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Influence of mechanical cutting and pathogen application on the performance and nutrient storage of Cirsium arvense.

Published online: 21 May 2003

Authors: Kluth, S. & Kruess, A. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In order to develop an effective biological control technique, the influence of mechanical and pathogen treatments on performance and nutrient storage...

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Studded leather collars are very effective in protecting cattle from leopard (Panthera pardus) attacks.

Published online: 15 Sep 2020

Authors: Khorozyan, I. & Ghoddousi, S. & Soufi, M. & Soofi, M. & Waltert, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Human-wildlife conflicts are widespread, particularly with big cats which can kill domestic livestock and create a counteraction between conservation ...

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Spatially discrete disturbance processes enhance grassland floral resources.

Published online: 21 Sep 2022

Authors: Duquette, C. A. & Hovick, T. J. & Geaumont, B. A. & Harmon, J. P. & Limb, R. F. & Sedivec, K. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grasslands provide essential floral resources for both managed and wild pollinators. However, grassland flowers in remaining native landscapes are thr...

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Conservation implications of rainforest use patterns: mature forests provide more resources but secondary forests supply more medicine.

Published online: 06 Jan 2010

Authors: Gavin, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical rainforests are a global conservation priority. Robust arguments supporting rainforest conservation can attract funding and shape land-use ma...

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Relative distributions of ant species in cocoa plantations in Papua New Guinea.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Room, P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In Papua New Guinea the most important cacao pest, Pantorhytes szentivanyi Mshl., is controlled by the ant Anoplolepis longipes (Jerd.) [cf. preceding...

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Remotely sensed primary productivity shows that domestic and native herbivores combined are overgrazing Patagonia.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Oliva, G. & Paredes, P. & Ferrante, D. & Cepeda, C. & Rabinovich, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Carrying capacity is the maximum animal density an area can sustain without deterioration of its resources. Overgrazing has degraded Patagonia, but sh...

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Breeding skylarks Alauda arvensis on Environmentally Sensitive Area arable reversion grass in southern England: survey-based and experimental determination of density.

Published online: 24 Feb 1999

Authors: Wakeham-Dawson, A. & Szoszkiewicz, K. & Stern, K. & Aebischer, N. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the South Downs and South Wessex Downs (southern England), designated an Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) in 1987 and 1993, respectively, farme...

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Helping ecosystems in Europe to adapt to climate change.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Bonn, A. & Macgregor, N. & Stadler, J. & Korn, H. & Stiffel, S. & Wolf, K. & Dijk, N. van

Content type: Bulletin

This report summarizes much of the work done by, and for, the Climate Change Group of the European Network of Heads of Nature Conservation Agencies (E...

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Spring-fed wetland and riparian plant communities respond differently to altered grazing intensity.

Published online: 12 Jul 2006

Authors: Jackson, R. D. & Allen-Diaz, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spring-fed wetlands are nested within California's oak savanna-annual grassland, which is considered a non-equilibrium-type system because it shows li...

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A model to determine the potential for biological control of Rottboellia cochinchinensis with the head smut Sporisorium ophiuri.

Published online: 20 Aug 1997

Authors: Smith, M. C. & Reeder, R. H. & Thomas, M. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A difference equation model of the population dynamics of R. cochinchinensis was developed for a maize cropping system. The model was used to estimate...

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