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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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Is environmental legislation conserving tropical stream faunas? A large-scale assessment of local, riparian and catchment-scale influences on Amazonian fish.

Published online: 21 Nov 2018

Authors: Leal, C. G. & Barlow, J. & Gardner, T. A. & Hughes, R. M. & Leitão, R. P. & Mac nally, R. & Kaufmann, P. R. & Ferraz, S. F. B. & Zuanon, J. & Paula, F. R. de & Ferreira, J. & Thomson, J. R. & Lennox, G. D. & Dary, E. P. & Röpke, C. P. & Pompeu, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural expansion and intensification are major threats to tropical biodiversity. In addition to the direct removal of native vegetation, agricul...

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Seed persistence in soil and seasonal emergence in plant species from different habitats.

Published online: 16 Dec 1986

Authors: Roberts, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Freshly collected seeds of 70 dicotyledons from a range of habitats were mixed with the top 7.5 cm of soil confined in cylinders sunk in the ground. C...

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Human-induced biotic invasions and changes in plankton interaction networks.

Published online: 06 Aug 2014

Authors: Kratina, P. & Mac Nally, R. & Kimmerer, W. J. & Thomson, J. R. & Winder, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pervasive and accelerating changes to ecosystems due to human activities remain major sources of uncertainty in predicting the structure and dynamics ...

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Abruptly and irreversibly changing arctic freshwaters urgently require standardized monitoring.

Published online: 25 Nov 2020

Authors: Heino, J. & Culp, J. M. & Erkinaro, J. & Goedkoop, W. & Lento, J. & Rühland, K. M. & Smol, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Arctic regions support a wide variety of freshwater ecosystems. These naturally oligotrophic and cold-water streams, rivers, ponds and lakes are curre...

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Community reorganization stabilizes freshwater ecosystems in intensively managed agricultural fields.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Schiesari, L. & Saito, V. & Ferreira, J. & Freitas, L. S. & Goebbels, A. J. & Leite, J. P. C. B. & Oliveira, J. C. & Pelinson, R. M. & Querido, B. B. & Carmo, J. & Espíndola, E. L. G. & Guedes-Munin, N. C. & Montagner, C. & Rossetto, R. & Taniwaki, R. & Martinelli, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sustainable intensification may depend on associating precision farming with the harnessing of ecological principles in crop fields, and integrating f...

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Is eutrophication really a major impairment for small waterbody biodiversity?

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Rosset, V. & Angélibert, S. & Arthaud, F. & Bornette, G. & Robin, J. & Wezel, A. & Vallod, D. & Oertli, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Eutrophication remains a major stress for freshwater biodiversity. Its deleterious consequences on biodiversity are well documented for large waterbod...

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Portfolio simplification arising from a century of change in salmon population diversity and artificial production.

Published online: 23 Jul 2021

Authors: Price, M. H. H. & Moore, J. W. & Connors, B. M. & Wilson, K. L. & Reynolds, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population and life-history diversity can buffer species from environmental variability and contribute to long-term stability through differing respon...

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Detecting copper toxicity in sediments: from the subindividual level to the population level.

Published online: 22 Nov 2017

Authors: Jeppe, K. J. & Yang JiangHua & Long, S. M. & Carew, M. E. & Zhang XiaoWei & Pettigrove, V. & Hoffmann, A. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sediments accumulate chemicals that can be toxic to biota and often contribute to aquatic ecosystem decline. Measuring mortality in laboratory-bred or...

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Design and methods of the U.S. Geological Survey Northeast Stream Quality Assessment (NESQA), 2016.

Published online: 11 Sep 2019

Authors: Coles, J. F. & Riva-Murray, K. & Metre, P. C. van & Button, D. T. & Bell, A. H. & Qi, S. L. & Journey, C. A. & Sheibley, R. W.

Content type: Bulletin

During 2016, as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Project (NAWQA), the U.S. Geological Survey conducted the Northeast Stream Quality Asses...

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