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A comparison of techniques for restoring heathland on abandoned farmland.

Published online: 25 Jun 1995

Authors: Pywell, R. F. & Webb, N. R. & Putwain, P. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent changes in agricultural policies have reduced the extent of cultivated farmland. This has provided opportunities to restore heathland vegetatio...

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Forest mycorrhizal dominance depends on historical land use and nitrogen-fixing trees.

Published online: 08 Jan 2024

Authors: Wurzburger, N. & Elliott, K. J. & Miniat, C. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most forests are recovering from human land use, making it critical to understand the effect of disturbance on forest recovery. Forests of the eastern...

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Effective management for deadwood-dependent lichen diversity requires landscape-scale habitat protection.

Published online: 08 Jan 2024

Authors: Hämäläinen, A. & Fahrig, L. & Strengbom, J. & Ranius, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat loss is considered a major threat for biodiversity. However, the scales on which its effects occur are still insufficiently understood, namely...

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Fish on fire: shifts in Amazonian fish communities after floodplain forest fires.

Published online: 03 Jan 2024

Authors: Lugo-Carvajal, A. & Holmgren, M. & Zuanon, J. & Sleen, P. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Severe droughts can lead to fires that cause massive tree mortality in even the wettest and most isolated Amazonian forests. After repeated fires, bla...

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Local and landscape scale woodland cover and diversification of agroecological practices shape butterfly communities in tropical smallholder landscapes.

Published online: 03 Jan 2024

Authors: Vogel, C. & Mayer, V. & Mkandawire, M. & Küstner, G. & Kerr, R. B. & Krauss, J. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionswThis link goes to a English section The conversion of biodiversity-rich woodland to farmland and subsequent man...

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Accounting for cloud cover and circannual variation puts the effect of lunar phase on deer-vehicle collisions into perspective.

Published online: 08 Jan 2024

Authors: Cerri, J. & Stendardi, L. & Bužan, E. & Pokorny, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionslThis link goes to a English section Although several studies have focused on the influence of moonlight on deer...

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Decision analysis for seabird recovery: navigating complexity across ecosystems, balancing competing values and bridging spaces between research and implementation.

Published online: 03 Jan 2024

Authors: Fischer, J. H. & Parker, K. A. & Kenup, C. F. & Davis, T. & Bull, S. & Pera-Leask, E. & Ryan, H. & Witehira, M. & Cole, R. A. & Taylor, G. A. & Debski, I. & Ewen, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

enThis link goes to a English sectionmiThis link goes to a English section Conservation management decisions are challenging due to multiple, competin...

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Land abandonment and intensification diminish spatial and temporal β-diversity of grassland plants and herbivorous insects within paddy terraces.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Uchida, K. & Ushimaru, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although traditional land-use and management practices are known to enhance environmental heterogeneity in agricultural lands, loss of heterogeneity r...

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The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Sutherland, W. J. & Armstrong-Brown, S. & Armsworth, P. R. & Brereton, T. & Brickland, J. & Campbell, C. D. & Chamberlain, D. E. & Cooke, A. I. & Dulvy, N. K. & Dusic, N. R. & Fitton, M. & Freckleton, R. P. & Godfray, H. C. J. & Grout, N. & Harvey, H. J. & Hedley, C. & Hopkins, J. J. & Kift, N. B. & Kirby, J. & Kunin, W. E. & Macdonald, D. W. & Marker, B. & Naura, M. & Neale, A. R. & Oliver, T. & Osborn, D. (et al)

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Evidence-based policy requires researchers to provide the answers to ecological questions that are of interest to policy makers. To find out what thos...

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Isotopic investigation of denitrification in a riparian ecosystem in western France.

Published online: 04 Feb 2004

Authors: Clément, J. C. & Holmes, R. M. & Peterson, B. J. & Pinay, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Nitrogen (N) loss from agricultural fields and urban areas to stream and groundwaters is a world-wide environmental problem. Excessive nitrogen loadin...

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