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Acidifying peat as an aid to the reconstruction of lowland heath on arable soil: a field experiment.

Published online: 24 Feb 1999

Authors: Dunsford, S. J. & Free, A. J. & Davy, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The potential of naturally pyritic peat as a soil amendment for the reconstruction of lowland heath on land with a long history of arable cultivation ...

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Biological control of a tropical weed: a population model and experiment for Sida acuta.

Published online: 03 Aug 1995

Authors: Lonsdale, W. M. & Farrell, G. & Wilson, C. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of defoliation of the malvaceous tropical weed Sida acuta by an introduced biological control agent, the chrysomelid Calligrapha pantherin...

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Seagrass is protected from ragworm pressure by a newly discovered grazer-ragworm interaction; implications for restoration.

Published online: 01 Dec 2023

Authors: Cronau, R. J. T. & Telgenkamp, Y. & Fouw, J. de & Katwijk, M. M. van & Bouma, T. J. & Heusinkveld, J. H. T. & Hoeijmakers, D. & Heide, T. van der & Lamers, L. P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Coastal ecosystems are generally controlled by the combination of bottom-up (resource-driven) and top-down (consumer-driven) trophic, and non-trophic ...

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Long-term heavy grazing increases community-level foliar fungal diseases by shifting plant composition.

Published online: 30 Apr 2022

Authors: Liu Yong & Duan DongDong & Jiang FeiFei & Tian Zhen & Feng XiaoXuan & Wu NaNa & Hou FuJiang & Kardol, P. & Nan ZhiBiao & Chen Tao

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In grasslands, the interactions of foliar fungal diseases and their host plants are largely dependent on grazing by large herbivores. However, the rel...

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The ecological changes of Breckland grass heaths and the consequences of management.

Published online: 07 Nov 1992

Authors: Dolman, P. M. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Breckland grass heaths surveyed in 1981 were resurveyed (9 only) in 1989. Rabbit-grazed sites supported lichens, cushion-forming mosses, winter annual...

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Farmers' perceptions of the scale of the bracken problem on farms in less favoured areas in England and Wales.

Published online: 16 May 1992

Authors: Varvarigos, P. & Lawton, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmers' perceptions of the extent of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) encroachment on upland farms was summarized from a postal questionnaire done in 19...

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Effects of herbivory on twig dynamics of a Sonoran desert shrub Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schn.

Published online: 12 Jan 1990

Authors: Roundy, B. A. & Ruyle, G. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Density of jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) was similar but plant size and cover were greater inside than outside a 48-yr-old livestock (cattle) exclosur...

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Using Dartmoor ponies in conservation grazing to reduce Molinia caerulea dominance and encourage germination of Calluna vulgaris in heathland vegetation on Dartmoor, UK.

Published online: 14 May 2022

Authors: Lunt, P. H. & Leigh, J. L. & McNeil, S. A. & Gibb, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

The increasing dominance of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea in heathland ecosystems in the UK is of growing concern due to its detrimental impact o...

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Grazing management of Woodwalton Fen: seasonal changes in the diet of cattle and rabbits.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Williams, O. B. & Wells, T. C. E. & Wells, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The species diversity of Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve in Huntingdon, England, was threatened by an increase in the coarse grasses Calamagros...

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Grazing intensity affects insect diversity via sward structure and heterogeneity in a long-term experiment.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Jerrentrup, J. S. & Wrage-Mönnig, N. & Röver, K. U. & Isselstein, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the past, insect diversity in grasslands showed a severe decline due to management intensification or abandonment. In this study, we investigate th...

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