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Forest loss and treeless matrices cause the functional impoverishment of sapling communities in old-growth forest patches across tropical regions.

Published online: 20 Sep 2022

Authors: Arasa-Gisbert, R. & Arroyo-Rodríguez, V. & Meave, J. A. & Martínez-Ramos, M. & Lohbeck, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Landscape-level disturbances, such as forest loss, can profoundly alter the functional composition and diversity of biotic assemblages. In fact, the l...

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Large-scale restoration of species-rich dry grasslands on arable land: environmental filtering drives successful species establishment over a period of 10 years.

Published online: 18 Jan 2024

Authors: Mudrák, O. & Jongepierová, I. & Řehounková, K. & Prach, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sowing of regionally specific seed mixtures on former arable land is increasingly used to restore species-rich grasslands but it often faces important...

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Contrasting the roles of section length and instream habitat enhancement for river restoration success: a field study of 20 European restoration projects.

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Hering, D. & Aroviita, J. & Baattrup-Pedersen, A. & Brabec, K. & Buijse, T. & Ecke, F. & Friberg, N. & Gielczewski, M. & Januschke, K. & Köhler, J. & Kupilas, B. & Lorenz, A. W. & Muhar, S. & Paillex, A. & Poppe, M. & Schmidt, T. & Schmutz, S. & Vermaat, J. & Verdonschot, P. F. M. & Verdonschot, R. C. M. & Wolter, C. & Kail, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of river hydromorphology often has limited detected effects on river biota. One frequently discussed reason is that the restored river len...

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The hierarchy of predictability in ecological restoration: are vegetation structure and functional diversity more predictable than community composition?

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Laughlin, D. C. & Strahan, R. T. & Moore, M. M. & Fulé, P. Z. & Huffman, D. W. & Covington, W. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Predicting restoration outcomes requires an understanding of the natural variability of ecosystem properties. A hierarchy of predictability has been p...

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Reclamation strategies for mined forest soils and overstorey drive understorey vegetation.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Chen, H. Y. H. & Biswas, S. R. & Sobey, T. M. & Brassard, B. W. & Bartels, S. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understorey vegetation accounts for the majority of plant diversity in boreal forest ecosystems and contributes to ecosystem functioning. In restorati...

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Long-term vegetation recovery on reclaimed coal surface mines in the eastern USA.

Published online: 19 Feb 2003

Authors: Holl, K. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

While reclamation of degraded landscapes is becoming increasingly common, few studies have investigated the long-term effects of reclamation efforts o...

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The diet of goats, red deer and South American camelids feeding on three contrasting Scottish upland vegetation communities.

Published online: 23 Jul 1997

Authors: Fraser, M. D. & Gordon, I. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With changes in the agricultural policy for rural areas in the UK there is increased interest in the development of management protocols for indigenou...

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Plant-animal interactions in a continuously grazed mixture. II. The role of differences in the physiology of plant growth and of selective grazing on the performance and stability of species in a mixture.

Published online: 16 Nov 1991

Authors: Parsons, A. J. & Harvey, A. & Johnson, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A physiologically based mechanistic model of the dynamic interaction between plants and animals is used to consider the role of differences in growth ...

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Indirect effects of grazing and nutrient addition on the hemipteran community of heather moorlands.

Published online: 05 Nov 2003

Authors: Hartley, S. E. & Gardner, S. M. & Mitchell, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Moorlands dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris are of international conservation importance, but are declining as a result of increased grazing press...

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Long-term impacts of variable retention harvesting on ground-layer plant communities in Pinus resinosa forests.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Roberts, M. W. & D'Amato, A. W. & Kern, C. C. & Palik, B. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Concerns about loss of biodiversity and structural complexity in managed forests have recently increased and led to the development of new management ...

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