after the abandonment of cultivation may be a viable restoration option where seed sources from remnant grasslands a...

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Forest composition shapes seed-rodent interactions in a gradient of broadleaves and conifers.

Published online: 07 Nov 2024

Authors: Mittelman, P. & Appleby, S. M. & Balkenhol, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-native tree species and mixed forests have been increasingly employed in forestry practice as a safeguard against climate change and as a tool to ...

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Contrasting impacts of land-use change on phylogenetic and functional diversity of tropical forest birds.

Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Authors: Chapman, P. M. & Tobias, J. A. & Edwards, D. P. & Davies, R. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity conservation strategies increasingly target maintaining evolutionary history and the resilience of ecosystem function, not just species r...

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Small-scale fire temperature patterns in upland Quercus communities.

Published online: 08 Aug 1997

Authors: Franklin, S. B. & Robertson, P. A. & Fralish, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two upland second-growth Quercus alba sites in the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee were prescribed burned du...

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The conservation management of Imperata cylindrica grassland in Nepal with fire and cutting: an experimental approach.

Published online: 05 Aug 1999

Authors: Peet, N. B. & Watkinson, A. R. & Bell, D. J. & Sharma, U. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Imperata cylindrica dominated grassland in the Nepal Terai supports a number of threatened species including swamp deer Cervus duvauceli, hispid hare ...

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Inferring habitat suitability and spread patterns from large-scale distributions of an exotic invasive pasture grass in north Australia.

Published online: 20 Jun 2012

Authors: Petty, A. M. & Setterfield, S. A. & Ferdinands, K. B. & Barrow, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The understanding of large-scale patterns in expanding populations of alien invasive plants can be used to infer the environmental limiting factors, h...

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