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Modelling topoclimatic patterns of egg mortality of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with a geographical information system: predictions for current climate and warmer climate scenarios.

Published online: 19 Aug 1998

Authors: Virtanen, T. & Neuvonen, S. & Nikula, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study was carried out to quantify the effects of a warmer winter climate on the egg mortality (and, consequently, the risk of an outbreak) of Epirri...

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Strategies to reintroduce prescribed fire as a grassland management process on the Canadian prairies.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Gross, D. V. & Lamb, E. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Prescribed fire is a land management practice utilized in fire-adapted ecosystems to reduce wildfire risks, control invasive, exotic and woody plan...

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Multiple-model stock assessment frameworks for precautionary management and conservation on fishery-targeted coastal dolphin populations off Japan.

Published online: 23 Dec 2021

Authors: Kanaji, Y. & Maeda, H. & Okamura, H. & Punt, A. E. & Branch, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stock assessment approaches are often oversimplified due to lack of biological knowledge and insufficient data. In spite of world-wide attention, fish...

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Fragmentation, disturbance and tree diversity conservation in tropical montane forests.

Published online: 11 Apr 2007

Authors: Cayuela, L. & Golicher, D. J. & Benayas, J. M. R. & González-Espinosa, M. & Ramírez-Marcial, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Loss in forest cover associated with human activities leads to forest islands within a fragmented landscape. Anthropogenic disturbance may also direct...

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Fire traps in the wet subtropics: new perspectives from Hong Kong.

Published online: 13 Jul 2024

Authors: Chan, A. H. Y. & Coomes, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fires undermine efforts to restore degraded forests in the wet tropics and subtropics. Grasslands and shrublands established after fires are more fire...

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Decreased precipitation in the late growing season weakens an ecosystem carbon sink in a semi-arid grassland.

Published online: 03 Nov 2021

Authors: Yang ZhongLing & Wei YueYue & Fu GuangYa & Xiao Rui & Chen Ji & Zhang YaoJun & Wang Dong & Li JunYong

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Net ecosystem gas exchange (NEE), a balance between gross ecosystem primary productivity (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (ER), is an important indicat...

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Drivers of soil microbial community assembly during recovery from selective logging and clear-cutting.

Published online: 16 Nov 2021

Authors: Chen Jie & Chazdon, R. L. & Swenson, N. G. & Xu Han & Luo TuShou

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Despite important progress in understanding the impacts of forest clearing and logging on above-ground communities, how these disturbances affect soil...

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Evaluation of the ecological restoration potential of plant communities in Norway spruce plantations using a life-trait based approach.

Published online: 23 Nov 2005

Authors: Hérault, B. & Honnay, O. & Thoen, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Europe, intensively managed coniferous plantations rarely achieve similar nature conservation functions as deciduous woodlands. The ability to iden...

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Trade-offs and synergies between bird conservation and wildfire suppression in the face of global change.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Regos, A. & Hermoso, V. & D'Amen, M. & Guisan, A. & Brotons, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The combined effects of climate change and other factors, such as land-use change or fire disturbance, pose daunting challenges for biodiversity conse...

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Testing the effectiveness of climate change adaptation principles for biodiversity conservation.

Published online: 18 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Oliver, T. & Girardello, M. & Redhead, J. & Roy, D. & Gillings, S. & Newson, S. & Pearce-Higgins, J. & Siriwardena, G. & Harley, M. & Hodgson, N. & Morecroft, M. D. & Duffield, S. J. & Crick, H. Q. P.

Content type: Reports

Within the UK conservation community, the most widely quoted sets of adaptation principles are those produced for the UK Biodiversity Partnership and ...

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