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Testing weed risk assessment paradigms: intraspecific differences in performance and naturalisation risk outweigh interspecific differences in alien Brassica.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Meffin, R. & Duncan, R. P. & Hulme, P. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Risk assessments of alien species are usually conducted at species level, assuming that all individuals of a given species pose similar risks. However...

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Landscape greening and local creation of wildflower strips and hedgerows promote multiple ecosystem services.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Sutter, L. & Albrecht, M. & Jeanneret, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The explicit and implicit aims of creating ecological focus areas (EFAs) and implementing greening measures in European agro-ecosystems include the pr...

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Livestock activity increases exotic plant richness, but wildlife increases native richness, with stronger effects under low productivity.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Eldridge, D. J. & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. & Travers, S. K. & Val, J. & Oliver, I. & Dorrough, J. W. & Soliveres, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grazing by domestic livestock is one of the most widespread land uses world-wide, particularly in rangelands, where it co-occurs with grazing by wild ...

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Phenology differences between native and novel exotic-dominated grasslands rival the effects of climate change.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Wilsey, B. J. & Martin, L. M. & Kaul, A. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Novel ecosystems can differ from the native systems they replaced. We used phenology measures to compare ecosystem functioning between novel exotic-do...

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Optimizing management to enhance multifunctionality in a boreal forest landscape.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Triviño, M. & Pohjanmies, T. & Mazziotta, A. & Juutinen, A. & Podkopaev, D. & Tortorec, E. le & Mönkkönen, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The boreal biome, representing approximately one-third of remaining global forests, provides a number of crucial ecosystem services. A particular chal...

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Perennial habitat fragments, parasitoid diversity and parasitism in ephemeral crops.

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Letourneau, D. K. & Allen, S. G. B. & Stireman, J. O., III

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification has led to the removal of semi-wild, perennial vegetation in agricultural landscapes. However, in short-cycle crops, freq...

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Does managed coastal realignment create saltmarshes with 'equivalent biological characteristics' to natural reference sites?

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Mossman, H. L. & Davy, A. J. & Grant, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Coastal saltmarshes provide distinctive biodiversity and important ecosystem services, including coastal defence, supporting fisheries and nutrient cy...

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The effect of agricultural diversity and crop choice on functional capacity change in grassland conversions.

Published online: 15 Jun 2011

Authors: Lin, B. B. & Flynn, D. F. B. & Bunker, D. E. & Uriarte, M. & Naeem, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Given that approximately one-quarter of grasslands worldwide have been converted to agriculture, understanding the consequences of agricultural conver...

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Acoustic risk balancing by marine mammals: anthropogenic noise can influence the foraging decisions by seals.

Published online: 21 Oct 2021

Authors: Hastie, G. D. & Lepper, P. & McKnight, J. C. & Milne, R. & Russell, D. J. F. & Thompson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Avoidance of anthropogenic sounds has been measured in many species. The results, which are typically based on observations in limited exposure contex...

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Instability of insular tree communities in an Amazonian mega-dam is driven by impaired recruitment and altered species composition.

Published online: 18 Dec 2019

Authors: Jones, I. L. & Peres, C. A. & Benchimol, M. & Bunnefeld, L. & Dent, D. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mega-dams create highly fragmented archipelagos, affecting biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in remnant forest isolates. This study assessed the ...

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