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The USDA-ARS experimental watershed network - evolution, lessons learned, and moving forward.

Published online: 10 Feb 2016

Authors: Goodrich, D. & Heilman, P. & Moran, S. & Garbrecht, J. & Marks, D. & Bosch, D. & Steiner, J. & Sadler, J. & Romkens, M. & Harmel, D. & Kleinman, P. & Gunter, S. & Walbridge, M.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

The USDA-Agricultural Research Service's Experimental Watershed Network grew from Dust Bowl era efforts of the Soil Conservation Service in the mid 19...

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Optimally managing under imperfect detection: a method for plant invasions.

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Regan, T. J. & Chadès, I. & Possingham, H. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Failing to account for uncertainty in the detection of invasive plants may lead to inefficient management strategies and wasted resources. Smart strat...

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Restricting access to invasion hubs enables sustained control of an invasive vertebrate.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Letnic, M. & Webb, J. K. & Jessop, T. S. & Dempster, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological invasions often occur through expansion of satellite populations that become established at 'invasion hubs'. Invasion hubs can result from ...

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Floristic diversity in fire-sensitive eucalypt woodlands shows a 'U'-shaped relationship with time since fire.

Published online: 16 Oct 2013

Authors: Gosper, C. R. & Yates, C. J. & Prober, S. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding ecosystem responses to disturbance is important for effective management of biodiversity. Observed relationships between time since dist...

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Detecting flowers on imagery with computer vision to improve continental scale grassland biodiversity surveying.

Published online: 02 Jul 2024

Authors: Elvekjaer, N. & Martinez-Sanchez, L. & Bonnet, P. & Joly, A. & Paracchini, M. L. & Velde, M. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Large-scale biodiversity monitoring is essential for assessing biodiversity trends, yet traditional surveying methods are limited in the spatial/tempo...

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Colonial management drives ecological change following the exclusion of indigenous stewardship in a Stoney Iyethka montane grassland, Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Schepens, G. & Seider, J. H. & Wesley, B. L. & Mathews, D. L. & Starzomski, B. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

For millennia, Indigenous Peoples and their ecological stewardship have kept culturally important landscapes open, diverse and productive. Under colon...

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Rapid local adaptation to northern winters in the invasive Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus: a moving target.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Medley, K. A. & Westby, K. M. & Jenkins, D. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Rapid adaptation in response to novel environments can facilitate species invasions and range expansions. Understanding how invasive disease vector...

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Spatiotemporal determinants of seasonal gleaning.

Published online: 28 Oct 2021

Authors: Grantham, R. & Álvarez-Romero, J. G. & Mills, D. J. & Rojas, C. & Cumming, G. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

1. Many coastal communities depend on ecosystems for goods and services that contribute to human well-being. As long-standing interactions between peo...

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Estimating lichen biomass and caribou grazing on the wintering grounds of northern Québec: an application of fire history and Landsat data.

Published online: 26 Jun 1997

Authors: Arseneault, D. & Villeneuve, N. & Boismenu, C. & Leblanc, Y. & Deshaye, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) remote sensing imagery, previously published fire history data, and field observations were used to examine the influence...

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Effects of long-term fixed fire regimes on African savanna vegetation biomass, vertical structure and tree stem density.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Singh, J. & Boucher, P. B. & Hockridge, E. G. & Davies, A. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire plays an integral role in shaping the vegetation structure of savanna ecosystems. However, the effects of fire regime characteristics, such as fr...

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