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Fuel, fire and cattle in African highlands: traditional management maintains a mosaic heathland landscape.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Johansson, M. U. & Granström, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shrubland ecosystems are often inherently flammable due to a canopy structure favourable for fire propagation. At the same time, the fuel bed is not s...

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Barriers to tree seedling emergence on human-induced grasslands in Sri Lanka.

Published online: 10 Mar 2010

Authors: Gunaratne, A. M. T. A. & Gunatilleke, C. V. S. & Gunatilleke, I. A. U. N. & Weerasinghe, H. M. S. P. M. & Burslem, D. F. R. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Colonization by woody plants is often very slow or absent on grasslands occupying degraded land in the tropics. Seed dispersal limitation is widely re...

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The introduction of native plant species on industrial waste heaps: a test of immigration and other factors affecting primary succession.

Published online: 15 Apr 1994

Authors: Ash, H. J. & Gemmell, R. P. & Bradshaw, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Industrial waste heaps in NW England have become colonized by interesting floras which include regionally uncommon species. However, the range of spec...

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Short-term plant successions following the colonization of a northern Swedish lake by the Muskrat, Ondatra zibethica.

Published online: 29 Sep 2010

Authors: Danell, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

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Phosphorus adsorption by soils from heathlands in southern England in relation to successional change.

Published online: 16 Mar 1991

Authors: Chapman, S. B. & Rose, R. J. & Basanta, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Determinations of the phosphorus adsorption characteristics of a range of heathland soils are described and related to differences in phosphorus econo...

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Assessment of vegetation change at Thrislington Plantation NNR, County Durham.

Published online: 20 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Robertson, H. J. & Gibson, C. W. D.

Content type: Reports

This report reviews the assessment of vegetation change at Thrislington Plantation and makes recommendations for future monitoring. It gives an overvi...

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Nine years of vegetation development in a postmining site: effects of spontaneous and assisted site recovery.

Published online: 15 Feb 2012

Authors: Baasch, A. & Kirmer, A. & Tischew, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Highly disturbed areas such as surface-mined land provide a great challenge for ecological restoration. The goal is to identify appropriate restoratio...

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Contrasting trends in biodiversity of birds and trees during succession following cacao agroforest abandonment.

Published online: 17 Jun 2021

Authors: Arnold, H. & Deacon, A. E. & Hulme, M. F. & Sansom, A. & Jaggernauth, D. & Magurran, A. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding how transformed habitats act as reservoirs of biodiversity is a key challenge at a time when ecosystems are under unprecedented pressure...

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Land use history and landscape forest cover determine tropical forest recovery.

Published online: 08 Dec 2024

Authors: Hordijk, I. & Poorter, L. & Meave, J. A. & Bongers, F. & Sande, M. T. van der & Mendoza, R. D. L. & Romero, P. J. & Jong, J. de & Martínez-Ramos, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To conserve biodiversity and combat climate change it is vital to restore forest ecosystems. Natural forest regrowth is a nature-based solution to res...

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Cut-over peatland regeneration assessment using organic matter and microbial indicators (bacteria and testate amoebae).

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Laggoun-Défarge, F. & Mitchell, E. & Gilbert, D. & Disnar, J. R. & Comont, L. & Warner, B. G. & Buttler, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cut-over peatlands cover large surfaces of high potential value for enhancing biodiversity and carbon sequestration if successfully restored. Unfortun...

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