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Using genomics to design and evaluate the performance of underwater forest restoration.

Published online: 24 Nov 2020

Authors: Wood, G. & Marzinelli, E. M. & Vergés, A. & Campbell, A. H. & Steinberg, P. D. & Coleman, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration is an emerging intervention to reverse the degradation and loss of marine habitat-formers and the ecosystem services they underpin. Curren...

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Protecting old fish through spatial management: is there a benefit for sustainable exploitation?

Published online: 03 Aug 2011

Authors: Edwards, C. T. T. & Plagányi, É. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spatially defined restrictions on fishing activity are considered to be important for biodiversity conservation in marine ecosystems. However, it is u...

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Detecting impacts and setting restoration targets in arid-zone rivers: aquatic micro-invertebrate responses to reduced floodplain inundation.

Published online: 29 Aug 2007

Authors: Jenkins, K. M. & Boulton, A. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water extraction from arid-zone rivers increases the time between floods across their floodplain wetlands. Less frequent flooding in Australian arid-z...

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Ecological anachronisms in the recruitment of temperate light-demanding tree species in wooded pastures.

Published online: 14 Jul 2004

Authors: Bakker, E. S. & Olff, H. & Vandenberghe, C. & Maeyer, K. de & Smit, R. & Gleichman, J. M. & Vera, F. W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Light-demanding trees and thorny shrubs in temperate plant communities may reflect adaptations to now-extinct large grazers, such as aurochs and tarpa...

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Recruitment of a keystone tree species must concurrently manage flooding and browsing.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Horner, G. J. & Cunningham, S. C. & Thomson, J. R. & Baker, P. J. & Mac Nally, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multiple pressures (land-use change, water extraction and climate change) interact to influence biodiversity and ecosystem processes, but direct evide...

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Density-related effects of deer browsing on the regeneration dynamics of boreal forests.

Published online: 18 Jul 2007

Authors: Tremblay, J. P. & Huot, J. & Potvin, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The density of large herbivores is a major driver of forest ecosystem structure and function in conjunction with episodic disturbances, especially in ...

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Fire and competition in a southern California grassland: impacts on the rare forb Erodium macrophyllum.

Published online: 15 Sep 2004

Authors: Gillespie, I. G. & Allen, E. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The use of off-season burns to control exotic vegetation shows promise for land managers. In California, wildfires tend to occur in the summer and aut...

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Plant size and neighbourhood characteristics influence survival and growth in a restored ex-agricultural ecosystem.

Published online: 02 Jul 2022

Authors: Atkinson, J. & Freudenberger, D. & Dwyer, J. M. & Standish, R. J. & Moles, A. T. & Bonser, S. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Restoringwoody vegetation on degraded agricultural land is a widespread and common ecological restoration practice. However, highly variable plant sur...

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Forecasting suppression of invasive sea lamprey in Lake Superior.

Published online: 07 Oct 2022

Authors: Lewandoski, S. A. & Brenden, T. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Resource managers frequently are tasked with mitigating or reversing adverse effects of invasive species through management policies and actions. In L...

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Effects of climate variability and hydrological rehabilitation measures on long-term mangrove trajectories: from reproduction to recruitment and landscape cover changes.

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Sánchez-Núñez, D. A. & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J. A. & Mancera Pineda, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hydrological rehabilitation is widely used to improve soil conditions and promote passive recovery. However, climate variability that is seldom consid...

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