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Testing large-scale hypotheses using surveys: the effects of land use on the habitats, invertebrates and birds of Himalayan rivers.

Published online: 22 Jan 2001

Authors: Manel, S. & Buckton, S. T. & Ormerod, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Piecemeal changes in land use might have cumulative effects on regional biodiversity. However, this hypothesis is difficult to test experimentally at ...

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Habitat degradation and the decline of the threatened mussel Margaritifera margaritifera: influence of turbidity and sedimentation on the mussel and its host.

Published online: 04 Aug 2010

Authors: Österling, M. E. & Arvidsson, B. L. & Greenberg, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat degradation is a major reason for species extinctions. For parasite-host interactions, the decline of a parasite may not only be related to th...

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Interactive persistent effects of past land-cover and its trajectory on tropical freshwater biodiversity.

Published online: 25 Nov 2020

Authors: Santos, E. P. & Wagner, H. H. & Ferraz, S. F. B. & Siqueira, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Evidence indicating that ecological communities show delayed responses to environmental change has raised the need to better understand the effects of...

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Severely burned wood from wildfires has low functional potential in streams.

Published online: 16 Jun 2021

Authors: Vaz, P. G. & Merten, E. C. & Robinson, C. T. & Pinto, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

More frequent and more severe forest fires mean more severely burned wood in streams. Instream wood provides habitat complexity, alters geomorphology,...

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Anthropogenic land-use change intensifies the effect of low flows on stream fishes.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Walker, R. H. & Girard, C. E. & Alford, S. L. & Walters, A. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

As ecosystems experience simultaneous disturbances, it is critical to understand how multiple stressors interact to affect ecological change. Land-use...

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Rotational grazing can mitigate ecosystem service trade-offs between livestock production and water quality in semi-arid rangelands.

Published online: 15 Nov 2021

Authors: Hulvey, K. B. & Mellon, C. D. & Kleinhesselink, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Mitigating ecosystem service (ES) trade-offs is a key management goal in locations where stakeholders value different and potentially conflicting ecos...

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Research and information needs assessment to support sustainable watershed management in the Thompson-Okanagan Natural Resource Region, British Columbia.

Published online: 15 Jun 2016

Authors: Scherer, R. & Redding, T. & Ronneseth, K. & Wilford, D.

Content type: Bulletin

Watershed management issues are among the many challenges facing natural resource managers in British Columbia, Canada. The B.C. Ministry of Forests, ...

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Multiple stressors and stream ecosystem functioning: climate warming and agricultural stressors interact to affect processing of organic matter.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Piggott, J. J. & Niyogi, D. K. & Townsend, C. R. & Matthaei, C. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Measures of organic matter processing have been proposed as indices of stream ecosystem function to complement structural measures (water quality, tax...

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Flows of the future - how will climate change affect streamflows in the Pacific Northwest?

Published online: 20 Jul 2016

Authors: Carlson, C.

Content type: Bulletin

Much of the water supply in the Pacific Northwest originates in national forests. It sustains the region's aquatic ecosystems, agriculture, hydroelect...

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Improving governance outcomes for water quality: insights from participatory social network analysis for chalk stream catchments in England.

Published online: 07 Dec 2022

Authors: Ball, J. & Hauck, J. & Holland, R. A. & Lovegrove, A. & Snaddon, J. & Taylor, G. & Peh, K. S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Globally important chalk streams in England are in poor ecological health, in part due to inadequate water quality. Addressing this issue requires an ...

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