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Chemical contaminant effects on marine ecosystem functioning.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Johnston, E. L. & Mayer-Pinto, M. & Crowe, T. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem functioning underpins the ecosystem services upon which humans rely. Critical functions, such as primary and secondary productivity, are, ho...

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Emerging stability of forest productivity by mixing two species buffers temperature destabilizing effect.

Published online: 10 Mar 2023

Authors: Río, M. del & Pretzsch, H. & Ruiz-Peinado, R. & Jactel, H. & Coll, L. & Löf, M. & Aldea, J. & Ammer, C. & Avdagić, A. & Barbeito, I. & Bielak, K. & Bravo, F. & Brazaitis, G. & Cerný, J. & Collet, C. & Condés, S. & Drössler, L. & Fabrika, M. & Heym, M. & Holm, S. O. & Hylen, G. & Jansons, A. & Kurylyak, V. & Lombardi, F. & Matović, B. & Metslaid, M. & Motta, R. & Nord-Larsen, T. & Nothdurft, A. & Ouden, J. den & Pach, M. & Pardos, M. & Poeydebat, C. & Ponette, Q. & Pérot, T. & Reventlow, D. O. J. & Sitko, R. & Sramek, V. & Steckel, M. & Svoboda, M. & Verheyen, K. & Vospernik, S. & Wolff, B. & Zlatanov, T. & Bravo-Oviedo, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The increasing disturbances in monocultures around the world are testimony to their instability under global change. Many studies have claimed that te...

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Physical and biogenic complexity mediates ecosystem functions in urban sessile marine communities.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Mayer-Pinto, M. & Bugnot, A. B. & Johnston, E. L. & Potts, J. & Airoldi, L. & Glasby, T. M. & Strain, E. M. A. & Scanes, P. & Ushiama, S. & Dafforn, K. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The influence of habitat complexity on biodiversity is a central theme in ecology, with many studies reporting positive relationships. Reconciliation ...

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Effects of agricultural management practices on earthworm populations and crop yield: validation and application of a mechanistic modelling approach.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Johnston, A. S. A. & Sibly, R. M. & Hodson, M. E. & Alvarez, T. & Thorbek, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is little consensus on how agriculture will meet future food demands sustainably. Soils and their biota play a crucial role by mediating ecosyst...

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On the central role of small farms in African rural development strategies.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Authors: Larson, D. F. & Muraoka, R. & Otsuka, K.

Content type: Bulletin

Improving the productivity of smallholder farms in Sub- Saharan Africa offers the best chance to reduce poverty among this generation of rural poor, b...

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Increasing crop richness and reducing field sizes provide higher yields to pollinator-dependent crops.

Published online: 06 Jul 2023

Authors: Magrach, A. & Giménez-García, A. & Allen-Perkins, A. & Garibaldi, L. A. & Bartomeus, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural landscapes cover >60% of terrestrial landscapes. While biodiversity conservation and crop productivity have been seen as mutually excl...

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Effects of ski piste preparation on alpine vegetation.

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Wipf, S. & Rixen, C. & Fischer, M. & Schmid, B. & Stoeckli, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ski resorts increasingly affect alpine ecosystems through enlargement of ski pistes, machine-grading of ski piste areas and increasing use of artifici...

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The long term agroecosystem research network - shared research strategy.

Published online: 10 Feb 2016

Authors: Steiner, J. L. & Strickland, T. & Kleinman, P. J. A. & Havstad, K. & Moorman, T. B. & Moran, M. S. & Heilman, P. & Bryant, R. B. & Huggins, D. & McCarty, G.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

While current weather patterns and rapidly accelerated changes in technology often focus attention on short-term trends in agriculture, the fundamenta...

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The primary productivity of lawns in a temperate environment.

Published online: 01 Jan 1981

Authors: Falk, J. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Of 2 lawns studied one was not fertilized or irrigated and was infrequently cut and the other was fertilized, irrigated and cut weekly. The dominant g...

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What are the barriers to adopting carbon farming practices?

Published online: 04 Mar 2015

Authors: Kragt, M. E. & Blackmore, L. & Capon, T. & Robinson, C. J. & Torabi, N. & Wilson, K. A.

Content type: Bulletin

In many environmental and conservation policy contexts, gaps are observed between policy objectives and implementation outcomes. Carbon farming polici...

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