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Invasive grass fuel loads suppress native species by increasing fire intensity and soil heating.

Published online: 04 Nov 2021

Authors: Tomat-Kelly, G. & Dillon, W. W. & Flory, S. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Non-native invasive grasses are driving intense fires across the globe but the impacts of native versus invader-fuelled fires on community assemblages...

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Grassland woody plant management rapidly changes woody vegetation persistence and abiotic habitat conditions but not herbaceous community composition.

Published online: 27 Nov 2024

Authors: Charton, K. T. & Damschen, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grasslands are among the most imperilled ecosystems worldwide, and many have experienced degradation due to the loss of historical disturbance regimes...

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A nutrient index quantifying productivity of agaves and cacti.

Published online: 16 Mar 1991

Authors: Nobel, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plant productivity is influenced by water status, temperature, and photosynthetically active radiation, the effects of which provide an environmental ...

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The viable weed seed content of some tropical agricultural soils.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Kellman, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The viable weed seed content of the surface soil at 78 sites in the upper Belize Valley, British Honduras, averaged 6488 seeds/m2 and included 54 spec...

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Effects of temperature fluctuation, red and far-red light and nitrate on seed germination of five grasses.

Published online: 17 Feb 1984

Authors: Williams, E. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seed germination in Agrostis capillaris, Holcus lanatus, Poa trivialis, Cynosurus cristatus and Festuca rubra was investigated in the dark at temp. ra...

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Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat - Part 1. Concepts for understanding and applying restoration.

Published online: 24 May 2017

Authors: Pyke, D. A. & Chambers, J. C. & Pellant, M. & Knick, S. T. & Miller, R. F. & Beck, J. L. & Doescher, P. S. & Schupp, E. W. & Roundy, B. A. & Brunson, M. & McIver, J. D.

Content type: Bulletin

Sagebrush steppe ecosystems in the United States currently occur on only about one-half of their historical land area because of changes in land use, ...

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The effects of irrigation, cultivation and some insecticides on the soil arthropods of an East African dry grassland.

Published online: 02 Jul 1969

Authors: Burnett, G. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based on the authors summary of this account of investigations on the changes in the soil arthropod fauna of an area of dry grassland...

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Small-scale fire temperature patterns in upland Quercus communities.

Published online: 08 Aug 1997

Authors: Franklin, S. B. & Robertson, P. A. & Fralish, J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two upland second-growth Quercus alba sites in the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee were prescribed burned du...

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Comparative effects of isolated trees on their undercanopy environments in high- and low-rainfall savannas.

Published online: 20 Mar 1993

Authors: Belsky, A. J. & Mwonga, S. M. & Amundson, R. G. & Duxbury, J. M. & Ali, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To determine whether agroforestry and silvopastoralism might be introduced more successfully into xeric or into mesic environments, the effects of iso...

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Comparisons of understorey vegetation and soil fertility in plantations and adjacent natural forests in the Ethiopian highlands.

Published online: 21 Oct 1996

Authors: Michelsen, A. & Lisanework, N. & Friis, I. & Holst, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Herbaceous plant cover and biomass, species richness, and soil physical and chemical characteristics were analysed in 83 plantations and adjacent natu...

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