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Active restoration after three decades: seed addition increases native dominance compared to landscape-scale secondary succession.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: O'Reilly-Nugent, A. & Blumenthal, D. M. & Wandrag, E. M. & Duncan, R. P. & Catford, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Active restoration often aims to accelerate ecosystem recovery. However, active restoration may not be worthwhile if its effects are overwhelmed by ch...

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Competitive interactions between populations of Poa pratensis and Agrostis tenuis from ecologically-contrasting environments.

Published online: 28 Oct 1985

Authors: Helgadóttir, Á. & Snaydon, R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Populations of P. pratensis and A. tenuis [A. capillaris] were collected from high fertility and low fertility plots of long-term fertilizer experimen...

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Plant, soil and microbial controls on grassland diversity restoration: a long-term, multi-site mesocosm experiment.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Fry, E. L. & Pilgrim, E. S. & Tallowin, J. R. B. & Smith, R. S. & Mortimer, S. R. & Beaumont, D. A. & Simkin, J. & Harris, S. J. & Shiel, R. S. & Quirk, H. & Harrison, K. A. & Lawson, C. S. & Hobbs, P. J. & Bardgett, R. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The success of grassland biodiversity restoration schemes is determined by many factors; as such their outcomes can be unpredictable. There is a need ...

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Editors' introduction: birds and agriculture.

Published online: 03 Jan 2001

Authors: Ormerod, S. J. & Watkinson, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper introduces a special section of this journal issue on birtds and agriculture, which comprises 7 further papers. Around 10% of recent papers...

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Nutrient limitation after long-term nitrogen fertilizer application in cut grasslands.

Published online: 14 Oct 1994

Authors: Woude, B. J. van der & Pegtel, D. M. & Bakker, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a field trial in the Drentsche A Nature Reserve in the Netherlands, a grassland reclaimed from a heathland in 1950 and taken out of agricultural pr...

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Trade-offs in the multi-use potential of managed boreal forests.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Strengbom, J. & Axelsson, E. P. & Lundmark, T. & Nordin, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Implementing multi-use forest management to account for both commercial and non-commercial ecosystem services is gaining increased global recognition....

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Ungulates mediate trade-offs between carbon storage and wildfire hazard in Mediterranean oak woodlands.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Lecomte, X. & Caldeira, M. C. & Catry, F. X. & Fernandes, P. M. & Jackson, R. B. & Bugalho, M. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ungulates influence ecosystem services in important ways, including by altering the amount of standing plant biomass and species composition. Browsing...

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Grasslands, grazing and biodiversity: editors' introduction.

Published online: 22 Aug 2001

Authors: Watkinson, A. R. & Ormerod, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper serves as an introduction to a special journal section on grazing and biodiversity in grasslands. Natural, semi-natural and artificial gras...

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Approaches for testing herbivore effects on plant population dynamics.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Halpern, S. L. & Underwood, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As plant invasions pose one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, it is critical to improve both our understanding of invasiveness and strategies f...

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Testing a silvicultural recommendation: Brazil nut responses 10 years after liana cutting.

Published online: 04 Jun 2014

Authors: Kainer, K. A. & Wadt, L. H. O. & Staudhammer, C. L. & Barlow, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lianas or woody vines can be detrimental to the trees that support them. Research on liana cutting for tropical timber management has demonstrated pos...

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