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Leaf functional traits predict shade tolerant tree performance in cloud forest restoration plantings.

Published online: 21 Oct 2022

Authors: Toledo-Aceves, T. & Bonilla-Moheno, M. & Sosa, V. J. & López-Barrera, F. & Williams-Linera, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF) landscapes is urgently required. Assisting the regeneration of endangered and shade tolerant tree ...

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Landscape conservation as a strategy for recovering biodiversity: lessons from a long-term program of pasture restoration in the southern Atlantic forest.

Published online: 21 Oct 2022

Authors: Cardoso, F. C. G. & Capellesso, E. S. & Britez, R. M. de & Inague, G. & Marques, M. C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Although ecological restoration has entered the global agenda to reverse different anthropogenic disturbances, we still know little about how this sol...

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Forage provision is more affected by droughts in arid and semi-arid than in mesic rangelands.

Published online: 21 Oct 2022

Authors: Bondaruk, V. F. & Oñatibia, G. R. & Fernández, R. J. & Agüero, W. & Blanco, L. & Bruschetti, M. & Kröpfl, A. & Loydi, A. & Pascual, J. & Peri, P. & Peter, G. & Quiroga, R. E. & Yahdjian, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Droughts are projected to increase in magnitude, frequency and duration in the near future. In rangelands, the provision of valuable ecosystem service...

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Savanna resilience to droughts increases with the proportion of browsing wild herbivores and plant functional diversity.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Irob, K. & Blaum, N. & Weiss-Aparicio, A. & Hauptfleisch, M. & Hering, R. & Uiseb, K. & Tietjen, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Maintaining the resilience and functionality of savannas is key to sustaining the ecosystem services they provide. This maintenance is largely depende...

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Barriers to seedling establishment in grasslands: implications for Nothofagus forest restoration and migration.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Galen, L. G. van & Lord, J. M. & Orlovich, D. A. & Jowett, T. & Larcombe, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tree seedling establishment outside forest boundaries is controlled by many interacting factors. Understanding the relative importance of different pr...

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The inadequacy of current carbon storage assessment methods for rewilding: a Knepp estate case study.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Burrell, N. C. & Jeffers, E. S. & Macias-Fauria, M. & Willis, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

In the context of global climate change mitigation, carbon storage in woody vegetation plays a crucial role. Recognising the value of the i-Tree Eco m...

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Livestock guardian dogs establish a landscape of fear for wild predators: implications for the role of guardian dogs in reducing human-wildlife conflict and supporting biodiversity conservation.

Published online: 06 May 2024

Authors: Bommel, L. van & Magrath, M. & Coulson, G. & Johnson, C. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) are increasingly used to protect livestock from predators, but their effects on the distribution and behaviour of wild ...

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Assessment of peatland burning in Scotland during 1985-2022 using Landsat imagery.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Spracklen, B. D. & Spracklen, D. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

In the Scottish uplands, prescribed burning of moorland vegetation is widely practised either to boost gamebird numbers for recreational shooting or t...

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Avian phylogenetic and functional diversity are better conserved by land-sparing than land-sharing farming in lowland tropical forests.

Published online: 07 Dec 2024

Authors: Pérez, G. & Mills, S. C. & Socolar, J. B. & Martínez-Revelo, D. E. & Haugaasen, T. & Gilroy, J. J. & Edwards, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The transformation of natural habitats for farming is a major driver of tropical biodiversity loss. To mitigate impacts, two alternatives are promoted...

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Long-term change in vegetation and soil microbial communities during the phased restoration of traditional meadow grassland.

Published online: 23 Apr 2008

Authors: Smith, R. S. & Shiel, R. S. & Bardgett, R. D. & Millward, D. & Corkhill, P. & Evans, P. & Quirk, H. & Hobbs, P. J. & Kometa, S. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of high plant species diversity to sites where it has been reduced by intensive grassland management requires identification of appropriat...

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