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A dynamic model for above-ground growth and dry matter production in a forest community.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Kanninen, M. & Hari, P. & Kellomaki, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A model was developed to simulate the production rate of above-ground dry matter by trees and by ground vegetation. Values for a Scots pine stand in c...

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Spatial and temporal patterns of heather use by sheep and red deer within natural heather/grass mosaics.

Published online: 24 Feb 1999

Authors: Hester, A. J. & Baillie, G. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fragmentation of heather and conversion to grass under heavy grazing is a widespread phenomenon. In the British uplands it is attributed in particular...

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The impacts of climate change and disturbance on spatio-temporal trajectories of biodiversity in a temperate forest landscape.

Published online: 12 Apr 2017

Authors: Thom, D. & Rammer, W. & Dirnböck, T. & Müller, J. & Kobler, J. & Katzensteiner, K. & Helm, N. & Seidl, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ongoing changes to climate challenge the conservation of forest biodiversity. Yet, in thermally limited systems, such as temperate forests, not al...

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Can oil palm plantations be made more hospitable for forest butterflies and birds?

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Koh, L. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rising global demand for palm oil is likely to exacerbate deforestation rates in oil palm-producing countries. This will lead to a net reduction in bi...

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A synthesis of the effects of cheatgrass invasion on US great basin carbon storage.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Nagy, R. C. & Fusco, E. J. & Balch, J. K. & Finn, J. T. & Mahood, A. & Allen, J. M. & Bradley, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-native, invasive Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) is pervasive in sagebrush ecosystems in the Great Basin ecoregion of the western United States, comp...

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Effects on associated flora of sylvicultural nitrogen fertilization repeated at long intervals.

Published online: 02 Mar 1995

Authors: Kellner, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field- (vascular plants) and ground- (epigeic bryophytes and lichens) layer vegetation was investigated in four old fertilization experiments in conif...

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Resolving a heated debate: the utility of prescribed burning as a management tool for biodiversity on lowland heath.

Published online: 15 Jan 2024

Authors: Smith, B. M. & Carpenter, D. & Holland, J. & Andruszko, F. & Gathorne-Hardy, A. & Eggleton, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Lowland heath is a priority habitat for conservation, nowadays largely managed for biodiversity. Historically, prescribed burning has been the princip...

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Influence of introduced reindeer on the vegetation of South Georgia: results from a long-term exclusion experiment.

Published online: 25 Oct 1988

Authors: Leader-Williams, N. & Smith, R. I. L. & Rothery, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

South Georgia has a species-poor vascular flora that is not adapted to grazing by vertebrates and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) introduced in 1911 and ...

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Carbon addition alters vegetation composition on ex-arable fields.

Published online: 07 Feb 2007

Authors: Eschen, R. & Mortimer, S. R. & Lawson, C. S. & Edwards, A. R. & Brook, A. J. & Igual, J. M. & Hedlund, K. & Schaffner, U.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent changes in European agricultural policy have led to measures to reverse the loss of species-rich grasslands through the creation of new areas o...

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Landscape-level vegetation recovery from herbivory: progress after four decades of invasive red deer control.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Tanentzap, A. J. & Burrows, L. E. & Lee, W. G. & Nugent, G. & Maxwell, J. M. & Coomes, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ungulates have reached such high densities in some natural ecosystems that culling is frequently used to reduce their impacts on vegetation. However, ...

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