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Social and ecological drivers of success in agri-environment schemes: the roles of farmers and environmental context.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: McCracken, M. E. & Woodcock, B. A. & Lobley, M. & Pywell, R. F. & Saratsi, E. & Swetnam, R. D. & Mortimer, S. R. & Harris, S. J. & Winter, M. & Hinsley, S. & Bullock, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agri-environment schemes remain a controversial approach to reversing biodiversity losses, partly because the drivers of variation in outcomes are poo...

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Agricultural intensification and the functional capacity of soil microbes on smallholder African farms.

Published online: 10 Jun 2015

Authors: Wood, S. A. & Bradford, M. A. & Gilbert, J. A. & McGuire, K. L. & Palm, C. A. & Tully, K. L. & Zhou, J. Z. & Naeem, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fertilization may impact ecosystem processes that sustain agriculture, such as nutrient cycling, by altering the composition of soil microbial communi...

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The effects on terrestrial invertebrates of reducing pesticide inputs in arable crop edges: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 02 May 2007

Authors: Frampton, G. K. & Dorne, J. L. C. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is an increasing awareness of the need to evaluate critically the effectiveness of environmental conservation measures, and to ensure that agri-...

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Effects of between-site variation in soil microbial communities and plant-soil feedbacks on the productivity and composition of plant communities.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Bauer, J. T. & Blumenthal, N. & Miller, A. J. & Ferguson, J. K. & Reynolds, H. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A critical challenge in the science and practice of restoration ecology is to understand the drivers of variation in restoration outcomes. Soil microb...

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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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Restored tallgrass prairies have reduced phylogenetic diversity compared with remnants.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Barak, R. S. & Williams, E. W. & Hipp, A. L. & Bowles, M. L. & Carr, G. M. & Sherman, R. & Larkin, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration is critical for mitigating habitat loss and providing ecosystem services. However, restorations often have lower diversity than...

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Local tropical forest restoration strategies affect tree recruitment more strongly than does landscape forest cover.

Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Authors: Holl, K. D. & Reid, J. L. & Chaves-Fallas, J. M. & Oviedo-Brenes, F. & Zahawi, R. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Developing restoration strategies that accelerate natural successional processes and are resource-efficient is critical to facilitating tropical fores...

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Response of habitat quality to mixed severity disturbance regime in Norway spruce forests.

Published online: 22 Dec 2023

Authors: Bace, R. & Hofmeister, J. & Vitkova, L. & Brabec, M. & Begovic, K. & Cada, V. & Janda, P. & Kozak, D. & Mikolas, M. & Nagel, T. A. & Pavlin, J. & Rodrigo, R. & Vostarek, O. & Svoboda, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Natural disturbances change forest habitat quality for many species. As the extent and intensity of natural disturbances may increase under climate ch...

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Replication, effect sizes and identifying the biological impacts of pesticides on bees under field conditions.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Woodcock, B. A. & Heard, M. S. & Jitlal, M. S. & Rundlöf, M. & Bullock, J. M. & Shore, R. F. & Pywell, R. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Honeybees have world-wide importance as crop pollinators. To ensure their persistence in agricultural systems, statistically robust field trials of pl...

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A before-and-after assessment of patch-burn grazing and riparian fencing along headwater streams.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Larson, D. M. & Dodds, W. K. & Whiles, M. R. & Fulgoni, J. N. & Thompson, T. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire and grazing are common in grasslands world-wide to maintain grass cover and cattle production. The effects of fire, cattle grazing and riparian f...

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