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Regulation of shrub dynamics by native browsing ungulates on East African rangeland.

Published online: 24 Mar 2004

Authors: Augustine, D. J. & McNaughton, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Herbivores, edaphic features and fire are primary factors regulating the balance between woody and herbaceous vegetation in savannas. Many observation...

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A functional diversity approach of crop sequences reveals that weed diversity and abundance show different responses to environmental variability.

Published online: 01 Sep 2020

Authors: Mahaut, L. & Gaba, S. & Fried, G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Combining several crop species and associated agricultural practices in a crop sequence has the potential to control weed abundance while promoting we...

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Reclaiming contaminated land through biodiversity.

Published online: 16 Sep 2020

Authors: Cadotte, M.

Content type: Blog

This paper focuses on the negative effects of land degradation on the sustainability, biodiversity and global ecosystem functioning and in reducing th...

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Patterns of shoot and root growth in rice seedlings germinating under water.

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Kordan, H. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rice cv. Calrose was germinated under water with or without an oil overlay to impede gas exchange. The shoot was the first and most prominent structur...

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Log-normality of biodiversity and abundance in diagnosis and measuring of ecosystemic health: pesticide stress on pollinators on blueberry heaths.

Published online: 05 Jun 1998

Authors: Kevan, P. G. & Greco, C. F. & Belaoussoff, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data were collected from sampling pollinating bees [Apoidea] over 8 years in 13 blueberry fields in New Brunswick, Canada, and used to test the log-no...

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Reconstructing fire behaviour and effects in a subalpine forest.

Published online: 11 Apr 1989

Authors: Fryer, G. I. & Johnson, E. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A reconstruction of rate of spread, frontal-fire intensity and fuel consumption for the Galatea fire of Aug. 1936 in the Alberta foothills of the Cana...

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Effects of spatial heterogeneity on Jones's model for cyst-nematode population dynamics and crop root damage.

Published online: 27 Apr 1984

Authors: Perry, J. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Stochastic analogues that included variation in spatial heterogeneity of population densities and of parameter values in Globodera were produced using...

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Small scale heterogeneity in a semi-arid North American grassland. II. Cattle grazing of simulated urine patches.

Published online: 06 Jun 1992

Authors: Jaramillo, V. J. & Detling, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of simulated urine deposition on the selectivity and intensity of cattle grazing on Agropyron smithii [Elymus smithii] tillers were studie...

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Fuel, fire and cattle in African highlands: traditional management maintains a mosaic heathland landscape.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Johansson, M. U. & Granström, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shrubland ecosystems are often inherently flammable due to a canopy structure favourable for fire propagation. At the same time, the fuel bed is not s...

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The influence of species diversity on sward yield and quality.

Published online: 11 Jun 1985

Authors: Smith, A. & Allcock, P. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Swards were obtained in 1978-9 by sowing one or more of the following spp.: Agrostis stolonifera, A. tenuis [A. capillaris], Festuca rubra, Holcus lan...

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