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Do host-plant requirements and mortality from soil cultivation determine the distribution of graminivorous sawflies on farmland?

Published online: 10 Jul 1999

Authors: Barker, A. M. & Brown, N. J. & Reynolds, C. J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There are many arthropod species on farmland that are not economic pests but which have an important role in the wider ecology of agricultural ecosyst...

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Restoration temporarily supports the resilience of sagebrush-steppe ecosystems subjected to repeated fires.

Published online: 08 Jan 2024

Authors: Power, S. C. & Davies, G. M. & Wainwright, C. E. & Marsh, M. & Bakker, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many ecosystems are experiencing increased fire frequencies and species invasions that can erode their resilience and cause a shift to alternative sta...

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Edge effects on plant communities along power line clearings.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Eldegard, K. & Totland, Ø. & Moe, S. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Power line clearings are edge-creating disturbances in landscapes world-wide, but there have been few studies on their bordering vegetation. Our aim w...

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Land abandonment and intensification diminish spatial and temporal β-diversity of grassland plants and herbivorous insects within paddy terraces.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Uchida, K. & Ushimaru, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although traditional land-use and management practices are known to enhance environmental heterogeneity in agricultural lands, loss of heterogeneity r...

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Assessing the ecological status of candidate reference lakes in Ireland using palaeolimnology.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Leira, M. & Jordan, P. & Taylor, D. & Dalton, C. & Bennion, H. & Rose, N. & Irvine, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that member states establish type-specific reference conditions for all waterbodies, ...

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Which landscape size best predicts the influence of forest cover on restoration success? A global meta-analysis on the scale of effect.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

Authors: Crouzeilles, R. & Curran, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landscape context is a strong predictor of species persistence, abundance and distribution, yet its influence on the success of ecological restoration...

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Riparian tree cover enhances the resistance and stability of woodland bird communities during an extreme climatic event.

Published online: 09 Mar 2016

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

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystems world-wide increasingly are subject to multiple interacting disturbances. Biodiversity in anthropogenic landscapes can be enhanced by manip...

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal propagule densities respond rapidly to ponderosa pine restoration treatments.

Published online: 14 May 2003

Authors: Korb, J. E. & Johnson, N. C. & Covington, W. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mycorrhizas form a critical link between above-ground plants and the soil system by influencing plant nutrition, nutrient cycling and soil structure. ...

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Assessing the impact of festival music on bat activity.

Published online: 26 Sep 2023

Authors: Hooker, J. & Daley, E. & Stone, E. & Lintott, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Sound is a critical component of an animal's habitat, where it is used to glean important environmental information from their surroundings. The modif...

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Long-term recolonization patterns of ants in Western Australian rehabilitated bauxite mines with reference to their use as indicators of restoration success.

Published online: 13 Jun 1998

Authors: Majer, J. D. & Nichols, O. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The return of invertebrate animals to rehabilitated mine pits is desirable for the reestablishment of ecosystem functioning. A long-term ant monitorin...

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