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Experimental assessment of the effects of nitrogen addition under hay-cutting and aftermath grazing on the vegetation of meadows on a Somerset peat moor.

Published online: 12 Jun 1993

Authors: Mountford, J. D. & Lakhani, K. H. & Kirkham, F. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tadham Moor, a species-rich lowland moor, was given 0, 25, 50, 100 or 200 kg N/ha annually. Treatments with applied N were given replacement levels of...

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The competitive interaction between Acacia karroo and the herbaceous layer and how this is influenced by defoliation.

Published online: 16 Dec 1989

Authors: Stuart-Hill, G. C. & Tainton, N. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A study in semi-arid savanna in South Africa of experimentally isolated A. karroo trees (all other trees and shrubs had been cleared from the sites). ...

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Climate change refugia for the flora and fauna of England.

Published online: 20 Mar 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Suggitt, A. J. & Wilson, R. J. & August, T. A. & Beale, C. M. & Bennie, J. J. & Dordolo, A. & Fox, R. & Hopkins, J. J. & Isaac, N. J. B. & Jorieux, P. & Macgregor, N. A. & Marcetteau, J. & Massimino, D. & Morecroft, M. D. & Pearce-Higgins, J. W. & Walker, K. & Maclean, I. M. D.

Content type: Reports

A variety of evidence suggests that species may be able to withstand the effects of climate change in localised environments known as refugia, where s...

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The interactive effects of management on the productivity and plant community structure of an upland meadow: an 8-year field trial.

Published online: 26 Feb 2001

Authors: Smith, R. S. & Shiel, R. S. & Millward, D. & Corkhill, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural policy in the Pennine Dales Environmentally Sensitive Area in northern England aims to enhance plant species diversity in agriculturally ...

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A comparison of clearfelling and gradual thinning of plantations for the restoration of insect herbivores and woodland plants.

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Atkinson, B. & Bailey, S. & Vaughan, I. P. & Memmott, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Testing restoration methods is essential for the development of restoration ecology as a science. It is also important to monitor a range of taxa, not...

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Ecological traits affect the sensitivity of bees to land-use pressures in European agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Palma, A. de & Kuhlmann, M. & Roberts, S. P. M. & Potts, S. G. & Börger, L. & Hudson, L. N. & Lysenko, I. & Newbold, T. & Purvis, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bees are a functionally important and economically valuable group, but are threatened by land-use conversion and intensification. Such pressures are n...

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Plant trait characteristics vary with size and eutrophication in European lowland streams.

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Baattrup-Pedersen, A. & Göthe, E. & Larsen, S. E. & O'Hare, M. & Birk, S. & Riis, T. & Friberg, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Previous studies investigating community-level relationships between plant functional trait characteristics and stream environmental characteristics r...

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Phylogenetic measures of plant communities show long-term change and impacts of fire management in tallgrass prairie remnants.

Published online: 23 Dec 2015

Authors: Larkin, D. J. & Hipp, A. L. & Kattge, J. & Prescott, W. & Tonietto, R. K. & Jacobi, S. K. & Bowles, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Phylogenies are increasingly incorporated into ecological studies on the basis that evolutionary relatedness broadly correlates with trait similarity....

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An assessment of integrated watershed management in Ethiopia.

Published online: 01 Feb 2017

Authors: Gebrehaweria Gebregziabher & Dereje Assefa Abera & Girmay Gebresamuel & Giordano, M. & Langan, S.

Content type: Bulletin

In Ethiopia, watershed management programs commenced in a formal way in the 1970s. From that time up to the late 1990s, implementation was typically a...

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Mean wind patterns and snow depths in an alpine-subalpine ecosystem as measured by damage to coniferous trees.

Published online: 29 May 1996

Authors: Woolridge, G. L. & Musselman, R. C. & Sommerfeld, R. A. & Fox, D. G. & Connell, B. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Deformations of Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) and subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) trees were surveyed for the purpose of determining climatic ...

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